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John Parker

Diary of a very different time

June 26, 2009

Life back in the 1860s was far different than it is today. We may not be able to relate to how our ancestors lived back then, and certainly they would never have imagined the way we live in our society today. Not long ago, I spent some time reading two small old diaries that were kept by my great-great grandfather Stoddard Dickinson, who lived in Shalersville in Portage County. While the writing is sometimes hard to read and his entries were brief, one can get a picture of the way he and some of his family lived. Stoddard was born in 1799 in Old Milford, Conn. Our records do not show when he migrated to the Portage County area. A number of New Englanders came west to Ohio in the early to mid-1800s in search of cheaper and more productive farm land. As was true of probably 80 percent of our 1860s population, Stoddard was a farmer. His Portage County farm was a productive one on some of the sandy soils of the Shalersville area.

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Speaking up for agriculture

June 25, 2009

More than 150 interested people turned out last week to learn more about speaking out and speaking up to tell agriculture’s important story.

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Celebrate Dairy Month during June

June 18, 2009

As you may know, June is Dairy Month, a time when the quality, value, healthfulness and downright good taste of milk and dairy products are emphasize.

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Baldwin Farm works closely with cows

June 11, 2009

Recently, I visited with a group the Joel and Jessica Baldwin Farm up in Ashtabula County. This relatively small dairy farm is one of the few new ones in that county, with about 45 milk cows in the herd.

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Speaker to debunk animal activists

May 28, 2009

Sharing with people about the outstanding care livestock farmers give to their animals will be the focus of an area wide workshop to be held June 19 at Westwood Park in Geauga County.

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A lot of science and some luck

May 14, 2009

This time of the year, things can be very hectic out there on the farm. It’s time to get corn and soybeans in the ground and cooperation from the weather is needed to get those jobs done. Recent rains have been spotty around the are.

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