Departments

Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
   Politically Correct

Just for Kids:
   Daily life of the pioneers
   Kid's Funny Drawing Contest

Profile:
   Twenty year update: Carla Emery and her old fashioned recipe book

Crafts

Recipes:
   Backwoods Home Recipes
   Fountain treats from the fifties

Original Poems:
   John Silveira

Magazine/Book reviews
   Weeds: Control Without Poisons
   Slo Lane Journal
   Successful Small-Scale Farming
   Adrift, 76 Days Lost At Sea
   Alternative Energy Sourcebook

Contents

Building

• How one man made the American dream come true
• Build durable wooden riding toys
• Instructions for building a toy horse
• Building for indoor air quality
• Make lifting easy with a rope and the principles of "mechanics"

Alternative Energy

• Photovoltaics — Is the big price breakthrough just aroundt he corner?
• Water systems for homesteads with alternative electrical systems
• Is methane on your homestead practical?
• A tour of some alternative energy homes in the Pacific Northwest

Electric Vehicles

• Converting a gas car to electricity: What to keep, what to scrap

Country living

• The Ozark Hills — lost mountains of the Midwest
• Tips on dealing with mosquitoes
• No more splitting headaches — a beginners guide to splitting firewood

Self sufficiency/Money

• How to make soap — from fat to finish
• Make twenty dollars per hour by baling and selling straw
• The next time you take a vacation, why not mix business with pleasure
• Achieving total self-sufficiency in five years or less

Farm/Garden

• The instant greenhouse
• Co-planting in the vegetable garden

Health/Environment

• Injured and sick wildlife get a lease on life

Crafts

• Easy-to-make window valences