Before farming became mechanized, picking corn by hand and pitching ears into a horse-drawn wagon was how harvesting was done. In the late 19th century, local contests were held to determine the best ...

Ground was broken for Mayo Clinic’s $24 million outpatient clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz. The clinic is scheduled to open in spring 1987. The American Association of Inhalation Therapists honored Dr.

As dawn broke over Illinois’ cornlands last week, Farmer John Landers, 38, who owns 400 acres near Grand Ridge, opened wide the throttle of his big International tractor and roared into a 20-acre ...

The tractor coughed but didn’t catch, so the old farmer on the ground yelled up to the old farmer behind the wheel. “The black button,” Don Magee said. “You push it in.” And then it roared to life, an ...