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GIBSONBURG Imagine a Christmas whereyour most cherished gift wasa simple orange.For a young girl on a farm

in Northwest Ohio prior tothe Civil War, that mayhave been a gift from a suit-or. Plus, it would have beenshared with her whole fami-ly.Farm families who lived

in Northwest Ohio duringthe 19th century truly knewa hard life yet while manyleft the region othersstayed and conquered theGreat Black Swamp.Debbie Haubert, educa-

tion specialist for theSandusky County ParkDistrict, shares the tales anda first-hand demonstration oflife during a 1850s Christmasat the cabins in White StarPark during a series of din-ners each Christmas season.The Christmas at the

Cabins program is celebrat-ing its 10th anniversary thisyear, and the 10 dinners setfor the Reineck and Schlea-Swartzlander cabins werebooked solid in under a weekof reservations being openedfor 2012.In late November,

Haubert was decorating theSchlea-Swartzlander cabinfor the upcom-ing Christmasdinners. Thatcabin was origi-nally built in1874, while theReineck Cabinwas built in1950. Bothwere originallyfrom theGibsonburgarea and donat-ed to the park district, whichmoved them to 800-acreWhite Star Park.Neither of our log homes

had fireplaces when theywere built, Haubert said aswood cracked in a large four-burner cook stove.The entire floor area of

the Schlea-Swartzlandercabin would fit in most oftoday's living rooms. Yet fora family in that region of thestate, the cabin was kitchen,bedroom, living area andwork space.Haubert said this cabin

was the bigger of the two asit was newer and built at atime when families in theGreat Black Swamp wereseeing just a bit more pros-perity by the 1870s. Theswamp was starting to bedrained just before the CivilWar, she said.She also explained that

the two log cabins at thepark were built at a timewhen Ohio was modernenough that families couldbuy cast-iron pot belly stovesfor their homes instead ofbuilding a fireplace into thewall.That stove would have

set in the center of the cabinfor heat with a stove pipeleading out a side wallinstead of extending upthrough the loft where otherfamily members would besleeping.

Like others living at thetime in Ohio fires werealways a concern for peopleliving in log homes.Haubert pointed out that

for much of Northwest Ohio the Great Black Swampwas part of daily life untilnearly the 1900s. Theswamp stretched from mid-Sandusky County near Clydenorth to nearly Sandusky(then called Portland) andthen west all the way to FortWayne, Indiana. WoodCounty, for example, thehome of Bowling GreenState University today, wascompletely covered inswamp.That swamp affected fam-

ilies who moved to theregion to farm and how theycelebrated Christmas.Just as people realized

they could drain swamplandfor clearing and farming the Civil War came andpostponed improvements,Haubert shared.After the war, families

used drainage pipes madefrom the clay under theirfeet and a system of ditchesto change the landscape, sheexplained while sitting at acabin table covered in oillamps being cleaned andwicks trimmed for theupcoming dinners.Because of the Swamp,

Ohio has a system of

drainage laws that remain ineffect today, she added.The people who lived in

the Great Black Swampchanged over the years inthe 1800s First it wastrappers like the French whomoved through the area, andthen German families andothers came to the area toclaim land for farming. Theydiscovered the difficulties oflife in the swamp. Farmingwas not easy and the landquality was poor, Haubertsaid.Life in the swamp was

difficult, she reiterated.Some city homes and a

few farm homes from thesame period in NorthwestOhio had more amenities.For farms, it depended onthe type of land the familyhad to work and on thegeography. Some areas werehigher and more workable.U.S. Route 20 that is a

major east-west corridor then called the WesternReserve Road played amajor role in NorthwestOhio.It was one of the highest

roads going through theswamp, Haubert pointedout.Living in the swamp

changed the way many fami-lies celebrated Christmas inthe 1800s, she added.

PHOTOS BY BECKY BROOKSApplesauce ornaments are one type of decoration that families could make in the 1850s to celebrate theholidays on the farm.

Tin punch ornamentswere common in fami-lies who had the abilityto cut tin.RIGHT: The Schlea-Swartzland cabin wasconstructed originallyan 1874 and relocatedin 2002 to White StarPark. It was construct-ed of multiple types ofwood from the regionand is named for thefamily who donated itto the park.

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BY GARY [email protected]

With just a few weeks to gobefore the end of the year, Ohiosfarmers can breathe a sign of reliefthat 2012 will soon be over andtheir attention can turn to 2013.

