Several years ago a merchant friend of mine described to me very simply what it means to the community to lose a farmer. He said “Every time a farmer quits, I sell two pairs of rubber boots less a year.”

We all spend a lifetime improving our reputation by doing good deeds, working hard, giving reliable advice, and helping those in need. However, just tell a few intentional lies, talk behind someone’s back, or take advantage of someone in a

When we think of our five senses, we think of sight, sound and smell first. We know someone who is blind or deaf. Most of us are fortunate enough to have all of our five senses but take them for

A few decades ago most stores sold items: meat, cheese and even nails and steeples by weight. There was always a government approved scale on the counter beside the cash register. Usually a paper bag was placed on the scales

When I was a kid on the farm, my grandfather never drove a car but my dad did. Every Sunday afternoon, we went for a drive. It was always down a road with the best crops, the neatest farms, those

On our farm, for as long as I can remember we always had a dog and several cats. They were never pampered but the family dog was always allowed to sleep in the house because she was easily trained to

A few observations of an old farmer of how mistakes in basic nutrition affect an animal’s health and performance and may similarly affect humans. In grade ten agriculture a class taught by Mr. Stones, he told us that animal nutrition

“We never miss the water til the well goes dry,” is a saying that is as old as the hills. With water making up half of our body weight (45-60 per cent for women and 50-65 per cent for men),

When our pioneering ancestors first came to Canada they came for cheap or free land and were filled with hope of a better future for themselves and their families. The pioneers knew there would be lots of hard work but

Recently, a few very vocal radicals have been preaching that humans should not be feeding children milk from another species. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but cows have been considered the mothers of the human race, providing early nourishment