Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
    Self-reliance means no scapegoats

Columns:

Think of it this way:
    Steam-driven cars

Where I live:
    Founder — a hard lesson in horse care

Ayoob on firearms:
    Selecting the backwoods battery

Recipes:
    Wild turkey, goose and venison for the holidays
    Soups for winter
    Try cooking on top of your heating stove
    In search of the perfect bowl of chili
    Make butter the easy way

Just for kids:
    Some farinaceous folly

Original poem:
   John Earl Silveira

Contents

Building/Tools/Housing

• A DIY level that actually works

Self Sufficiency

• Don't miss the backwoods on-ramp to the Information Super Highway
• Build a homestead forge and fabricate your own hardware
• Make your own Swiss army style snowshoes
• Here are seven help hints from Homestead 77
• Dig a poor man's well in the country

Country living

• Open eyes can help you survive your move back to the land
• The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal
• The Zen of washday
• Ol' Hank and the John Deere
• Moving to the wilderness — turning the dream into reality

Farm/Garden

• Finding, buying milking and living with the family cow
• If you's like to get started with chickens, here are the basics

Outdoors

• Tanning your own hide — a sportsman's guide

Making money

• Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

Guns and hunting

• Two classic military rifles for the homestead