Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on December 11th, 2018. Though Dr. W.E. Taylor’s book, Soil Culture and Modern Farm Methods, is nearly 100 years old, it contains many practical tips that still apply today. This is the second of 5 blog posts on this subject. Find part one here. 2. The necessity of fresh, pure air […]
Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on November 27th, 2018. As I read Dr. W.E. Taylor’s book Soil Culture and Modern Farm Methods, I have been simply blown away at the depth of knowledge farmers had access to 100 years ago. One hundred years seems so far in the past that it is easy to assume the […]
Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on November 21st, 2018. With the increase of production of corn in the early 1900s due to better technology and understanding of farming techniques, the price of corn dropped by nearly 50%. This dramatic increase of supply placed farmers in a difficult position. How would the farmer gain “a fair […]
Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on November 13th, 2018. In The Best Kept Secret to Successful Farming, Part I, I examined W.E. Taylor’s book, Soil Culture and Modern Farming Methods (1913). In it, Taylor implores American farmers to use manure as a primary source of soil fertility maintenance. So where does the United States find itself today? Farming […]
Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on November 5th, 2018. It is an obvious oversimplification to say that the world has changed substantially over the past 100 years. With the dawn of the Internet and the boom of the information and technological age, there are many aspects of our life today that would be unrecognizable to […]
Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on October 22nd, 2018. It is hard to even fathom what construction and farming work must have been like over 100 years ago. As I write this, I can hear many construction vehicles reworking Fernbrook Lane right outside of Plymouth’s Old Town Hall, home to the Historical Society. One hundred […]
Most people have likely played the Monopoly board game. What is the main goal? Basically, own everything. If you happen to own everything of a certain industry (color), even better. The more you own the higher the rent you can charge. The more rent you can charge the more likely you will be able to bankrupt your competitors and get […]
Who could possibly be like Elon Musk? The eccentric oddball with the outlandish ideas. No one ever really knows what he’s going to say or where his head is actually at. People like predictable and Elon Musk is everything but. Anyone want to go to Mars? Elon Musk wants 1 million there by 2050. Self-driving cars? Sounded pretty crazy 20 […]
I loved college. Great professors. Great content. Great learning environment. But I’ve been thinking, did it kill my creativity? I’m a licensed social studies teacher so you can probably imagine what much of my college coursework looked like. Read thought-provoking and highly academic book or article. Respond to said book or article with a thesis-driven essay. Discuss said article or […]
Almost 4 years ago, I was in my first week of teaching. It was the second day of school and my first English class of the year. I knew that the best way to become a better writer was simple–to write. I wanted to instill that core belief in my students from the very beginning. I asked my students to […]
