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Animals

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build a stone wall

Building and using wattle fences

Farm and Garden

Naughty Peppers

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 If you are prudish, narrow-minded or puritanical, read no further as this article...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

How to Grow Potatoes

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Fruit Trees

Americana and History

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Constitution of the united States of America

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Brew your own root beer

Tomato and coriander salad

Sorrento Salad

Artichoke-Spinach Casserole

Self-reliance

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

A worthwhile journey

Digging a shallow well

Getting logs

Energy

Homemade electric power

Solar-powered chicken coop

Emergency solar power for $950

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Building the coyote rifle

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Feral dogs, coyotes, and those odd-looking "coy dogs" like to feed on my neighbors' livestock on occasion...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...