In fairness to 2012, most farmersare now saying that, while theextended drought this past summerwas bad, and had a serious impacton many crops at harvest time itwas not as bad as some feared andcould have been far worse.

What now has farmers con-cerned is the uncertainty of thefuture. What lies ahead in 2013 forOhios farmers?

Right now, as of the end ofNovember, a lot of things thataffect our farmers remain cloudy.

First, there is the federal FarmBill. It hasnt been passed, and ifthere isnt a resolution to the stale-mate in Washington, all bets areoff in 2013. That is because with-out the legislation in place, manyregulations either end or revertback to earlier laws.

This will effect farmers and agri-culture producers throughout theUnited States and right here inOhio.

According to our ACRES articlein this edition, the bill includes anarray of policies that influence theprice of agricultural commodities,ensure the availability of food, tem-per the cost of farming and provide

for agricultural research and con-servation. The 2008 farm billexpired on Sept. 30, but many ofits provisions will retain funding orcontinue to pay out until the endof the harvesting season in 2013.

But the major worry is the safetynet that many farmers receiveeither yearly or when needed farm subsidies. Will some or all ofthose subsidies expire in 2013 ifthere is no Farm Bill approved?

What will happen in 2013with the corn industry and theongoing need for corn in the pro-duction of ethanol? Just beforeThanksgiving, the U.S. EPA rejecta request from a coalition of statesand special interest groups to rollthe ethanol standard back becauseof the corn shortage this year.

The EPA said no dice thestandard is the standard. What thatmeans is that millions of tons ofcorn will still be needed in 2013for the production of ethanol.What isn't known is what impactthat will have on corn prices andthe prices of so many other prod-ucts that use corn as its base.Supplies of corn will be scarce afterthe ethanol produces take theirshare. Will livestock owners take amajor hit in 2013 in the cost offeed?

Then there is the possibilityof new U.S. Department ofAgriculture rules regarding healthand food safety standards. Willthose change next year? Will there

be increased pressure on morerestaurant and supermarkets chainsto tell suppliers that the animalsused for meat they receive musthave received more humane treat-ment than present standardsrequire?

On top of this is the newbiodiesel tax incentive legislation.Will it be renewed? And the listgoes on.

As we prepare to welcome in2013, there are plenty of questionsfrom Ohio farmers about what kindof year '13 will be. Will it be agreat year or an unlucky one as the"13" implies? Time will tell.

Gary Brock is Editor of ACRES ofSouthwest Ohio.

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NORWALK Gary and Mary Bauer wanted allthree of their children to attend college. They alsorealized that with three children to put throughschool they needed to figure out a way to help withthat process.

They came up with the idea of planting aChristmas Tree Farm and are now into the secondgeneration of children who are working on that farmto help with their college tuition.

I planted my first seedlings in 1978, Gary said.We now have between 18,000 and 20,000 trees.

Piney Paradise Christmas Tree Farms has twolocations. One is on Snyder Road just off of StateRoute. 61 in Norwalk and the other is located onNorwalk Road, also in Norwalk in Huron County.

Gary said the farm was more than just a way togenerate tuition funds for his children.

We wanted to help them but also wanted themto do a little of the work to get it, he added.

Gary, who has an education degree from TheOhio State University, also taught ag classes at bothSunbury Big Walnut and Monroeville High schoolsfrom 1967-81. He would later become an associateProfessor at the Erie County Extension office of TheOhio State University until 2004.

All three of my kids play parts in the farm, Garysaid. As far as that goes so do their families. We arenow into the second generation of kids who are sav-ing money for college.

Garys three children, Scott, Wendy and Robyn,who also have teaching degrees from OSU, all still

play a role in the family business.I pretty much do everything, smiled Robyn as

she helped her dad hang decorations at the SouthNorwalk Road farm.

Honestly we all have our parts and things runvery smoothly around here, she added.

The two farms coverover 21 acres of trees invarious stages of growth.The farm, first plantedin 1978, was officiallyopened in 1984.

We sold a few treesthose first few years, butit takes time to get towhere we are today,said Gary.

The farm has ever-greens trees rangingfrom Scotch and WhitePines, to Blue andNorway Spruce as wellas Douglas, Frasier,Concolor and CanaanFirs.

