FSA Andy gives pointers on the Farm Storage Facility Loan program
Hello again!The wheat harvest was strong, beans pods are filling, corn is beautiful against the September sky and final harvest preparations are on each...
Factory fishing jeopardizes important fish’s future
Quiz time. Name the most important fish in the sea. If you said tuna, halibut, flounder, marlin or swordfish, you're wrong, at least according...
Do you have rare plants on your property?
Do you have rare plants? And what do you do if you have them? These questions will be answered Sept. 18 at the Medina...
Remember, people vote, cattle don’t
During a sudsy session in a college pub nearly 40 years ago, a friend wryly observed that every person lacks one word in what...
How to tell your trash from treasure:A primer on valuing antiques and collectibles
For the occasional antiquer, the treasure-hunter in waiting or for those who have inherited family memorabilia and furnishings, determining the value of antiques, art...
1913 farmer’s advice still relevant
"In going over my farm records, I note a large increase in the cost of labor, fertilizers, crate material, horses, wagons and travel expense."...
Back to school: Supplies and demands
I support schools, staff, and students every day. I am also very much a "suck it up buttercup and do what the teacher says"...
Riding shotgun should have been starting shotgun
Start a tractor by firing a shotgun shell? You’ve got to be kidding! However, the post-World War II Field Marshall tractor used just such...
Let me call you sweetheart
Recently, our local newspaper featured a letter to the editor from a reader irate not about the war, economy, unbearably hot weather, unsafe eggs...
Past is new again in reprinted book
“For although he was insatiably a farmer and his father and grandfathers and great-grandfathers had been Owen County farmers, he did not live on...
