| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Coming events | 24 |
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| Feature article: |
| 15th Annual Wisconsin Grazing Conference, Part I | 32 |
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| The cow barn: |
| Selecting cattle for your small farm | 35 |
| A sampling of popular cattle breeds | 42 |
| Miniature Scottish Highlands | 43 |
| Readers' choices for hardier cattle breeds | 45 |
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| Homestead livestock: |
| Donkeys on the homestead | 46 |
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| The horse barn: |
| Attending the newborn foal | 49 |
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| The goat barn: |
| The feeding & care of kids | 52 |
| Goat diapers made easy | 54 |
| Build a portable milking stand | 55 |
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| The poultry shed: |
| Poultry experiences the books don't warn you about | 57 |
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| The rabbitry: |
| Raising dual-purpose rabbits | 58 |
| Viewing rabbitries and butchering tips | 59 |
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| The apiary: |
| Housing and feeding your new packaged bees | 61 |
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| Wild food foraging: |
| Wild parsnip: It's like raiding a garden, but better | 66 |
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| The garden: |
| Growing potatoes | 69 |
| Eggplants: From flats to freezer | 70 |
| Mushroom research in Egypt | 72 |
| There's more to salads than iceberg lettuce! | 74 |
| The miracle of the earthworm | 75 |
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| The homestead kitchen: |
| Ironware: Always in season | 77 |
| Pumpkin recipes to save | 79 |
| Tips for homemade noodle success | 80 |
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| Your homestead business: |
| How not to finsnce a home craft business | 82 |
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| Life on the sunny side: |
| Calculating your daily solar energy harvest | 85 |
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| The woodcarver: |
| Make a simple whirlagig wind toy | 87 |
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| A change in the weather: folklore & fact | 89 |
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| Question of the month: |
| Unique livestock housing | 90 |
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| Country neighbors: |
| Learning as they go | 94 |
| Faith has it's rewards | 96 |
| Musings from a Canadian homesteader | 98 |
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| Looking back: |
| The summer of corn detassling | 104 |
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| Correction: Letter from 91-2 reprinted—in its entirety | 105 |
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| Poor Will's Almanack | 106 |
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| After chores: |
| The great pig escape | 122 |