Our pines are oureasiest to take care ofand grow the fastest,Gary pointed out. Wedont usually have toeven water them mostyears. It takes aboutseven years to get ourpines to about 6 foot to7 foot and that makes avery nice tree.

The spruce and firstake longer and needmore maintenance, headded. It takes thembetween seven and 10

years to get to 7 feet, Gary added.I always tell people that this is harder work than

my teaching job, said Scott. You dont just plantseedlings and then start selling trees over night. Ittakes over 13 continuous hours just to mow thefarms.

The process from seedling to a Christmas tree thatis ready to cut is an extensive process - the first stepbeing to plant the seedlings.

We get our seedlings from Vans Pine Nursery inMichigan, Gary shared.

It hurts me to say this, but they do us a greatjob, the OSU alumnus smiled.

Seedlings will be planted in their nursery in Aprilfor one year before they are dug up and planted onthe farm.

I plant our seedlings between April 12 and the15 every year, said Gary. Each time the tree is dugup and replanted, it actually makes the root systemstronger in that tree.

The trees are then tended to or sheared once ayear usually in mid to late June.

Shearing the trees, or shaping them, is one of ourhardest jobs, explained Scott. Honestly you canonly do it about 3 hours a day before your armsbecome like wet noodles.

Shearing the trees is the process of shaping theminto what a Christmas tree should look like. It is apainstaking process of using a hand-held shears andjust trimming the tree into shape.

We dont let just anyone shear our trees, saidScott. You really have to know what you are doingin order to not hurt the tree or yourself.

The Bauers actually do almost all of the farm workthemselves.

Each one of us does our own thing, Robyn said.We have maybe hired a hand full of helpers over

the years, but this is truly a family operation, Garyagreed. All my kids rather it be in the socialmedia part of the business or the physical labor of it all are all directly related to the process.

I dont want to leave out my wife, Mary, saidGary.

She might have one of the hardest jobs of all.She handles all of our pest spraying every year.Although we dont have a lot of problems with pests,there have been years that she has used a magnifyingglass to look for pests to spray.

This is not an easy business, Gary said. Theaverage success rate of planted seedlings making it toadult trees is around 67 percent, he said. We arevery proud however to have a much higher successrate. We see around 97 percent of our seedlingsbecome adult trees.

Piney Paradise sells between 500 and 600 freshcut-your-own trees each year. They also sell another100 to 200 trees on the wholesale market.

Our focus is on the family experience, saidRobyn.

We want families to come and get into theChristmas spirit. We have horse and wagon rides anda visit from Santa himself every Dec. 1 at our SnyderRoad Farm.

I just think it gives our kids something construc-tive to do, said Scott.

My son, Remington, is only eight but loves tocome work on the farm. I think kids today are intoto many other things like computer and video gamesthat they dont know what work is. I was very happyto have to come to work on the farm, and I love thefact that my children share that passion.

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Spahr Century FarmHancock County

BY TAMI [email protected]

FINDLAY In the mid1730s thousands of Germansescaped the country for economicreasons and to gain religious free-dom.Johann Georg and George

Michael Spahr, two brothers fromWaldenburg, Germany, were apart of that movement. They hadheard of dreams being fulfilled inAmerica, and knew that theirfuture in Germany wouldonly get worse.After much deliberation they

decided to take the chance. In1737, the brothers gathered theirfamilies, left their homes, friends,and possessions, and made theperilous voyage to Lancaster,Pennsylvania, (later moving toYork County, Pennsylvania).Around 1850, and three gen-

erations later, Johann HeinrichSpahr, Henry, and his familymoved to Medina County, Ohio,where his wifes (Mary Bower)family lived. His son (E.Y.)Elmore Yocum, came with them.Within the next four years

Henry purchased some land nearFindlay, which may have con-tributed to his son E.Y. meetingCatharine Bright (Findlay), whohe married on Feb. 17, 1874.Back then most people met at

some sort of church function,explained Linda Spahr, who cur-

rently owns that land with her hus-band, David Spahr. So, we kind offigured thats what happened. Andat some point our last name wasspelled Sparr. We dont knowwhen or why it was changed, butI might find out if I keep dig-ging.After they were married, E.Y.

