Remember me saying that about three weeks ago, our Black Kitty had her first litter of kittens? All four of them – looking like a mix between cat and raccoon. Well, they’ve been a source of enjoyment for our son ever since, carrying them two at a time into the house to pet them and show them his tractors. (I’m …
AgChat Foundation Board Discussion
In advance of tomorrow’s start to the AgChat Agvocacy 2.0 Conference, the AgChat Foundation board members are having a discussion. It has been a year and a half since this organization got started. We’ve got a lot to talk about and I’m looking forward to it. The Agvocacy Conference is larger than last year and if we hadn’t had to …
Just Add Lard
I’m not a big fan of pie (I know, it’s un-American) but as I talked to my grandfather about this old lard press, his eyes lit up and I think he even licked his lips just a bit when he said, “Lard makes the best pie crusts.” Good thing Grandma was a good pie-maker. Patented in 1897, this lard press …
Obama More than a Number at Wyffels
He may have mispronounced their name at first, but it was still a great honor for Wyffels Hybrids to host President Obama during his Town Hall Meeting in Atkinson, Illinois on Wednesday. “I want to thank the Waffles family for — (laughter) — Wyffels, rather, excuse me. I haven’t had lunch,” reads the official transcript of the president’s opening remarks …
Cold Feet
Maybe it’s a circulation problem, I’m not sure, but my feet are always cold. It can be 100 degrees outside and my toes can be ice cold in my flip flops. It’s a problem I’ve always had and a quite frustrating one! The same holds true for my fingers. Maybe it’s an extremities problem. Either way, electric blankets are no …
It’s in the Can
I’ve seen them used as decorations on the front porch, or as bar stools in the shop, or flower planters … but in the early days, these cream cans were actually used for agricultural purposes. It’s just that – a 5-gallon cream can that folks used to set at the end of the driveway and once a week, a truck …
Baby Raccoons?
What do you get when you cross a Black Kitty with a raccoon? Four odd-looking baby kittens! I doubt if Black Kitty mated with a raccoon, but her offspring sure look as though she did. These newborn kittens have gray bodies, black heads and ringed tails. They’re the oddest foursome I’ve ever seen – and faces only a mother (and …
Fishing In The Heat Wave
After taking care of business at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference a few of us had to get a little R&R. So we followed Gary Cooper, Southeast AgNet, to his place at Cedar Island at Keaton Beach. Tagging along are Mike Deering, NCBA and Evan Slack, the Evan Slack Radio Network. Today’s Evan’s birthday so make sure you wish him …
The Corn Crib
From planting to harvest, corn production has changed drastically through the years. I’ve talked about a 2-row planter, hand-crank corn sheller and 12-row combine head, but another memory from my childhood reappeared the other day and I enlisted the help of my grandmother to dig up a photo. On one of the “old places” there used to be a round, …
Black Kitty
Her name used to be Fuzz but now it’s just black kitty. It was just easier that way. She ran out a month ago and found herself a nice boyfriend and wound up pregnant with her first litter of kittens. Like any new mom, I can relate. She’s probably not happy about all the wiggling and pushing going on in …