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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Finding the best dog for the country life

Once a day milking

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

Building and stocking your pantry

By Jackie Clay Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 At the turn of the 19th century, most country homes had a walk-in pantry, as well as a...

Building Eric’s house

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Build a pizza oven

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Farm and Garden

Grow Your Own Dishrags

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Build a Keyhole Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

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

Remembering what grandma used

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Black & Blue Mango Pie

Can your own tomato products

Baked Cod with Summer Squash

Creamed Carrot Soup

Self-reliance

Homeschooling through high school

Simplifying simplicity

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

Better wood heating

Energy

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Emergency solar power for $950

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Guns and Hunting

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Women and guns

Air power superiority

Reload your own brass

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...