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Hiram Farm helps adults with autism learn life skills
This Portage County Farm is run by adults on the autism spectrum.
When is it OK to prescribe opioids?
It would be nice if we could simply stop using opioids, but it’s more complicated than that. Learn more about when opioid therapy should be utilized.
A short history of Bateman Manufacturing Company
Just to demonstrate how confusing it can be to reconstruct history, there are two different versions of how Stephen Bateman ended up in Grenloch, New Jersey.
Corn Belt combines have a storied past
Combined harvesters (combines to you and me) have been around as long as the reaper, with Hiram Moore building the first successful one in 1834 in Michigan.
The way it was when engines were young
One hundred years ago gas engines and tractors were still pretty new, and most people didn’t know what made them go when they ran, or what made them stop when they quit.
A proactive approach to pasture management
A little planning and work in the fields now could save you time during the busy grazing season.
Game day strategies for tackling your Super Bowl diet
Diet and fitness plans can go out the window easily if you don’t have a game plan for your football party.
Tire chains, sleds and snow in the good old days
I once worked with a guy who fancied himself a comedian. One sunny morning he said to me: “It’s gonna be tough sleddin’ today!” “Why?” I asked, taking the bait. “There’s no snow!” he answered triumphantly. This winter it’s been tough sledding for kids in most of the northern parts of the country that usually
Rusty Iron: Columnist still brings a chuckle, 60 years later
In many of the weekly farm papers of the mid-1950s was a regular feature called The Song of the Lazy Farmer, which was a short and humorous observation on the passing scene, as well as the author’s troubles with his wife Mirandy over his laziness.
Riding shotgun should have been starting shotgun
Start a tractor by firing a shotgun shell? You’ve got to be kidding! However, the post-World War II Field Marshall tractor used just such a method of starting. Marshall, Sons & Co., Ltd., ran the Brittania Iron Works at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in northeastern England. The firm was founded in 1848 and soon began building threshing
