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Powers Ribbon Factory big part of county fairs
Chances are your next blue ribbon was made by Powers Ribbon Factory.
Mean temperatures keeping cows lean
Some cows I’ve seen lately look thinner than normal for this time of year. With more than a month of winter remaining, it could mean trouble for producers as calving time approaches. We’ve had colder than normal temperatures, combined with a longer than normal continuous cold spell in our part of the state and this
Neighbors pull together through storms
Some days come and go with little left behind to be held in our memory. Some are emblazoned forever. Wings of steel It was a beautiful morning as I ran my errands last Wednesday. I had spent time with a great friend, and we talked about how neighbors and friends used to be there for
Words of wisdom for 4-H’ers
Editor: I do not believe the Geauga County Fair Board handled the steer situation in their county in a wise manner. Before this situation in this and another Ohio county, I thought the rules were made and enforced by the Ohio Department of Agriculture since the state fair steer scandal. When I was a 4-H
Businessmen, turned farmers, dream big in Flushing
Warren Garretson, 62, and his partner Jim Wagner, 55, have given up their fast-paced New Jersey lifestyles and are creating an outdoorsman’s paradise on 2,000 acres of reclaimed mine land in the hills of Belmont County.
It’s a relief hard-fought election is over
For those who are relieved this presidential election is over, I write this column. President-elect Barack Obama was born the year John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural address. In Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope —Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, he quotes from Kennedy’s inaugural address: “To those peoples in the huts and villages
Champion buckeye tree could be in your yard
Would your ‘big tree’ measure up? Find out whether it would earn a spot in the big tree ‘hall of fame.’
Meadowbrook Farms collapses
A sudden surge of spring-like warmth put a hint of green in my backyard just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Whether the lovely weather lasts or if it’s just the luck of the Irish matters little because, clearly, winter is doomed. So, too, seem the hog-growing farmers of Meadowbrook Farms, the Rantoul, Ill., pork
Thriftmas wishes
Kym Seabolt’s family participation in Thriftmas — the challenge to buy second-hand, antique, gently used and thrifted items for Christmas.
Planting on highly erodible land
Talk with your local district conservationist about planting on highly erodible ground.
