I grew up on a dairy farm in Athens. My father milked about eighteen Guernsey cows twice a day. Every cow in the barn had a name, and I still remember a few. Farms with herds that size are a thing of ...

Since about the 1950s, the twin silos at the Butterfly Farm in Lincoln have stood tall overlooking most of the town. "They're a town icon. The twin silos are the backdrop of the town of Lincoln's ...

Mychal Wilmes reflects on the way things used to be -- both good and bad -- and how rural areas can hold on to the things and people that still make them special. A pair of stave silos offer a hint at ...

A five-bedroom, 6,239-square-foot brick and stone house that was the dairy barn for the short-lived Meadowood Farm gentleman’s farm in Lake Forest sold on May 4 for $1.81 million. Built in 1928 and ...

In 1931, William Stroeh’s farm in the Upper Hixon Forest was purchased by the federal and state departments of agriculture for $9.000. The 160 acres were purchased to act as a soil and erosion ...