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    Publisher’s Note – Issue #179 Jan/Feb/Mar 2020

    Animals

    Once a day milking

    By Patrice Lewis Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 It sounds bucolic, doesn't it? The simple joys of milking your own cow. Fresh milk, fresh cream, homemade...

    Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

    By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

    Brooder in a box

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    Animal disease traceability

    Keeping homestead animals healthy

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    Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

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    Teaching the joy of reading

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    Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

    By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I parked, walked quickly into the house, and said to my...
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    Sweet Potato Greens

    By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did you know that sweet potato leaves are loaded with vitamins...
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