Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / February 2005

I am looking to purchase some property in New Mexico, and as one of the
steps in ensuring that it is a useful piece of land, I was planning to
have a perk test done.  The septic company that I spoke with told me
that since I was not going to build a house for a while (5+ years) and

Ok I foolishly picked up a couple of 3' wide maple trunks for firewood,
and the bottom parts (around 3' long) are forked in several pieces. I
have cut and split the rest, but I dunno what to do with these chunks!
Buggers won't split, and I suspect I will be at them all freakin day ...

Someone I know is interested in farming soybeans.  I'm wonde­ring if
anyone would be able to provide references or reading mater­ial on soy
bean farming.  Any information I can read, by book, or espec­ially on
the internet would be great.