encouragement was given to the U. S. War Department through a substantial study submitted by West Point graduate George Hampden Crosman, an Army officer of the infantry (and, after 1838, of the Quartermaster Department), for the military use of camels as pack animals and proposing the creation of a U. S. Camel Corps. more »

This bull is for sale. This same animal is pictured in an earlier blog entry herein on landrace cattle. more »

I have been noticing a rather unusual and intriguing plant species in the vegetable garden and flower beds. Can any of my readers identify these plants? more »