and Catharine Spahr purchased160 acres of land at $60 per acrein section 22, Marion Township,buying it off from a widow,Rachel Kring. This was the begin-ning of Spahr Jersey farm,and E.Y. is listed as the founder.Originally, a cabin was the only

structure on the originalfarmstead. It was probably built bythe Kring brothers, and its gonenow. Linda noted. But in 1879,not too long after they bought theland, E.Y. and Catharine had a 10-room Victorian home built on asmall hill on the east side andhighest point on the property.They also planted two

Cottonwood trees about 50 yardsin front of the house, which stooduntil 2008 and had to be removedbecause they were beginning tocrumble. And one of those treeshad been the tallest tree inHancock County!The main barn used to stand

east of the house and was closerto the road than the house,Linda laughed. But Catharine

Generation 1: E.Y. &Catherine Bright Spahr

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BYMICHAEL [email protected]

Chuck Schepflin went towork at the family business35 years ago and would havenever imagined where thatwould lead him.

Schepflin went to workwith his father, Will, at hislawn and garden equipmentbusiness in the mid 1970s.

Dad owned and operatedWillies Sales and Service,said Chuck about theFremont business. I came towork for him in 1974 andhave been here ever since.

Chuck, who graduatedfrom Ross High School in1979, has turned his job atWillies into a second fulltime career.

I started doing chain sawcarvings back in 1977 behindour display tent at theSandusky County Fair,noted Chuck. It was some-thing that was just gettingstarted back then. Only a fewpeople were doing it, and itjust really appealed to me.

Chuck entered his first

pro carving show in 1980.I was part of the

McCulloch company team atthat time, rememberedChuck. I took third at myfirst show which was at thePaul Bunion show here inOhio. I learned a lot aboutwhat the judges were lookingfor and worked hard the fol-lowing year to change somethings. I came back the fol-lowing year and won thatsame competition in 1981.

The competition Chuckwon was a 30-minute timedevent.

The judges judged onaccuracy, speed, design andattention to detail, saidChuck. The winner is cho-sen by how much their carv-ings collected at an auctionfollowing the event. Wewould carve for three daysand the three day total ofwhat you collected at auctiondetermined the winner.

Chuck, who now is partof the Stihl Pro CarvingTeam, has won 19 nationaltitles in speed and accuracy.

I was approached by

Stihl in 1989 to join theirteam, said Chuck. Thereare six of us on the ProCarving Team and we travelthe state year round. We areactually leaving Wednesday,Oct. 10, for the Bob EvansFest in Rio Grand, Ohio.

Chainsaw carving hadcome a long way since itsearly beginnings. WhenChuck started carving theycarved basic shapes likecrosses and geometricshapes.

I remember I learned onetrick where if you cut up alog a specific way at the endwhen you cracked it all apart,it made a wood log chain,noted Chuck. The animalsand all the more elaboratecarvings did not start untilaround 1981 or 82, headded.

Today if you can think itwe can carve it, Chucksmiled. I would say that forthe bigger carvings if youwant something elaboratecarved into a tree stump orsomething like that you canalmost figure about $100 perfoot of tree. So if you have a6-foot tree stump you wantcarved into something specialyou would be looking atabout $600 worth of work.

Chuck uses a MS 250Stihl for his detail work anda MS 441 for his block outwork. Both his saws are reg-ular stock chain saws.

I think this is whatmakes me such a good com-petition carver, notedChuck.

I can use my stock sawto carve anything I want.Most competition guys havespecial carving saws for their

detail work and that takes uptime. I can use one saw theentire cut.

Chuck uses his knowl-edge about saws for morethan competition. He givesdemonstrations on chain sawsafety to youth groups and

organizations all the time.I just finished talking

with the local Cub ScoutPack at Cristy Cabins here inFremont, he said.

I gave them a safetydemonstration and actuallyshowed them how (leatherleg) chaps can actually stop asaw and save your life. I havebeen working with saws forover 35 years now, and I stillhave all my fingers and toes,he smiled.

Safety is very importantto our carving team, henoted. The competitionshave actually stopped mostof the speed events for safetyreasons.

Chuck is still very much a

part of Willies Sales andService.

This is my family busi-ness and I am extremelyproud of that, said Chuck.

Dad is still here everyday doing this thing but it isnow more of my responsibili-ty to make sure things arerun smoothly.

I do it all around here asfar as what my responsibili-ties are. I work on the equip-ment, sweep floors and fixtoilets, he smiled.

