Hazard A Guess: Week of Sept. 13, 2001
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Dairy Channel: Designing silos for dairy operations.
Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, writes about the design and sizing of bunker silos for dairy operations.
Remembering wooden planes
Antique columnist Roy Booth remembers the use and uses of wooden carpenter's planes, a block of beech with a blade.
Forts used for protection from hostiles
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the numerous rebuilt evidences and records of forts in Ohio and western Pennsylvania that tell a story of the settlers who sought protection from hostiles a century and a half ago.
Good old days
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb has shared in her column this week a letter from a reader who has been looking back through her bills from the 1950s.
Read it Again: Week of Sept. 6, 2001
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Dairy Excel: Which works best? Decision-making takes varying styles
Terry Beck, agricultural extension agent in Wayne County and a member of the OSU Extension Dairy Excel team, writes about decision-making styles and shared decision-making with employees.
Pens, inks and dyes were homemade
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about making quill pens and ink out of saw filings and vinegar for school back in the days when little was store bought.
Summing up summer
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes of crickets and katydids, gerbils and kittens, and a brand new clothes line.
Read it Again: Week of Aug.31, 2001
Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
