Past Columns

Read it Again: Week of Feb. 28, 2002

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

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Silverplated oil lamps still light up lamp lovers

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the silverplated oil lamps fashionable in the late 1800s.

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Read it Again: Week of Feb. 21, 2002.

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

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Read it Again: Week of Feb. 14, 2001

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

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Read it Again: Week of Feb. 7, 2001

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

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Read it Again: Week of Jan. 31, 2001

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

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Read it Again: Week of Jan. 24, 2002.

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

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There’s a tool and a wood for every job

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the way tool makers used the right wood to fashion the right tool, when tools were handmade and carved from wood.

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Read it Again: Week of Jan. 17, 2002.

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

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How to keep your silver sparkling

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about silver and its need to be cleaned.

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Read it Again: Week of Jan. 10, 2002.

Each week “Farm and Dairy” takes a look at what was making news in

years gone by.

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There was paint before there was Sherwin-Williams

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about making paints at home with

red ochre pigment.

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Read it Again: Week of Jan. 3, 2002.

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

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Sparkling jewelry mark of growing social wealth

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the currency of adornment and the evolution of its design.

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Read it Again: Week of Dec. 27, 2001

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

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Mission accomplished: Simplicity

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about Gustave Stickley’s “mission” style furniture.

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Slate walls provide solid foundation

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the slate found in older homes, anywhere from the room to the cellar, and out onto the lawn or in the patio.

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Read it Again: Week of Dec. 20, 2001.

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

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Great cabinetmakers created the style

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the great 18th century English cabinetmakers whose designs defined a style.

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Read it Again: Week of Dec. 13, 2001.

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

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