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HOMESTEADING xx LIFESTYLE The Homestead Horse. Part 1. What to look for in a pleasure or harness horse. The various breeds are discussed along with tips on choosing the right horse for what you have in mind. Detailed information on what to look for in habits and conformation. The Homestead Horse. Part 2. A summary of the places to look for a horse and the terms used in ads and auctions. The Homestead Horse. Part 3. A look at several places where you can gain experience with horses. How to care for the homestead horse. Tips on building the tie stall, fences, and stable equipment and how to use it. Planning the urban homestead. How a 50x150-ft. suburban lot can include an extensive vegetable garden, house, garage, fruit trees and a small barn to house chickens and small animals. Sketches of barn interior included. How to teach a riding horse to work. Description of one homesteader's efforts at training a quarterhorse to pull. How to make homestead tools and equipment do double duty. Suggestions for incubators, crocks, fruit press, and washing machine. A passive solar geodesic dome designed for homestead living. How homesteaders garden. Interviews with selected individuals on special techniques, crops and ideas they make use of in their gardens. A look at a homestead A-frame home with wood heating and cooking and a windmill. Suggestions on building a farm pond on your homestead. Covers stocking it with fish and the art of fish management. How a homestead cow can feed the family. A look at selecting a milk cow that can also produce a calf each year for meat. How to use a homestead pleasure horse for transportation and hitched chores. A look at digging a homestead pond. Determining soil suitability and water supply. How to deal with the surplus earth and things to consider when planning depth and side slope. Possible income tax loopholes for homesteaders. Managing the homestead for success. Part 1. The secrets of success and how to manage. Homesteaders and taxes. Part 1. A guide to computing federal income taxes. Managing the homestead for success. Part 2. What homestead accounting really is. Managing the homestead for success. Part 3. Setting goals and reaching them. Homesteaders and taxes. Part 2. Depreciation and investment credit for homesteaders. Managing the homestead for success. Part 4. Managing the successful poultry enterprise. A look at expenses. Managing the homestead for success. Part 5. How to apply accounting practices to determine and manage profit. A guide to firearms for the homesteader. Covers shotguns, rifles, combination guns, and handguns. A look at how tax laws affect the homesteader. Marketing homestead produce. Selling surplus homestead animals. Cost accounting for the homesteader. Part 1. Cost accounting for the homesteader. Part 2. Making homesteading work. Includes examples of approximate costs of some common small-livestock projects. The art and science of homestead design. Suggestions on locating the dwelling, garden and animal areas. Describes what will make adequate animal shelters and home layout that accommodates enough work and storage areas. Designing the urban homestead on a city lot. Three homesteaders describe how they live without electricity. Planning the homestead. Basic concepts of homesteading and planning to create a new homestead. Covers selecting a location, deciding on the degree of self-sufficiency and determining financial requirements. Three articles on buying property for homesteading. Seven things to check before buying. Things to look for, some to avoid. Tips on checking out a potential new community. Providing basic needs. A brief overview of producing your own food for survival homesteading. Advice to homesteaders on how not to violate provisions of government rules on wetlands. Finding a place in the country. A checklist for buyers. Equipping the ideal homestead. An overview of the equipment and costs for electricity, heating, water, sewage disposal, food production, etc. Excerpt from "The Integral Urban House", a plan for a self-reliant, ecologically sound urban habitat on 1/8 acre. Tips on how a homesteader can cut veterinary bills. A look at a California family's suburban homestead on 1/3 acre. Includes a garden, a steer, pigs, goat, chickens, and ducks. A look at urban homesteading. Living without the powerline. A look at how planning turns living without electricity into a pleasant way of life. Costs of holding a regular suburban job compared with homesteading. Designing sustainable small farms and homesteads. Five articles on self-sufficient retirement that deal with gardening as a source of physical conditioning, food and income. | |||||||||
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