Rachel Barkley
Age: 11
Uhrichsville, OH
Mary sighed. All she had ever wanted for Christmas previous years had been a horse. But now she had pushed wanting a horse to the back of her mind. Mary’s mother was horribly sick. She’d been sick for a very long time.
Every night, Mary prayed that her mother would get better. […]
Second place: Alex Keck, 17, of Hanoverton, Ohio
It was early December of 1933, the height of the Great Depression in the tiny Pennsylvania coal mining town of Dunbar. The rows of company houses coated with black coal dust cast a bleak silhouette against the cold gray sky. Ida was 9-years-old and she along her 8-year-old […]
Athena Pantelides, 10 yrs.
Louisville, Ohio
Snowla the cat was watching the snow fall outside of her house. Snowla’s owner spoiled her. You see Snowla’s house was a huge mansion, and Snowla’s owner had a big golden retriever.
The dog’s name is Carla. Carla didn’t want to scare away cats but just the sight of the […]
Eileen Gress, 16, of Shreve, Ohio
It was Christmas Eve, and Marie sat in her rocking chair. She was thinking about Christmas and how her husband, Mark, wouldn’t be there to celebrate with her and her daughter. I know that they needed more troops in Iraq, but why over the holiday season? How can we celebrate […]
DICKINSON, N.D. — Tracking the value of beef is interesting. No matter where one turns, there is considerable variation that results in a value spread. This occurs to feeder calves, backgrounded calves or at harvest.
Variation exists
On the rail, similar variations occur all the way to the box. One could conclude that given the extreme […]
State legislators design a budget but it involves funding cuts for agriculture programs.
By SUSAN MELLISH
Contributing Writer
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Mike Albert has always been a cut-up; a person who loves center stage; an entertainer.
This former Carroll County native attended auctions with his parents and was entranced by the auctioneer running the show. Is it any wonder he gravitated toward this profession?
A new pilot project in Wayne County, Ohio, hopes to transform manure from what some would consider waste into a marketable product that could be bartered among agricultural producers or sold to gardeners, landscapers and others seeking a “green” source of high-quality fertilizer.
By CHRIS PENROSE
When we think of extending the grazing season, we usually think of how long we can go into the fall or winter without feeding stored feed.
Another option often overlooked is how soon we can stop feeding as spring approaches.
Several options
There are several options to accomplish this. The first is by the […]
Whether a patient is human or animal, there are always risks associated with anesthesia during surgery. However, several studies have shown the risk of anesthetic-related death in humans is far less than that of veterinary patients.
According to one 2008 paper published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the estimated risk of […]
