Originally published as a blog for the Plymouth Historical Society on January 3rd, 2019 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 fourth of 5 blog posts on this subject. Read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here. […]
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 third of 5 blog posts on this subject. Find part one here and part two here. 3. Proper Germ […]
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 […]
I have a strong desire to do some work in professional public speaking. Whether this is promoting my book when its finished, as a musician, or in some other way, Last October, I attended a workshop titled “From Toastmaster to Professional Speaker” put on by a local Toastmasters club. A friend of mine was speaking (check out his website to […]
When I played fantasy football, I was the equivalent of a day trader in the stock market. Week after week, I’d add and drop players looking for the next great pickup. I’d deliberate over who to start or bench all week right up to gametime. I had the patience of an infant at meal time (not that I’d really even […]
