The Summit County Farm Bureau’s work year begins on October 1st and ends on September 30th. That means it is time for the Board of Trustees to develop a plan of work for the 2014 – 2015 year. However, before we can move forward, we need to look back at our projects...
by Llyn Kaimowitz Long ago, when I lived in Barberton, I told a friend that I was driving out to the muck farms to get some fresh produce for dinner. "Muck farms?" She wrinkled her nose. "I could never eat anything that sat in MUCK!" I tried to explain to her about...
a humorous story of farm life - by Bob Luther Around 1985, I was farming with my brother, Ed. We had oats planted on the old Stauffer Farm, which is now Glen Cairn. Right at harvest time, the State was redoing the Wheatley Road bridge deck over Route 77. We needed to...
a humorous story of farm life - by Bob Luther In the 1980’s we would make about 100 acres of hay, baling about 1,000 bales a day. My wife, Diane, would drive our new John Deere tractor and would have a couple of our kids in the cab of the tractor at the same time. I...
a humorous story of farm life ~ By Bob Luther There was a neighbor who had a horse for sale and another neighbor who wanted to buy the horse. When asked about the condition of the horse, the seller replied that it was a wonderful horse: you could ride it, it would...
a humorous story of farm life - by Bob Luther Tim and I were baling straw one day, Tim was driving and I did the stacking. Tim was having some kind of problem as he was driving. He kept starting and stopping, so I asked him what was wrong. He said there was a skunk...
A Humorous Look at Farm Life ~ by Bob Luther In 1980, we bought a new John Deere tractor with full cab, air and heat. We thought we could work later in the day with this new equipment, and sometimes even into the late evening. I found out differently in Broadview...
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