I tell people I have twofull-time jobs. One is runningthis business and the other isthe carving team, and Imjust as proud of one as am ofthe other.


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OXFORD, N.C. (AP)

Its fast-growing and drought-

tolerant, producing tons of

biomass per acre. It thrives

even in poor soil and is a

self-propagating perennial, so

it requires little investment

once established.To people in the renew-

able fuels industry, Arundo

donax also known as

giant reed is nothing

short of a miracle plant. An

Oregon power plant is look-

ing at it as a potential substi-

tute for coal, and North

Carolina boosters are salivat-

ing over the prospect of an

ethanol bio-refinery that

would bring millions of dol-

lars in investment and dozens

of high-paying jobs to hog

country.But to many scientists and

environmentalists, Arundo

looks less like a miracle than

a nightmare waiting to hap-

pen. Officials in at least three

states have banned the bam-

boo-like grass as a noxious

weed; California has spent

more than $70 million trying

to eradicate it. The federal

government has labeled it a

high risk for invasiveness.

Many are comparing

Arundo, which can reach

heights of 30 feet in a single

season, to another aggressive

Asian transplant the vora-

cious kudzu vine.

More than 200 scientists

recently sent a letter to the

heads of federal agencies

including the Environmental

Protection Agency and the

Departments of Agriculture

and Energy, urging them not

to encourage the commercial

planting of known invasives

like Arundo.Many of todays most

problematic invasive plants

from kudzu to purple

loosestrife were intention-

ally imported and released

into the environment for hor-

ticultural, agricultural, con-

servation, and forestry pur-

poses, they wrote Oct. 22.

It is imperative that we learn

from our past mistakes by

preventing intentional intro-

duction of energy crops that

may create the next invasive

species catastrophe particu-

larly when introductions are

funded by taxpayer dollars.

Mark Conlon, vice presi-

dent for sector development

at the nonprofit Biofuels

Center of North Carolina in

Oxford, hates the comparison

with the weed that ate the

South.Theres no market for

kudzu, says Conlon, who is

among those promoting a

proposed $170 million, 20

million-gallon-a-year ethanol

project here and Arundos

role in it. Theres no reason

to manage it. It was thrown

out in the worst places you

can think of and left there.

His message about

Arundo: Itll be different this

time. We can control it.

But Mark Newhouser,

who has spent nearly 20

years hacking this nasty

plant from Californias river-

banks and wetlands, has his

doubts.Why take a chance? he

asks.___The back wall of the

North Carolina biofuels cen-

ters lobby is dominated bya

large timeline, beginning

with the General Assemblys

2006 recognition of the

states potential as a biofuels

leader.The display ends with a

panel declaring 10 percent

in 10 Years meaning that

by 2017, a decade after the

centers creation, officials

hope companies here will be

producing the equivalent ofa

tenth of the liquid transporta-

tion fuels consumed in the

state annually, or 600 million

gallons of renewable biofuel

a year.An extraordinarily auda-

cious goal, W. Steven Burke,

the centers president and

CEO, says proudly.

Near the middle of the

timeline is this: November

2011: 50-acre energy grass

propagation nursery estab-

lished with Arundo donax.

The centers staff has

explored a variety of biofuel

raw materials, from food

crops like corn, sugar beets

and industrial sweet potatoes,

to cottonwood and loblolly

pine trees. Even pond scum

or duckweed. All were

either hard to raise in quanti-

ty, too expensive or more

valuable for other uses.

The staff also studied so-

called energy grasses

giant Miscanthus, coastal

Bermudagrass, switchgrass.

Out behind the center, farm-

ing director Sam Brake plant-

ed test plots of four varieties

of sorghum.But for hardiness, ease of

cultivation and maintenance,

and, above all, yield per acre,

none comes even close to

Arundo donax.Wow! Exclamation

point, says Burke, who, in

his matching gray suit and

shirt and with his snow-white

hair and beard, evokes the

evangelical preacher.

Believed to have sprung

from the Indian subcontinent,

Arundo has spread around

the globe. Europeans have

been using it for centuries in

the production of reeds for

woodwind instruments.

