Yearly Archives: 2024
Farmers quick to offer a helping hand
Judith Sutherland finds comfort in the generally kind nature of farmers and their willingness to help those in need.
How not to walk a cat
Kym Seabolt recently came to find herself looking online for enrichment activities for her cat. The outcome of this search surprised even her.
Making headway on a work in progress takes time, ingenuity
Eric Keller ponders all that goes into making a property exactly that way you want it to be.
Roundup of FFA news for May 9, 2024
Catch up on FFA news from East Knox FFA, Mount Vernon FFA and Northwestern Wayne FFA.
Roundup of 4-H news for May 9, 2024
Catch up on 4-H news from the Green Valley 4-H club and Granny’s Kids 4-H club.
A tiny wire, a few feathers and a helping hand
Jim Abrams recalls a trip to the the Gallatin River near Bozeman, Montana where he did a little fly fishing.
The failure to learn history’s simple lessons
Alan Guebert recalls the brilliance of Theodore W. Schultz, “perhaps the world’s most pre-eminent agricultural economist.”
Start scouting and preparation for tick and fly season now
It is time to start thinking about how we can keep our grazing animals safe from ticks and flies that can cause medical problems and production losses.
Despite all warnings, ducklings are almost impossible to resist
Despite the mess they create and their other qualities that make keeping them difficult, Eliza Blue has given in and gotten herself a few ducklings.
Bringing out the broadaxe and hewing to the line
Once early settlers had felled, sectioned and de-barked trees, it was time for the hewing process to begin, which required a broadaxe and a marking axe.
