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Want to build a pond?

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

URBANA, Ill. — If you are a landowner who has always been wanting a pond, there are a number of pre-construction steps that should be done to first determine if your property will even be suitable for a pond. First step Bob Frazee, University of Illinois Natural Resources educator, suggested the first step would be

Donald C. Rupert, 1913-2009

Thursday, April 23, 2009

SEBRING, Ohio — Donald Charles Rupert, 95, of 800 South 15th Street, Sebring, Ohio, died April 21, 2009, in the Crandall Medical Center of Copeland Oaks. He was born to Willis and Emma Van Skiver Rupert Dec. 14, 1913, on the Rupert family farm outside of New Waterford, Ohio. After graduating from Fairfield Centralized High

Horses can’t lie down for too long

Monday, February 9, 2009

URBANA, Ill. — It’s something you wouldn’t believe could happen unless you saw it. You walk out to the barn in the morning and start to panic when you realize your horse has cast itself. Somehow, someway, your horse has managed to lie up against a wall and is unable to get its feet underneath

A Current Occurrence

Thursday, August 7, 2008

(That title is an answer phrase just made for the daily Jumble puzzle.) I was out of bed early for a trip to the bathroom, then back to bed, drifting off again, when Mark, getting ready for work, popped in the bedroom doorway. He set something on the stand near my head – a newspaper,

Success in the show ring

Thursday, August 7, 2008

SALEM, Ohio — At the Erie County Fair in New York, Earl Keele was busy helping his brother take care of the cattle they’d brought for show. He fed and watered and groomed while his daughter, Shannon, took in the hustle and bustle of the barn. Shannon, who was 9 at the time, stood back

Animal rightists, read no further

Thursday, August 7, 2008

We should be able to agree that animal welfare is in society’s best interest, and agriculture’s best interest.

Playing the name game

Thursday, January 25, 2007

One of the great advantages of growing up on a large farm is the thrill of being surrounded by all of God’s creatures.

Dairy Excel: Plenty of dairy conferences in March

Thursday, February 19, 2004

Dairy expert Dianne Shoemaker goes over the spring dairy conferences’ dates and details.

Struggles nothing new, but life goes on

Thursday, April 8, 2004

Columnist Judith Sutherland goes down the road of life with Alexander Smalley.

The 24 Hairpin Prom

Thursday, May 20, 2004

Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes of her first real prom experience.