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Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising cattle on your own place

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

Shelves and benches

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Farm and Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one,...

Gardening for Treasure

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

The summer of ’35

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Layered casserole

Creamed Carrot Soup

Honey Roasted Pheasant

Modify your oven to bake great bread

Self-reliance

Essential oils

Making maple syrup

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Energy

Power-up bag

Solar Food Drying

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

By Mike Blank Issue #89 • September/October, 2004 What follows is my personal quest to acquire an M1 Garand through the Civilian Marks-manship Program (CMP). We've...

Canning game meat

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Big boomer guns

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...