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...
Reader: HSUS shouldn’t hold ag community hostage
Editor:
This letter is in response to the Humane Society of the United States.People are killed each day on a bicycle. We do not ban...
Letter writer twisted OFBF statement
OFBF has committed to protecting dog breeders' rights to utilize responsible animal husbandry and business practices in areas such as genetics, nutrition, housing and marketing, including the auction system.
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...
Animal industry considered “acceptable collateral damage”
Editor:As an animal owner I was completely stunned on June 30 with the announcement of the "agreement" between Gov. Strickland, OFBF/Commodity Leaders and HSUS.In...
The Russell & Company put Massillon on the map
For many years I've planned to spend some time at the Massillon Museum and the Massillon Public Library to try to do a story...
Is summer really coming to an end?
Just at twilight, the doe and her fawn tiptoe up the back fence line, their ears alert to any move I might make as...
