Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 10, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Older generations cooked up own fun
When columnist Judie Sutherland looks back on seasons past, she remembers how much fun the kids of "her" generation could cook up, none of it costing a dime.
Dairy Channel: Silo management challenges in 2002
Now that the silage is in the silo, extension agent Ernie Oelker says the real work begins to assure the cows receive a safe, properly balanced ration that is palatable and capable of supporting optimum production.
Interpreting our Farm Aid editorial
Reader is disappointed that Farm and Dairy didn't support the intent behind the Farm Aid concerts.
Breast cancer advice from a survivor
"I am lucky and fortunate to be a breast cancer survivor," writes letter writer Pattie Coplin. "Many women refuse to take a proactive role against breast cancer and ignore the situation completely."
Yesteryear catalogs entertain, excite
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes that those Sears catalogs were an important part of America, from the most rural post office route in the backwoods all the way to bustling big cities.
Then and now: Down on the farm
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes there were plenty of things to do - both around the home, barn and fields - on the farms of old.
Walk With The World For The World
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the joys of doing for others through the annual Crop Walk, although this year, others will be "doing for her," and pushing her wheelchair.
Smoke obscures reality, mortality
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt says the anti-smoking warriors and the surgeon general just don't get it: Teens are immortal.
Read it Again: Week of October 3, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.













