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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 ...
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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: Alpacas (for the week of Aug. 12, 2001)
July 24, 2001 Dear Twig: Thereâs a farm near my home that must have a hundred alpacas. What can you tell me about them? Lucky you, to have so many alpacas so close. Theyâre beautiful animals. Hereâs what I can tell you: Alpacas are related to llamas ...
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Sen. Voinovich Learns About Bio-energy, Climate Change Research at OARDC
July 5, 2007 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Sen. George Voinovich toured the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) June 29 to learn about ongoing research seeking to develop new sources of renewable energy and industrial products and combat th ...
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See Roses, Ohio History at OARDC Rose Garden Open House
June 1, 2010 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â Life in Ohio in the 1700s might not have been a bed of roses. But people still managed to grow them. And on Saturday, June 12, you can learn about both. The third annual open house at Ohio State Universityââ¬â¢s Ga ...
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See, Sniff 1,500 Blooming Heirloom Roses: OSU Garden in Wooster to Host June 14 Open House
April 14, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio ââ¬â See a thousand-plus heirloom roses in bloom ââ¬â plus maybe buy a few, learn how to prune them and walk a new rose-scented labyrinth ââ¬â in Wooster on Saturday, June 14. Ohio State Universityââ¬â¢s three ...
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Secrest Crabapples Reaching Peak Bloom
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/secrest-crabapples-reaching-peak-bloom
April 27, 2001 WOOSTER, Ohio- The crabapple blossoms in the Secrest Arboretum in Wooster are now blooming and favorable weather conditions will make for ideal viewing through the middle of next week. Arboretum curator Ken Cochran said the trees are expect ...