Monthly Archives: October 2001
Arson blamed for more Holmes County barn fires
Two more 100-year-old barns have been burned in the rash of barn fires that have plauged Wayne and Holmes County.
New farm bill ignores old problems
In this week's commentary, Editor Susan Crowell comments on the political maneuvering that strong-armed their "same old, same old" measures to victory in the House.
Mahoning Farm Bureau recaps year
Tom Koch was installed as the county farm organization's newest president at the Mahoning County Farm Bureau's annual Meeting.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 4, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Read it Again: Week of Oct. 4, 2001.
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Why vegetarian food?
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the growing trend toward vegetarian diet.
These days you find them under foot
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the old grind-stones, now turned into lawn ornaments or consigned to foot paths as stepping stones.
Tuscarawas County Fair junior fair sales top $280,000; averages stay high
Bidders spent a $17,319 for the 55 lambs, $98,247 for the 214 hogs, and $115,217 for the 68 market steers.
Ashland County Fair lamb gets $36 a pound bid
The Ashland County Agricultural Society donated two 4-gallon butter churns commemorating the 150th Ashland County Fair that were sold for $1,000 each, with the proceeds donated to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Effort
Washington’s Revolutionary War tent conserved in Colonial Williamsburg
Gen. George Washington did not sleep under it, but he did plan the victory at Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolution, under it.
