Giving credit where credit is past-due
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt promises she'd pay her $76 gas bill - if she actually had natural gas service. Collection agents still hound her for the fictional bill.
Japanese tinplate vehicle toys gave a preview of future automobiles
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the more than 100-year lifetime of tinplate toys with a lithograph finish.
From the Tomato Patch
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about what to do with those extra tomatoes.
Love beyond measure: Wine glasses for weddings, mugs for marriage
It's just an old coffee mug, but for columnist Kym Seabolt, it's a symbol of wedded bliss: slightly worn, slightly comforting, but always present.
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.
Read it Again: Week of Oct. 10, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 10, 2002
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
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.













