Monthly Archives: May 2014
Protect our food and agriculture
I think most of us remember vividly where we were on Sept. 11, 2001.
I know all of our lives have changed because of this...
Schumman’s Water Cricket makes fly fishing easy
When it comes to the sport of fishing, Kent, Ohio, can lay claim to lots of hometown fame, but none more lasting or more significant than a small bug created by William H. Schumman.
Why brown-headed cowbirds are lousy parents
When I walked to my office this morning, I noticed a female brown-headed cowbird perched high atop the tallest tree in the yard. For 10 minutes she surveyed the surrounding area.
Fix rural broadband’s leaky, creaky ‘net
Moving just six miles from a small central Illinois farm town to an even smaller, rural enclave in 2005 took the lovely Catherine and me from a drafty, big house on a leafy, wide street to a tighter, smaller house in a leafy, wide woods. Fabulous.
Ohio Manufacturing Company built early tractors
One of the early tractor builders in Ohio was the Ohio Manufacturing Company in Upper Sandusky. In 1899, Samuel S. Morton built a crude tractor in York, Pa., with a large, horizontal, one-cylinder, hopper-cooled Otto engine mounted on a relatively, for the time, light-weight chassis with a short wheelbase.
A simple solution to plastic bags
I see farmer’s fields littered with plastic bags. Equipment gets tangled in plastic. I see bags stuck in trees. I know they get swept in creeks and streams and out into our oceans.
On a dairy farm, derby races are good cause for a break
Watching the big horse races was a family tradition.
Biodiesel producers say reduced RFS is hurting business
Survey finds nearly six in ten biodiesel producers have idled production
Pasture walk to feature grass-fed beef
WERNERSVILLE, Pa. — Lancaster County Graziers and Pennsylvania Certified Organic will hold a pasture walk June 20 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Forrest Stricker’s...
Farm Science Review to move antique tractor displays
Antique tractors will be moved to the plot areas, allowing more space for commercial exhibits.
