Yearly Archives: 2001
Ohio insect carrying new corn virus
Ohio State University and USDA researchers have learned that the black-faced leafhopper, which transmits the maize chlorotic dwarf virus, also transmits a corn virus discovered last year.
Mixing hog manure and sawdust into compost could be management option
A University of Illinois extension study found that mixing 50 gallons of slurry with a cubic yard of sawdust created a compost with about 50 percent moisture and no odor that was ready to apply as fertilizer in five months.
Do-it-yourself tooth bleaching kits may cause problems
They have the potential to cause an infection or nerve damage, say oral surgeons at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Detroit: Stove capital of the world
Advertising pamphlets in the culinary collection at the University of Michigan's William L. Clements Library document the products of the no fewer than five major companies that made stoves in Detroit at the turn of the century, and give a picture of the home kitchen a hundred years ago.
Cleveland Rocks Coin-op show has everything coin-op
The show will be Sept. 14-16 at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea, featuring all those machines that have ever been operated by putting money into a coinslot.
BST use leveling off in Wisconsin
With one-sixth of Wisconsin dairy farms using bovine somatotropinwell, the adoption level is well below what was expected in the debate that preceded its commercial release in 1994.
Bookstore to hold Isaly’s reunion
Main Street Books of Mansfield, site of the first Isaly's store, will provide an opportunity for people to share their Isaly memories and memorabilia.
Beaver Co. 4-H’ers repeat with market champions
Jason Heinlein of Aliquippa repeated his 2000 grand champion steer performance, followed by Levi McLaughlin of Georgetown who returned with another reserve champion steer.
Smith family spends fair season on the road, cheering on hogs
Ramy Swine Farm is in the business of breeding and selling club show hogs, and when pigs leave the farm they are almost always headed for a showring someplace.
Records fall at Portage Co. market livestock sale
Six of the ten grand champion animals sold Aug. 25 at the Portage County Randolph Fair Junior Fair Market Livestock Auction set record high prices.
