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Smith-Lever Act Centennial Celebration
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/smith-lever-act-centennial-celebration
The 100-year anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act, which officially created the national Cooperative Extension System, will be celebrated in 2014. Activities this year will highlight our past and focus on the current application of Cooperative Extension’s m ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Large round bales (for the week of Sept. 9, 2001)
August 20, 2001 Dear Twig: What are those big, round things I see in farmersâ fields? They look like bales of hay. Youâre right. They ARE bales of hay. Theyâre called âlarge round balesâ (imagine that!) and they help feed cattle and other farm a ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Organic farming (for the week of Sept. 30, 2001)
September 18, 2001 Dear Twig: Whatâs organic farming? Organic farming, or âbiological farming,â doesnât use synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Instead, the soil is enriched with manure, compost and cover crops. And pests, weeds and diseases are ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Apple or crabapple? (for the week of Oct. 28, 2001)
October 17, 2001 Dear Twig: What's the difference between an apple and a crabapple? Basically only their size. Crabapples, by definition, are 2 inches or less in diameter. Apples are more than 2 inches around. Both come from trees that are in the sam ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Draft horses (for the week of 9-16-01)
September 6, 2001 Dear Twig: Tell me about draft horses. I saw some at our county fair. They were huge! Draft horses are big-- sometimes REALLY big. Some are 19 hands high, or six feet-plus at the withers (the point between the shoulder blades). A typical ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Grazing cattle (for the week of Aug. 19, 2001)
August 7, 2001 Dear Twig: The other day I went by a pasture and all of the cattle were grazing in the same direction. Do they do this all the time? Why do they do it? The answers are âNoâ and âWe arenât really sure.â Cattle donât always look l ...