Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / March 2006

............Goober (~jonnie~/Leif Erikson/Slippery slope) has lost his
mind.
He claims that cattle are raised for TWELVE years for no other purpose
than to become pet food...............but only after they turn 12 years

I'm curious about the price of firewood in various locals. If you know
of any prices  in your area would you kindly report:
$ or € per cord (4x4x8) delivered:
Type of wood:

I have barn cats, and horses.  One of the young cats decided to climb
the wall in the barn today because there was a bird flying around in
there.  I saw the whole thing happen *lucky for the cat).  The cat
lost his grip on the wall and dropped about 8 feet, falling right into

Late in spring I want to attempt to have some bantam hens set quail
eggs. What are the preferred breeds for this and are there any I should
avoid,

What do you do with old tanks?  I have two that leak and I'm switching to
bottled gas.  Any ideas?
John

In case you folks are not aware of the NAIS, I suggest you go to the USDA
web page and find out about the screwing we small scale farm and ranchers
are about to get at the behest of Cargill, Conagra, ADM and the other big
boys.

Over the years, I have run into the term "degrees of frost" as in, "it
was a cold day, 40 degrees of frost".  One of the first instances was
in a story (?"to light a fire"?) by Jack London IIRC (wow, I read that
over 50 years ago, I hope I have the title/author right).

                http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/hunter_gatherer.htm

Georgetown Law Students
Turn Backs To Gonzales
3-6-6
Future American lawyers to be proud of.

The Chemical & Toxicological
Impossibility Of The
Auschwitz Gas
Chamber Legend

I have read this terrible news
"The deadly strain of bird flu has been found in a cat in Germany,
officials said Tuesday, the first time the virus has been identified in
an animal other than a bird in central Europe."

Does anyone have any suggestions on "hoop" buildings?
We are looking for a ground anchored 30'x40' building to use in upstate New
York (snow country)
We have looked at the units with pipe frames and those with "truss" frames.

"French farm turkeys died of bird flu"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25149-2056941,00.html
"Turkeys on a farm in south-east France are infected with the highly
pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu, the French Agriculture Minister has

    I have part of an old car sitting in my field that I'd like to try
to ID. Here's what it looks like:
1. It looks like a model T style car.
2. It has Champion sparkplugs in it