Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
    Control government, not guns

Recipe:
    Stocks — as important as herbs and spices

Original poem:
    June Knight

Book Reviews
   Commercial Crayfish Across America
   Games Dealers Play

Video reviews:
   Being Water Safe

Business Profile:
    Sweet Alaska gold

Just for kids:
    Have a chat with your cat

Contents

Building

• Drive your own well for next to nothing
• How to build the fence you need
• Lumber regs protect big business, not the consumer

Country life

• The first slaughter
• Buying the first horse

Alternative energy

• Idaho utility entry into PV field may be a sign of things to come

Self sufficiency/Money/Jobs

• How to build your own beehives
• For safe and effective self-defense try cayenne pepper spray
• The SKS carbine — an honest bargain
• The right rifle for a woman

Farm/Garden

• Choosing superior bedding plants
• Keep those empty milk jugs
• The incredible non-biodegradable food service pail
• A bit about ducks
• How to buy your first dairy goat
• The dairy goat — a gallon of milk a day
• Protect your garden with a homemade trap

Health/Environment

• Use housplants to improve your indoor air quality
• Homebirth — a natural way to come into the world
• Understanding the environmental movement

Americana/Society

• Visiting Laura
• School at home for fun and profit