Like kudzu, which came

to the United States as partof

Japans exhibit at the 1876

Centennial Exposition in

Philadelphia, Arundo arrived

here in the mid- to late 19th

century. And also like kudzu,

Arundo was once touted asa

perfect crop to help stem ero-

sion. In California and Texas,

farmers, ranchers and govern-

ment workers enthusiastically

planted it along waterways

Miracle plantor next kudzu

See SWAMP, page 15

BY DAVID J. [email protected]

The stifling, relentlesssummer heat that devas-tated area corn crops hassome farmers concernedthat changing globalweather patterns maycause a repeat during thenext growing season orbeyond.But an Ohio State

University agronomistsaid with foresight, properplanning and researchinto hardier corn hybrids,hope remains for adequatecorn yields despiteextremely hot weather.Peter Thomison said

good yields begin with abalanced fertility program,something farmers dontalways consider. He said acorn after soybean rota-tion has much less animpact on soil than con-tinuous corn planting.We suggest practices

that will buffer the growerfrom drought. Continuouscorn planting will exacer-bate it, he said.Farmers often grow

corn after corn in order toprovide feed, butThomison said thatarrangement has left manyOhio fields lacking in

potassium. Bottom line,potassium is an importantnutrient in preventingdrought stress, he said.(Farmers are) hearingabout new products, newtrends, and sometimestried-and true techniquesget lost in the shuffle.He also advised against

excessive plant popula-tions. The more plantsthat share space and soil,the more crowding infields, which can lead tohigher plant loss, he said.Too much tillage in the

spring can also causeproblems, Thomison said.That can occur when farmequipment leaves deeptrack marks in the field,which farmers try to levelout. But that can removetoo much moisture fromthe soil.Many farmers instead

practice conversion tillageto minimize the numberof trips, Thomison said.The effects of drought

can also be lessened bythe farmers care in select-ing corn hybrids. Thoseexhibiting high yields in awide series of locationsare better suited to dryconditions and can cutthe number of irrigationtrips, Thomison said.Its by no means sure-

proof, but you increaseyour odds if you followthat approach, he added.He said drought resist-

ant hybrids whichinvolve the difficult andcomplicated task of breed-ing multiple genes intoplants are being widelytested by companies, whononetheless are carefulwhat claims they make.I dont think theyre

going to promise yieldsthat are double whatyoure getting, but thesedrought resistant cornswill reduce the risks ofdrought and provide amodest increase in yields,he said.Thomison recommends

farmers use hybrids rang-ing in maturity, an impor-tant factor. By usinghybrids with good droughtresisting and insect resist-ing traits we protect thatcrop from potential dam-age, he said. Youre try-ing to limit your exposure.If you use a range ofhybrid, your range of vul-nerability is lower.Because the genetics aremuch different than thoseof 20 years ago, there arehybrids presently that areremarkable in the amountof stress they can take,Thomison said. If the

corn plant tolerates highplant population and canhandle stress, it can han-dle high temperatures, headded.He said the trick is to

plant early in the season,preferably April 20 orlater, so growth isntinhibited by a later plant-ing.As agricultural tech-

nology and practices haveimproved, soil can actual-ly become more resistantto dry conditions, OhioFarm Bureau Federationspokesperson Seth Tetersaid. No-till farming,updated equipment andplanting cover crops canall be used to fightdrought and mitigate loss-es.The unrelenting heat

last summer stressed thestates corn crop at a criti-cal point of development,

resulting in damaged earsholding, in some cases,only a few kernels, Tetersaid.In anticipation of next

years growing season,farmers are looking atimproved seeds and cropvarieties that can bettertolerate moisture or heatstress, he said.Dupont Pioneer

spokesperson Jamie Butzsaid the company is offer-ing growers a productcalled OptimumAQUAMax, which helpsbenefits corn yields inwater limited environ-ments.Weve been the leader

in the development of thistype of product, she said.In addition, the mod-

ern agricultural infrastruc-ture that wasnt availableduring the Great DustBowl of the 1930s has

made us more tolerant,more resilient to drought,Teter said.He added that veg-

etable crops benefit great-ly from irrigation wherewater is available, but saidthe equipment is oftencost prohibitive.Still, Teter said, It was

certainly a noteworthyyear in terms of weatherconditions, but the moodin the countryside doesntreflect how bad conditionscould have been. No oneis throwing in the towel.You have a lot of infra-structure and technologythat wasnt in place beforethat is helping the farmerweather the drought.

David J. Coehrs,Expositor Features Editor,can be reached at (419)335-2010 [email protected].


