Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - Breaking Ground
Layers of the Soil - Topsoil Chart - The Texture Triangle - Mineral Nutrients - Crop Rotation - Contour Farming and Terracing - Windbreaks - Predicting Weather - Composting - An Acre Is...
Chapter 2 - Raised in a Barn
Barn Styles - Timber Construction - Trusses - Barn Doors, Bracing, and Hardware - Barn Cupolas - Barn Birds - Farm Buildings - Animal Housing - Feeders - Fencing
Chapter 3 - Tools of the Trade
Tractors - Tractor Implements - How to Plow a Field - Inside a Combine - Other Machines - Felling, Bucking, Splitting and Stacking - In the Toolshed
Chapter 4 - Plant a Seed
Average Frost Dates - Vegetable Anatomy - Squash Varieties - Build a Bean Teepee - Dry Bean Varieties - Pepper Varieties - Tater Tower - 4 Ways to Grow Tomatoes - Tomato Varieties - How to Can Tomatoes - Herb Chart - Growing Grains - Planting an Orchard - Apple Varieties - Good Bugs - Bad Bugs
Chapter 5 - Separating the Sheep from the Goats
Animal Terms - Parts of a Rooster - Comb Styles - Chicken Breeds - Fresh Eggs - Duck and Goose Breeds - Heritage Turkeys - Parts of a Beef Animal - How a Cow's Stomach Works - Cow Breeds - How to Milk a Cow - Parts of a Goat - Goat Breeds - Hoof Trimming - Knots - Parts of a Horse - Horse Markings and Tail Styles - Parts of a Hoof - Draft Horse Breeds - Draft Harness - Mules - Parts of a Pig - Pig Breeds - Livestock Water Consumption - Parts of a Sheep - Sheep Breeds - Shearing Sheep - Parts of a Rabbit - Rabbit Breeds - Rabbit Coat Types - Parts of a Bee - Anatomy of a Beehive
Chapter 6 - Country Wining and Dining
In an Old-Fashioned Country Kitchen - Wine-Making Equipment - Edible Flowers - The Basics of Breadmaking - Dairy Terms - The Basic Steps in Making Cheese - Butchering Knives - How to Cut Up a Chicken - Prime Cuts of Beef - Build a Barrel Smokehouse - Prime Cuts of Pork - Dry Curing - Prime Cuts of Lamb - Freezing Meat - Pressure Canning - Root Cellaring - Making Maple Syrup
Chapter 7 - Spinning a Yarn
Carding and Spinning Yarn - Natural Dyes - How to Make a Flower Press - How to Make a Cornhusk Doll - Making Rag Rugs - Making Candles - Quilt Patterns
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - Breaking Ground
Layers of the Soil - Topsoil Chart - The Texture Triangle - Mineral Nutrients - Crop Rotation - Contour Farming and Terracing - Windbreaks - Predicting Weather - Composting - An Acre Is...
Chapter 2 - Raised in a Barn
Barn Styles - Timber Construction - Trusses - Barn Doors, Bracing, and Hardware - Barn Cupolas - Barn Birds - Farm Buildings - Animal Housing - Feeders - Fencing
Chapter 3 - Tools of the Trade
Tractors - Tractor Implements - How to Plow a Field - Inside a Combine - Other Machines - Felling, Bucking, Splitting and Stacking - In the Toolshed
Chapter 4 - Plant a Seed
Average Frost Dates - Vegetable Anatomy - Squash Varieties - Build a Bean Teepee - Dry Bean Varieties - Pepper Varieties - Tater Tower - 4 Ways to Grow Tomatoes - Tomato Varieties - How to Can Tomatoes - Herb Chart - Growing Grains - Planting an Orchard - Apple Varieties - Good Bugs - Bad Bugs
Chapter 5 - Separating the Sheep from the Goats
Animal Terms - Parts of a Rooster - Comb Styles - Chicken Breeds - Fresh Eggs - Duck and Goose Breeds - Heritage Turkeys - Parts of a Beef Animal - How a Cow's Stomach Works - Cow Breeds - How to Milk a Cow - Parts of a Goat - Goat Breeds - Hoof Trimming - Knots - Parts of a Horse - Horse Markings and Tail Styles - Parts of a Hoof - Draft Horse Breeds - Draft Harness - Mules - Parts of a Pig - Pig Breeds - Livestock Water Consumption - Parts of a Sheep - Sheep Breeds - Shearing Sheep - Parts of a Rabbit - Rabbit Breeds - Rabbit Coat Types - Parts of a Bee - Anatomy of a Beehive
Chapter 6 - Country Wining and Dining
In an Old-Fashioned Country Kitchen - Wine-Making Equipment - Edible Flowers - The Basics of Breadmaking - Dairy Terms - The Basic Steps in Making Cheese - Butchering Knives - How to Cut Up a Chicken - Prime Cuts of Beef - Build a Barrel Smokehouse - Prime Cuts of Pork - Dry Curing - Prime Cuts of Lamb - Freezing Meat - Pressure Canning - Root Cellaring - Making Maple Syrup
Chapter 7 - Spinning a Yarn
Carding and Spinning Yarn - Natural Dyes - How to Make a Flower Press - How to Make a Cornhusk Doll - Making Rag Rugs - Making Candles - Quilt Patterns