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| Country conversation | |
| Country living is fulfilling; Sharpening an adze and composting; Raise chickens in the suburbs; Notes on spinning article; Where to find a "Butter Bell"; This reader favors the Standardbred; Small-scale milking equipment; "Handicaps" don’t keep them down; Strict diet relieves allergies; More thoughts on allergies; Hay saver works well for them; Pit greenhouses were built in the ’40s; Frugal fashion tips and other hints; Field corn fertilizer; Addition to home business ideas; And the lucky recipient is...; Pioneer update; Stove clearances vary; Pen pals almost replace neighbors; Ash "crumbs" are poisonous to pets; Setting hen incubator | 12 |
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| Coming events | 28 |
| Countryside contacts | 28-29 |
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| Special features: |
| Home sausage making |
| The versatile meat grinder | 30 |
| Making sausage | 31 |
| Fall butchering advice & reminders | 32 |
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| Why we miss while hunting the big game | 33 |
| Recipes for the times you do hit your target | 36 |
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| Alternative energy: |
| The basics of corn stoves | 37 |
| The economics of biomass fuel | 39 |
| Biomass works for them | 40 |
| The cost of corn | 41 |
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| Homestead construction: |
| Construct a reflective fireplace grate | 42 |
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| Homestead equipment: |
| Take care of your vehicle | 46 |
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| The Solar Cowboy: |
| There’s a renewable energy system for you | 50 |
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| Energy efficient housing: |
| Croatians build houses to be energy efficient | 52 |
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| The homestead workshop: |
| Make a woodland spring pole lathe | 56 |
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| The garden |
| Build a greenhouse for under $100 | 60 |
| Black gold: Vermiculture on the modern homestead | 63 |
| My garden: A springboard of food, pleasure and history | 70 |
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| Notes from the Northwoods: |
| Dry beans to Santo Domingo squash | 67 |
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| The beehive: |
| The art and science of feeding bees | 74 |
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| The rabbitry: |
| Raising rabbits the Croatian way | 79 |
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| The sheep shed: |
| Brecknock Hill Welsh sheep | 82 |
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| The homestead horse: |
| Old type Morgan horses | 84 |
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| Question of the month: |
| Can you really live off your homestead? | 85 |
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| International neighbors: |
| Heaven in the Ozarks | 97 |
| Thoughts on 40 years of homesteading | 99 |
| Their persistence paid off | 104 |
| The simple life It sure can get complicated | 113 |
| Good things do come to those who wait | 116 |
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| The Dollar Stretcher | 118 |
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| After Chores: |
| Bathing a cat | 130 |
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