Monthly Archives: May 2005
Heritage turkeys getting popular
MANHATTAN, Kan. - The first stage of research on heritage-breed turkeys at Kansas State University is complete, a K-State animal scientist said.
Crops probably survived chilly start
COLUMBUS - Early-planted corn in Ohio is germinating or, in some cases, already emerging. Those signs could indicate that the crop escaped serious disease problems brought about by cold, wet conditions in late April.
Taking to tokens: History buff trades pocket watch for pocket change
SALEM, Ohio - John Dunlap has his hand in his pocket, sifting jingling coins between his fingers.
He gathers them and withdraws the loot.
Life on the Stark Electric Railway
SALEM, Ohio - Thirty-three miles of hand-laid railroad track and the Stark Electric Railway cars that raced on it between Canton and Salem built the foundation for life as we know it in Stark and Columbiana counties.
Seeing the future of animal ID
While most U.S. beef producers are having a hard time coming to grips with livestock traceability, a Japanese cattle company is taking animal ID to the next level.
Edison was a classroom nuisance
Consider for a moment some of the amazing Americans who shaped the development of history. Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Charles Kettering, Marie Curie, Charles Lindberg are a few who come to mind quite readily.
Broken promises of rural development
It happened again the other week at a local public forum on agriculture.
The panel of speakers included me, two farmers and a state Farm Bureau economist.
Have To Sit? Might As Well Knit
I first spotted the recent fad, a yarn manufacturer's dream, when sisters entered the Next to New Shop where I work part-time.
More fun than you can shake a stick at
I firmly believe that when mothers compare notes on childbirth this can only be because they have not yet experienced the pain and sheer endurance that a 6-year-old's birthday party entails.
