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Cover 17

Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
Media juveniles and BIg Government

Recipes:
Do-it-yourself “take-out” food
Packable salads

Original poems:
John Silveira
Janet K. Collins

Profile:
Headwaters homestead: Backwoods living in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas

Just for kids:
Feather your vest
Why I like living in the country

 

Contents

Building

  • Selecting the right heating system
  • Don’t spend a lot of money for your house windows

Country life

  • Give a country kid a camera
  • How to get started in blacksmithing
  • New uses for old utensils gets rid of a kitchen bloody mess

Alternative energy

Self sufficiency/Money

  • The sensible way to store and use food
  • The magic of home canning
  • A saddle shop created self sufficiency for Idaho family

Guns

  • Hand loading your ammo is far cheaper than buying it
  • Social conditioning, women and self-defense

Farm/Garden

  • Rabbit diseases and how to cope with them

Health

  • Ingredients for an herbal first aid kit

Interview

  • An interview with Andre Marrou, Libertarian candidate for President