Skill: Outfitting saddle trappings
Few realize how much craftsmanship goes into saddles and related items for horses. Columnist Roy Booth shines a light on the subject this week.
Thistles Again
Thistles bring beauty to the back yard of Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb.
Life: It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon
In the big dining room of life, columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt urges readers to savor the buffet, not just race toward the dessert cart.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 4, 2003.
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Daddy and his helpers make a great team
A farm is a finely tuned machine, and a good leader always needs a good crew, even if the crew is a young one.
Reader can’t understand war mentality
I never thought that I would live long enough to see a president worse than Lyndon Johnson.
For or against weapons of self-defense?
Reader disputes claim about gun availability and higher violent crime rates.
Future best-selling author says thanks
Each year, Farm and Dairy sponsors the 4-H creative writing competition at the Ohio State Fair. We are proud to lend a hand to some of the state's talented youth. The following letters are from some of this year's 4-H project participants.
The Third Spill’s A Charm
Mother Laurie Marlatt Steeb learns her lessons after a summer of lax rules.
Child’s death barely raises an eyebrow
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt takes a serious note discussing the death of a 20-month-old child who was beaten to death.