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Before you gather the family andhead to your local Christmas treefarm, knowing the size of tree youwill need is key. How big a treeshould you purchase? Measure theheight of the room and the width ofthe space where the tree will belocated. Take your tape measurewith you to measure the actual treeyou have picked out to fit yourspace. Trees appear much smaller outin nature than in your home.

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The Scotch pine is the most pop-ular Christmas tree sold in Ohio andthe United States. Its needles growfrom 1 to 3 inches in length and itretains its needles well. Sturdybranches can support heavy orna-ments.

The Fraser fir has become knownas the cadillac of trees in recentyears. The blue/silver underside of itsneedles are highly desirable. Thisvery fragrant tree species has a one

inch soft needle length and hasexcellent needle retention.

Blue spruce trees have one-inchsharp needles with branches thatsupport heavy ornaments. The mod-erately fragrant tree is often pur-chased as a live tree and plantedafter the holiday as well as a cuttree. The blue spruce tree has anaverage needle retention.

White pine trees are the secondmost popular Christmas tree inOhio. Their two to five inch longsoft needles are very flexible. Itsfeathery looking branches will bepulled down by heavy ornaments.Needle retention of the White pineis very good.

Canaan fir is very similar to theFraser fir tree. Its needles are moreblue and slightly longer than theFraser fir. A fragrant tree with softneedles and very good needle reten-tion, the Canaan fir tree supportsornaments well.

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There was a time when Ithought canning food inmason jars was somethingcountry women and grand-mothers did because theythought it was noble to spendhours paring fruit or vegeta-bles, stand over a hot stoveon an even hotter day andput up 12 quarts of toma-toes or peaches.Why would anyone work

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long time but, in 2009, thecanning bug took hold andIve been hooked since. Whatstarted as a campaign tobecome less dependent onelectricity for food preserva-tion turned into an attempt topreserve anything that couldbe safely canned at home,because I could and becauseI knew exactly what wasgoing into that jar. No chem-icals, preservatives, guargum or modified this andthat just fruit and sugarand water.As I researched canning

methods, techniques, ideasand recipes online, my mostpleasant surprise was howmany younger adults women and men alike, aredoing the same thing.Gardening and canning ishard work, and that is why Iam so impressed by the num-ber of folks out there rollingup their sleeves and taking iton. It also tells me people areconcerned about whats intheir food as much as the ris-ing price of groceries.

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lifter and a funnel (I preferstainless steel) are reallyabout all I use in the way ofspecialty tools. The rest youhave right in your ownkitchen.The majority of the can-

ning jars I have used so farhave come out of friendsbasements or barns, garagesales and second hand stores.Most I got free or paid verylittle for and, after a goodsoaking and scrubbing,theyre good as new if theyarent chipped. All they needare new lids and occasionallynew rings, which is muchless expensive than buyingnew cases of jars all the time.Jars range in size from half-gallon to 4 ounces, so theresalways a size to suit yourneeds. I prefer wide mouthjars when I can get thembecause solid foods, such asmeats, are much easier toremove. For liquids or softfoods, the regular mouth jarsare just fine.

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are just a few foods mostcommonly processed in awater bath canner. High acidfoods and recipes usingvinegar (as in pickles andsauerkraut) can be safelycanned at 212 degrees. Its awonderful way to enjoysummer and fall fruit allwinter long, not to mentionrelishes, pie fillings, jams,jellies and sauces. In thewinter, you can take advan-tage of holiday sales onoranges or citrus; late springbrings strawberries. If youbuy fruits on sale at the gro-cery, you can process themyear round. I save most ofmy canning for fall andthroughout winter because itwarms up the kitchen and Ihave more time, since I amnot occupied with flowergardens or other outsideactivities.

Pressure canning: veg-etables and meatsThe device I used to fear

has become an irreplaceableaide to me. Weve all heardthose pressure canner horrorstories through the years:

canners blowing their tops,imbedding jars in the ceiling;how dangerous they are, etc.It may have happened onceout of a million canner loads80 years ago, folks, but it justdoesnt happen anymore.Models made before the

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Annual Cookie Exchange! Bring a dozen cookies to share!

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JOHN DEERE'08 9670STS . . . . . . . .$215,000'02 9650STS . . . . . . . . .$79,500'97 9600 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000'05 9560STS . . . . . . . .$135,000'95 9510 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$80,000'98 9510 . . . . . . . . . . . . .$61,900

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