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Young injuries meant life’s lessons
“Perhaps because of our storehouse of knowledge of home remedies, parents were remarkably complacent about all the injuries that were a routine part of the lives of free-range farm children — cuts from knives, stone bruises caused by bare feet on rocks, blood blisters, and all the bloody, oozing scrapes on knees, arms, elbows, and
The time to plant may be now
The time to plant may be now. With weather like we are having, you may think this is a crazy statement, but it is time to sow seed in our pasture and hay fields. Frost seeding There is a method called “frost seeding” where you apply seed to the ground and the freezing and thawing
Cattle prices ride the recovery upward
URBANA, Ill. — A host of economic indicators suggest that the recession has ended — with more positive than negative signs for the U.S. and the world economies — signaling a recovery for the cattle industry as well. “Unfortunately the beef industry rode the recession downward. So far this year, through the month of September,
Looking at forest fires in a different way
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Smokey Bear has been telling Americans since 1944, “Only you can prevent forest fires,” but a new bill under consideration in the state’s General Assembly may begin to change Pennsylvania’s approach to the blazes, according to forest experts in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. “A common misconception of the general
U.S. pork supply is safe; this swine flu not spread by human-hog contact
Pork council races to stop any misunderstanding of the swine flu and impact on the nation’s pork supply.
We all came together as Americans
Today’s problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them.” — Albert Einstein All my life, my friends and family have known each inaugural year they must figure on leaving me alone Jan. 20. If the press will bring it to me, I will absorb it. I have
Merry mischief
By Sharon Sweda Huron, Ohio Honorable Mention “Doggone it!” Janet hears Henry’s familiar bellow. She knows, without looking or hearing the stomp of his boots, that in an instant, he and his flannel jacket will race out the door of their 1940’s bungalow. She also knows where he is going. It is five days before
A life of simple living and giving
(Author’s note: The following column was first published the week of Christmas 1998. Now, by tradition, it returns. Merry Christmas. –Alan) The Christmas tree was a scrub cedar hacked from the edge of the woods that bordered the farm. Big-bulbed lights, strung in barber pole fashion, generated almost as much heat as the nearby wood
Don’t be shy, raise a hand and volunteer
Did you ever have one of those moments when you realize you are just itching’ to smack someone? This is out of character for me because I’m not known for my physical prowess. I’m more the chew-you-up-verbally-and-make-you-beg-for-mercy (and-possibly-a-thesaurus) kind of gal. Yet, since I’ve gotten involved in a variety of community organizations catering to children
A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 1, 2008
AURORA, Ohio — One of Portage County’s newest 4-H clubs, the Trail Blazers, have recently begun operating in the Aurora area. They have elected club officers and began planning activities for the near future. Officers are: Gabe Molnar, president; Sam Connell, vice president; Emily Gajewski, treasurer; and Brynn Hirschman, secretary. Advisers are: Robert Lamont, small
