Ladies and Gentlemen, start your tractors. Well, I mean that metaphorically. I have set a timer on my phone to see how fast I can…
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For as long as I can remember, there have always been constant requests for hunters to come on our farm to hunt wildlife. When I…
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Do you know how to make a pizza? Each year during National Agriculture Week, the Joliet Junior College Weitendorf Agricultural Center is the home for…
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I am about to start my 12th year of writing about agriculture in Will County. Whenever I want an easy night at the computer, penning…
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I hesitate to even write about a current theory being bantered among chicken owners. I fear that even putting unsubstantiated statements in print will somehow…
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I have been selling hay and straw to hundreds, if not thousands, of customers in the last 40 years. I wish I had written down…
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It is time to write another article about chickens and eggs. Since I knew I had written many times about my backyard hens in the…
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Do you like driving at night? How about in drizzle/snow on rural roads with no streetlights? Do you notice many approaching cars with obnoxiously bright…
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It is time to do an end-of-the-year wrap-up. What have I omitted throughout the year that you might have found interesting, funny, or pertinent? Also,…
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In 1906, at the age of 13, my Grandpa Conrad left Germany aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II and emigrated through Ellis Island on September…
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