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Dairymen crying over spilled milk prices
Maybe this is what Willie and Waylon were thinking when they warned American “mommas” to not let their “babies to grow up to be cowboys:” Anyone with a dairy cow this year will lose, on average, $70 per month feeding and milking it; more if the cow is also packin’ debt. Losing big That means,
Our pony Topper is a keeper
“It excites me that no matter how much machinery replaces the horse, the work it can do is still measured in horsepower…even in this space age. And although a riding horse often weighs half a ton, and a big drafter a full ton, either can be led about by a piece of string if he
Noodlers reach where sane men fear to trod
There are a few outdoor adventures I’ve never tried and never will. Skydiving, rock climbing, and bungee jumping come immediately to mind. Noodling is another. I try to avoid activities that put my life or body parts at risk. Noodling, also called hand-grabbing, is a form of extreme catfishing that’s popular and legal in some
Recommended summer reading
Whether you’re planning a stay-cation in the backyard or a getaway to the shore or mountains this summer, a good book makes a great companion. Here are a few titles you might enjoy as you settle into a favorite reading chair. – Birdsong by the Seasons: A Year of Listening to Birds by Donald Kroodsma
Homeowners making mountains out of moles’ hills
Mounds of fresh top soil and ridges from tunnels just under the sod mean one thing — moles. Have to offer But before you succumb to the pest industry’s annual campaign against moles and rush to the local home improvement center for traps and poison, consider what moles have to offer. The presence of moles
The 2009 Great Backyard Bird Count is a success
The highlights of this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 13-16 are likely to include reports of northern species moving south in huge numbers. White-winged crossbills, pine siskins, common redpolls, and snow buntings only occasionally visit our latitude, but 2009 has seen an impressive southbound invasion by these species. The Great Backyard Bird Count is
Told you so: Brother’s advice shown to be right on inaugural wardrobe
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Imagine Penn State President Graham Spanier giving Barack Obama advice on what to wear at his inauguration as America’s 44th president. Not likely? Yet a Penn State president did dispense such sartorial advice to an incoming U.S. president — who happened to be his brother. In December 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Blending wall hinders ethanol growth
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ethanol production opened the door to the renewable fuels industry. The industry now must get past an imposing wall of federal regulations and market conditions if it hopes to grow, said a Purdue University agricultural economist. “The ethanol industry is now faced with what is called a ‘blending wall,’” said Wally
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
Opportunity to observe osprey on the Ohio River
A coal-fired power plant seems an unlikely location for a wildlife refuge, but that’s exactly what I found on the second Sunday in July. Monty Mason, a friend and a heavy equipment operator at the AEP Kammer-Mitchell Plant south of Moundsville, W.Va., invited me to join him for a few hours in a blind near
