| Departments: |
| Country conversation | |
| Get excellent results with these feed recipes; They share the key to making soy milk; We all impact each other in the country; This pool is just ducky; A source for small dairy equipment; Six kids...; Another cure for ingrown toenails; Unique ideas to increase cash flow; Creative deprivation; You're never too old to homestead; Better than a friendly pup; You need one good pickup, and other tips; They'll share tips on sharpening grist mills; She needs recipes for her meat and potato guys; Life on the sidelines; Never lose another rubber band, and oil your hand saw; More thoughts on rare poultry breeds; Cord of wood confusion; Parkinson's and milk fever; Thoughts on allergies | 8-27 |
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| Coming events | 28 |
| Countryside contacts | 28-29 |
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| Special features: |
| Homestead business |
| Selecting and starting your ideal home business | 30 |
| Thinking about a homestead enterprise? | 33 |
| Do you really want to go into business for yourself? | 35 |
| Making money on the homestead | 37 |
| I quit my job! | 39 |
| Cash at the county fair | 41 |
| Marketing your crafts | 42 |
| Small fruits offer income potential | 45 |
| Milking sheep for money | 46 |
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| Homestead crafts |
| Whistle making | 43 |
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| Build your own garden pond | 48 |
| Pros and cons of pond weed control with grass carp | 50 |
| Fishing is a great summer pastime—and fish makes a good meal, too | 52 |
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| Project management and the weekender | 54 |
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| Country kitchen |
| Tackle those tomatoes! | 57 |
| Dehydrating food is a great way to save space | 58 |
| Authentic old-fashioned recipes | 60 |
| Old-fashioned household advice | 61 |
| Bannocks | 62 |
| Tips on saving your eggs | 63 |
| Make your own mixes | 64 |
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| Vertical diversification | 65 |
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| The herb garden |
| How to raise the perfect flock of chickens | 70 |
| Butchering day | 71 |
| LaFleche: Everything old is new again | 72 |
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| The rabbit barn |
| Build your own rabbit hutch | 73 |
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| The pig pen |
| Alternative marketing for hogs | 75 |
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| The goat barn |
| Choosing and caring for your dairy goat | 80 |
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| The cow barn |
| How to castrate bull calves | 84 |
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| The horse pasture |
| Finding a horse for work or pleasure | 90 |
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| The Dollar Stretcher |
| Laid off! Now what? | 93 |
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| Earthquake! |
| Eeeee! Ticket to ride! | 95 |
| What to do before a disaster | 97 |
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| Book reviews |
| Bake bread and build ovens | 105 |
| Lessons from under a tractor | 108 |
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| Ask Countryside |
| Homemade hair conditioner | 110 |
| How do we make baking powder? | 110 |
| Keeping pets out of flower beds | 111 |
| Diatomaceous earth explanation | 111 |
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| After Chores: |
| So soon we get old, so late we get smart | 130 |
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