Danbom, David B. Sod Busting: How Families Made Farms on the Nineteenth-Century Plains Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 144 pp., $44.95 ISBN 978-1-4214-1450-8 Publication Date: July 2014doi:info:doi/10.1080/03612759.2016.1087937Laura Mccall...
Infrastructure can make or break a farm’s economic viability. Farmers’ ownership and ability to invest in infrastructure is often arranged thro
Another creative way to style your bookshelves is to use a zig zag pattern. Karianne from Thistlewood Farms did this with her bookshelves by placing books and accessories all the way to the right on one shelf. And then all the way to the left on the next one. This works particularly wel...
which researchers have accomplished. Next, scientists must be able to turn on specific genes within the stem cells so that the stem cells will differentiate into any cell they wish. But scientists have not learned how to do this yet; so, studying stem cell differentiation is an active area...
They’re the focus of the immigration debate. But across the nation, Latinos are rising to power and offering a glimpse of what’s ahead.
/egg-production"> male or female by its genitals usually requires expertise in sexing fowl, but theDepartment of Primary Industrieshas a detailed guide for any aspiring keeper of geese . The vent of goslings can be examined by a chicken sexer when the bird is as young as a day old....
Cropper reportedly hated the sound and feel of new guitar strings — something, he says, is no longer the case in old age — and in a lip-smacking good tidbit of studio lore, explained how he managed his unique sound. "I carry a thing of ChapStick all the...
I know we have several weeks of summer left and fall can have some warm days too, but everyone likes to see what the Old Farmer's Almanac has to say about the upcoming winter. Will we have a winter with 10 feet of snow or will we barely see flurries? What's in the forecast for ...
Lameness is a significant cause of economic loss on dairy farms as well as being a welfare concern for the effected cows (Silva et al.,Citation2021). Furthermore, treating production animals for their pain, such as that likely experienced by chronically lame cows, is complex due to subjectivit...
Sweden is investigating alleged Russian-sponsored acts of sabotage. The Czech government accuses Moscow of sabotaging its railways, as well. Estonia, meanwhile, has reportedly uncovered a host of Russian plots on its soil. Russian ships are suspecte...