Past Columns

Read it Again: Week of Feb. 27, 2003.

Thursday, February 27, 2003 by Farm and Dairy Staff

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

Colonists coveted Chinese porcelain

Thursday, February 20, 2003 by Contributing Writers

Chinese potters began to export porcelain to Europe and America early in the 1700s.

Read it Again: Week of Feb. 20, 2003

Thursday, February 20, 2003 by Farm and Dairy Staff

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

Collectors warm up to ice box items

Thursday, February 13, 2003 by Contributing Writers

Does anyone remember when a refrigerator was truly an ice box? Columnist Roy Booth reminisces about keeping ‘cool’ as a youth.

Read it Again: Week of Feb. 13, 2003

Thursday, February 13, 2003 by Farm and Dairy Staff

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

Talking films approach perfection

Thursday, February 6, 2003 by Contributing Writers

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the progress of “talkies.”

Read it Again: Week of Feb. 6, 2003.

Thursday, February 6, 2003 by Farm and Dairy Staff

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

Overland’s economical, elegant cars

Thursday, January 30, 2003 by Contributing Writers

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the economical, yet elegant, vehicles of yesteryear.

Read it Again: Week of Jan. 30, 2003.

Thursday, January 30, 2003 by Farm and Dairy Staff

Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

1900s wallpaper: Endless possibilities

Thursday, January 23, 2003 by Contributing Writers

Styles of wallpaper certainly evolved during the 1900s, from the textomeal wallpaper of the WWI era, to burlap-looking cloth. Columnist Roy Booth recalls some of the designs for the walls.