Monthly Archives: August 2002
Dorr appointment is ‘vulgar abuse of power’
Reader says President George Bush's "recess appointment" of controversial Tom Dorr as undersecretary of agriculture for rural development, after the Senate Ag Committee refused to recommend his confirmation to the full Senate can only be termed a vulgar abuse of power.
Dairy Excel: Somatic cell count: How low can it go?
Dennis Weilnau compares herd somatic cell counts and examines dairy farm attitudes.
Lessons linger from long-ago summers
Columnist Judith Sutherland looks back on the possibilities summer offered in days gone by.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Aug. 22, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Read it Again: Week of Aug. 22, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
As American as mom, hot dogs, and passing the buck
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt offers commentary on the need to pass responsibility for our own irresponsibility.
How Cool Are You?
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about the luxuries of air conditioners.
From the woods: Deciding which trees to use for buckets, hinges, brooms
Antique columnist Roy Booth reflects on early settlers' choices of wood for furniture.
How to manage burned-out pastures
Get tips on how to manage and graze dry pastures during the summer drought.
Walnut secretary brings $2,600
Other furniture items brought high bids at the summer auction in Salem.
