Test ag knowledge with yet another Dr. Rosmann quiz
t’s been more than a year since the last “Farm and Ranch Life” quiz and readers have been asking for another test of knowledge about agriculture. Here it is!
Wait till farmers take over as nation’s nouveau riche
Jim Rogers, a financial wizard who retired at 37, recently told the Progressive Cattleman: “In our history there have been long periods where the financial types were in charge, followed by long periods where the people who produced real goods were in charge.
Each person should make time for what stirs them up
I knew what I should be doing, I knew of the possibilities and opportunities that were right there in front of me – but I was just hanging back, wasting time. Squandering the potential that was waiting to be tapped.
Belt it up: 100 years ago, gas engines gave farmers a break
Hundreds of visitors enjoyed the Argyle Antique Gas Engine Show in picturesque Argyle Lake State Park in west-central Illinois. The show coincides with an annual weekend-long Labor Day celebration in nearby Colchester that draws thousands for craft vendors, yard sales, musical acts and midway rides.
Buckley Old Engine Show turns clock back on visitors
The Buckley Old Engine Show completed its 47th annual event Aug. 17. The four-day exposition draws more than 50,000 people to see history brought to life in exhibits and working displays that the Northwest Michigan Engine and Thresher Club has restored over time.
Central States reunion draws machine lovers from far and wide
Forty-five minutes before the noon parade stepped off, the morning’s ominous clouds went south, the sun beamed down – and the 66th anniversary of the second oldest thresherman’s reunion in the United States was under way.
One of the most wonderful snacks I was able to have on rare occasions as a kid was some of those crispy Butterfield Shoestring Potatoes in a can. I liked them better than potato chips and, on rare occasions, I’d take my yard-mowing money and buy a whole can of them just for myself.
Kids and farmers’ markets can be a delicious combo
Allowing 10- to 12-year-old kids in the kitchen is an excellent idea, especially when it leads to creating pizzas from scratch with fresh ingredients found locally in backyard gardens and neighborhood farmers’ markets.
First afternoons down in the 50s since early June coming
As we lay awake long before daybreak, listening to the rippling of the river and the rustling of the leaves ... we already suspected that there was a change in the weather, from a freshness as of autumn in these sounds.
