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Animals

Home Dairying

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Finding the best dog for the country life

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Building

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

A simple backwoods hay baler

Build Your Own Car Wash

Build a ski sled

The house that Dorothy built

Farm and Garden

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we...

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Testing Soil

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

The barnyard scramble

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

Food and recipes

Aunt Mildred’s honey cake

Succulent venison stew

Honey whole wheat bread

Wheat

Self-reliance

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Energy

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Solar-powered water purifiers

Emergency solar power for $950

Generators alone are not enough

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...