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6  Editor’s Note

7  Editorial:
Clueless city slickers make social engineering possible

44  Ayoob on Firearms:
Classic backwoods home firearms: The lever action rifle

68  Irreverent joke page

69  Ask Jackie:
Canning meat, storing honey, discolored pickled garlic, preserving olives, etc.

81  Letters

82  Advertiser Index

83  The last word:
Inconvenient truths for the climate change crowd

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ABOUT THE COVER
The cover is by BHM’s longtime artist, Don Childers. To go along with Jackie Clay-Atkinson’s article on growing peaches, he wanted to show off a beautiful peach tree in all its springtime glory. The kids in the picture must have a good mom somewhere making sure they’re wearing hats and sweatshirts to ward off the cool spring temperatures.
FEATURES

Self-reliance

18  Annie on Everfree Farm
By Annie Tuttle

52  The humble kerosene lamp
By Patrice Lewis

Alternative energy

26  Solar-powered water purifiers
By Jeff Yago, P.E., CEM

Building

33  Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert
By Joe Mooney

57  Deck out your RV
By Dorothy Ainsworth

Farm and garden

8  Peaches on your homestead
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson

39  Operating a still-air incubator
By Benjamin C. Richards

62  Ancona ducks
By Amanda Kemp

65  Beware of herbicides
By Sylvia Gist

Commentary

73  The militarization of America’s police forces
By John Silveira