Agriculture

Over the years, improved technology has made many new homes more energy efficient, but you shouldn’t shy away or move from an older home just for better energy efficiency. You can upgrade your older home to make it energy efficient.
Prior to the mid-20th century, fully automated, controlled and mechanized heating, cooling and ventilation systems did not exist. Instead, older homes had passive and manual features incorporated into their design to meet heating, cooling and ventilation needs.

What would you do to take 20 years off your age? The answer may be as simple as walking, according to Barry A. Franklin, Ph.D. in the UK Health Care News.

“Starting at the age of 20, we lose about 1 percent of our aerobic fitness each year,” Dr. Franklin says. “A walking program can improve that fitness from 10 to 20 percent in three months. That’s the same as 10 to 20 years of rejuvenation.”

From time to time, during the next few weeks, we will use this column to keep our agriculture community informed about the status and progress of the 2013 Phase I Cost Share Program fund.

First of all, let’s discuss the different ways by which we label this program. The name we started with and still used most often is the Phase I program. Some variations of this are the Phase I Tobacco program or the Tobacco Settlement Phase I program.

The District No. 3 4-H Communications Event was held Saturday, April 27, at Bedford Elementary School in Trimble County.

Henry County was well represented in the following speech, demonstration and variety show categories. Kassidy Allen gave a speech entitled “Equine Eye” in which she received a blue ribbon. 

Camyrn McManis gave a speech on “Video Games, Good or Bad” and received a blue and champion.  Camryn also gave a demonstration on “Photography Basics” receiving a blue and champion.