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Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document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...

The greatest American who was never President

Catfish Biscuits

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Science

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios — even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

How big is the solar system?

The coming ice age

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

Where our farm animals come from

Once a day milking

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

By Patrice Lewis Issue #141 • May/June, 2013 For much of human history, people have tried to prevent things from rotting. Literally every food preservation method we've come up with in the past few thousand years...
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Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

By Brianna Stone <!-- >!>!>!> Make content-2-col-left = 70% if activating this column --> Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 This spring, my parents let me enlarge my garlic business and till up three 600-square-foot beds for planting...
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