Monthly Archives: March 2003
Hazard A Guess: Week of March 20, 2003
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Read it Again: Week of March 20, 2003.
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Heck no we won’t go – to the Oscars!
Since when did Hollywood stars become foreign policy experts? Columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt questions the public peace-making credibility Sean Penn and other president wannabes.
Help! Open the Window!
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb enjoyed last weekend's warm weather with a frenzy of outdoor activity.
Rail wood burners light Americana
By mid-1800, rail systems were consuming more than four to five million cords of wood per year. More than 5,300 men earned a living in Massachusetts supplying the local railroads with wood.
Time, patience, could make Kura clover a permanent pasture
Kura establishment has been characterized this way: "First year it sleeps, second year it creeps, third year it leaps."
Semiannual sale attracts draft horse enthusiasts
Despits less-than-ideal traveling conditions the first week of March, the Mid-Ohio Spring Draft Horse Sale at Mount Hope, Ohio, enjoyed near-record attendance and sales.
Winchester Model 12 Trap nets $6,250
Buyers came from seven states to a firearms auction March 2 conducted by Larry Garner.
U.S. continues Canadian wheat board subsidy investigation
U.S. imports of wheat from Canada are subsidized, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Study: Tax breaks don’t help education
Economic development subsidies granted to many businesses may be harming public education.
