Monthly Archives: September 2001
We must earn freedom anew
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell laments the news of Sept. 11, and the lack of words that made it impossible for her to say anything meaningful about it.
Dairy Channel: Designing silos for dairy operations.
Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, writes about the design and sizing of bunker silos for dairy operations.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 13, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Read it Again: Week of Sept. 13, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
September magic
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the sylvan king and queen that rule over the space she also inhabits.
Remembering wooden planes
Antique columnist Roy Booth remembers the use and uses of wooden carpenter's planes, a block of beech with a blade.
WVU renames ag college for sisters
Two Morgantown sisters have gifted $18.4 million to the university, the largest private donation from individuals in WVU history. Most of the donation, $16.2 million, is earmarked for the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences.
When is your corn ready to chop
Determining the proper time to harvest corn for silage is critical because whole plant dry matter content varies with maturity and it influences fermentation.
Review will warm hearts and heads
Spare a few minutes at the Farm Science Review to make mittens and hats for homeless children.
Retired freighter brings tales of the Great Lakes to life
The William G. Mather bulk freighter museum in the Cleveland waterfront will hold unique storytelling tours this fall.
