Jay's Corner

Farm Safety
In the 1950s, the farm was a wonderful playground.
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Bees
Dad started keeping honeybees on the farm in the mid-1950s.
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First Americans Lived Here
It was not uncommon when I was a kid for Dad to stop the tractor out in the field, get off, and pick something up from the ground.
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Wild Blueberries
Several years ago, my wife Maureen and I spent a few days in Maine.
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Accepting Help
About four decades ago, when my wife, Maureen, and I were leading programs on sexuality in churches, we saw a video about a 1969 experiment at Princeton…
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Glenda’s Cookies
A Field Day Tradition
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Drinking From a Hose
There is no finer drink of water than one from an irrigation spigot or a garden hose fed by a farm well.
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Walking
Brother-in-law Mike, when he farmed the Vetter Farm for almost three decades, used to walk wherever and whenever he could.
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Red Tractor—Green Tractor
Sixty or so years ago, one way farm families were identified was by color.
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Lone Trees
One of my most memorable elementary school field trips was a visit to the Lone Tree Monument on the north bank of the Platte River, a couple of miles…
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Big Blue River
There used to be a small bridge on Highway 14—about half a mile south of the Vetter farm—with a sign that said, “BIG BLUE RIVER.”
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The Miracle Below the Prairie
How Deep-Well Irrigation Changed Hamilton County
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