Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
    Do we need a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights?

Columns:

Ayoob on firearms:
   National junior handgun championships

Think of it this way:
   If we can't throw out our outmoded Constitution, then let's have the NBA run the U.S. government

Recipes
   You must understand venison to be able to cook it successfully
   Whole-grain sourdough recipes
   Have some all natural desserts on a stick
   Try this end-of-summer fare

Original Poems
   Jim Thomas
   John Silveira

Irreverent jokes page

Contents

Building / Tools

• Try this gravel road waterbreak
• We built our solid rubble road out of the debris of a carwash
• Build quick and inexpensive slabwood outbuildings
• Make these inexpensive wood surface clamps
• Build a simple through-the-wall woodbox

Making a living / Saving money

• Cut your grocery bill in half
• Cash in on those windfalls
• Here's how to make the hay business pay off
• Making money is a piece of cake
• Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Farm / Garden

• The manure heated hot-bed — an old-tyme Yankee jewel
• For good compost every time, observe these few simple rules

Country living

• How to tell a bad egg
• Squirrel surprise
• Tree talk

Self-reliance

• Canning 101 — pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.
• Make your own lures just for the halibut

Independent energy

• Quiet your noisy generator with an automobile muffler

Crafts

• Herb scented candles