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Are the Dog Days of 2014 completed yet?
(Column ~ 08/28/14)
Rural children grew up being warned about the Dog Days of summer. Adults didn't want the children to go swimming in the creeks or ponds. Some insisted that the children wear shoes during these days. Others tried to keep the children indoors as much as possible...
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Different Jayhawkers pillage, plunder
(Column ~ 08/28/14)
During the Civil War in western Missouri, the word "Jayhawker" normally referred to Kansas soldiers or civilians who conducted raids into Missouri. However, as the war continued the word Jayhawker was used by both the Yankees and Confederates to mean any soldier or civilian who was engaged in jayhawking or the act of the robbery or murder of civilians or the destruction of their respective property be it homes, stores, barns or other structures. ...
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Grazing livestock producers, farmers may be eligible for drought compensation
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/28/14)
Dear Editor: Did you own livestock in 2012? What a year that was! Pastures and ponds dried up. Hay was a hot commodity and in some cases, hard to find. Things may have looked pretty bleak at the time. Fast forward to the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill with legislation authorizing the Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program...
