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Animals

Build a poultry killing cone

Animal disease traceability

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

By Robert E. Kramer Issue #42 • November/December, 1996 Materials 1 propane or butane torch or campfire to heat up metal rod. 1 steel rod at...

Small engine maintenance for women

Building and using wattle fences

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Farm and Garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Remembering what grandma used

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Fried chicken for breakfast

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Tetsukabuto squash pie

Concord Sherbet

Puerto Rican Rice With Pork

Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole

Self-reliance

Your survival depends on water

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

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

Energy

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Solar power trailer Part 1

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Use the right ammunition!

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Sight and sound enhancement

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...