D. E. Larsen, DVM I have spoke on this topic in the past. Probably many times, but without supporting my opinions with any tangible data. Maybe I can change that a bit. There are many illustrations of communities where the morning school buses dropped pff busloads of kids from the surrounding farms at the cityContinue reading “The Price of Things, and the Demise of the Family Farm”
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The Blood of Young Men
D. E. Larsen, DVM I would like to take a moment in this Veteran’s Day to discuss my feelings on who really built this country. I should have put this discussion on Memorial Day, but better late than never. We here the press and the politicians quote the “Founding Fathers” all the time. They alsoContinue reading “The Blood of Young Men”
A Saturday Afternoon Outbreak, From the Archives, first published November 23, 2020
D. E. Larsen, DVM It was almost a perfect Saturday afternoon. Late August in the Willamette Valley provides a short stretch of weather that acts as an interlude between the summer heat and the fall’s rains. We were still getting settled into our newly purchased house. We had the kids outside, working in the garden,Continue reading “A Saturday Afternoon Outbreak, From the Archives, first published November 23, 2020”