Monthly Archives: February 2003
One pound of worms can eat 1 pound of manure a day
Vermiculture experts are prescribing a dose of earthworms to cure livestock producers' manure worries. Second in a two-part series.
Dorpers make it easy for shepherd
The Dorper sheep breed is a hardy, low-maintenance choice, one that Ohio shepherd Chuck White is glad he made.
USDA and states battling over elevator licenses
The USDA says a grain warehouse with a federal license is subject only to U.S. regulations. Not so, respond officials in Ohio and Indiana.
Dairy Excel/Channel: The good, bad and ugly of cell counts
Shoemaker says since the weather is warming up, at least temporarily, it's time for a quick review of the scourge of cow udders.
Country kids’ imaginations run wild
Columnist Judith Sutherland didn't have the wide range of toys that most kids have today - she had bales of hay and piles of sticks - and her pets. So, she learned to improvise.
Hazard A Guess: Week of Feb. 6, 2003
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Read it Again: Week of Feb. 6, 2003.
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Real Life: As seen on television
Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt can't figure out why reality "as seen on TV" isn't available for the rest of us.
Gloves, Grandpa’s, Geese and Good Times
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about winter fun.
Talking films approach perfection
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the progress of "talkies."
