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Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Bottle-raise a calf

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building

A salvaged oak floor for $5

By Robert L. Williams Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 Several months ago we decided we did not want to install a traditional bedroom floor of plywood...

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Building and using wattle fences

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Renovating old walls

Farm and Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Constitution of the united States of America

Remembering what grandma used

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Hungry enough to eat a horse?

Fiery Frittata

You can become a hardcore forager

Wheat

Self-reliance

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Shopping to beat inflation

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Energy

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Solar Food Drying

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

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Reload your own brass

Tailoring guns to females

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...