Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
    Media juveniles and BIg Government

Recipes:
    Do-it-yourself "take-out" food
    Packable salads

Original poems:
   John Silveira
   Janet K. Collins

Profile:
    Headwaters homestead: Backwoods living in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas

Just for kids:
    Feather your vest
    Why I like living in the country

Contents

Building

• Selecting the right heating system
• Don't spend a lot of money for your house windows

Country life

• Give a country kid a camera
• How to get started in blacksmithing
• New uses for old utensils gets rid of a kitchen bloody mess

Alternative energy

• Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels
• Grounding and lightning protection for solar electric power systems

Self sufficiency/Money

• The sensible way to store and use food
• The magic of home canning
• A saddle shop created self sufficiency for Idaho family

Guns

• Hand loading your ammo is far cheaper than buying it
• Social conditioning, women and self-defense

Farm/Garden

• Rabbit diseases and how to cope with them

Health

• Ingredients for an herbal first aid kit

Interview

• An interview with Andre Marrou, Libertarian candidate for President