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Harvest Festivals

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This is the time of the year when harvest festivals really get going. The available evidence indicates that all human societies develop some sort of religious beliefs. When humans first began to practice agriculture and the tribe was now dependent … Continue reading

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Agricultural Prejudice

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My right hand ranch hand (also known as TBO — The Big One — and OGD — Oldest Granddaughter) graduated from high school a few nights back. It was a typical graduation ceremony, and I was sort of lulled into … Continue reading

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In Memoriam: Gene Logsdon

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Gene Logsdon, The Contrary Farmer, died of cancer at the age of 84 yesterday morning at his home in Ohio. I first read Gene’s work as a horse-crazy, cowgirl teenager nearly half a century ago, when he was writing for … Continue reading

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