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My favorite Christmas memories
Judith Sutherland recalls some of her favorite childhood Christmas memories.
Planting corn is a game of inches
With planting season just around the corner, a few hours in the machine shed can save the disappointment of lost yields at harvest.
Summer’s end is filled with yellow
The end of central Illinois’ heat-stoked, rain-starved summer is being whispered in the yellow leaves rattling on my backyard’s black walnut trees.
Boaters: Follow the rules for licensing and flotation devices
A car or truck has a VIN — a Vehicle Identification Number — and a boat must have a HIN, a Hull Identification Number. A HIN is the boat’s serial number which is stamped on a metal tag or otherwise placed indelibly on the rear right (starboard) of the boat. Like a finger print, a
New corn exhibit part of Farm Science Review
LONDON, Ohio — The evolution of corn in North America, spanning about 1,000 years, will be part of a new exhibit at Ohio State University’s Farm Science Review. From teosinte, considered the ancestor of modern-day corn, to today’s genetically modified varieties, 16 corn cultivars will be showcased in demonstration plots at the entrance of Gate
The reality of rural internet: stupidly expensive, unreliable
While the rest of the world is moving on to even faster internet connectivity, 39 percent of rural America remains stuck in the internet slow lane.
CAFTA pivotal to future of U.S. trade agreements
WASHINGTON – When you talk agriculture in Washington these days, you talk exports. Free
Part I: Novel shares parenting and life lessons
“There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. …Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He planned it so that it would yield every single thing that the people on it
Geauga County Fair: A ‘miniature’ fair attraction
BURTON, Ohio – Nancy Mayors walks out of the barn, into the pasture, and taps her hand insistently on her thigh.
Start your own family tradition in Canada
ABOVE: Columnist Mike Tontimonia’s grandson Ian Frame won fishing honors at the family’s annual “guys” trip, with a huge 12-pound walleye that he landed on our last evening on Lake Temagami. TEMAGAMI, Ontario — Although a chubby bird and all the fixings have been our traditional Father’s Day meal, a menu change seemed appropriate this
