Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / February 2007

For Those Born 1930-1979
READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR THE QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO.  IF YOU DON'T
READ
ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED

The treason and cowardice of Congressman Walter Jones is
featured at http://www.northcarolinarepublicans.org along with
some links to articles featuring him on Aljazeera network.
How many US troops will die as a direct result of the honorable

Ladies and gentlemen,
We aspire to turn our 13 acre patch of weeds into a truck farm.
I just bought a decent MF-135 tractor w/ 3 cylinder Perkins diesel.
The tractor is supposedly rated at 38 hp.

A girl and guy were speeding over 100 mph on a motorcycle
Girl: Slow down. Im scared.
Guy: No this is fun.
Girl: No its not. Please, its too scary!

A tree fell on my woven wire fence and broke a couple of the top
strands but rest of fence is OK.  Any easy way to bring the two broken
ends together and splice?

Police: Babineaux denied abusing dog
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Our county has just adopted new rules for qualifying for an Ag Exemption.
They are about as screwy as they can get.
One is a requirement that an animal must be on feed for 150 days prior to
slaughter. So if your a pasture finisher, you're just out of luck. If you

"In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up
from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.
Coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of
all American households for the first time, the trend could ultimately

bt I thought this too good not to share.
Steve
southiowa
A Montana cowboy was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous  pasture

Is there anyone out there that will donate a new tractor or help them
rebuild their engine as requested?  This place is vital and beautiful
and is solely supported by donations of those of kind hearts.  Calling
all angels, make this happen for them...

This concerns what to do at gate posts.   Since the gate post will
serve as both a support for the gate and the end post to hold the
wires, do I put on 2 brace wires. . .one from the bottom of the end
post to the top of the brace post and another from the bottom of the

I am fencing in a pasture for my horses.  I have 6"  corner and brace
posts in the ground cemented to a depth of about 3 feet.   My brace
post is about 6' from the corner posts and I have notched and fitted
the 3" horizontal brace between the corner and brace posts.  I have

MANURE: YOU MAY BE WALKING ON IT SOON
DETROIT -- Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking
across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State
University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it's no cow

To my total amazement I found out that almost ALL plants grown by man
today are being force fed into sickness and us along with them.
And that as it turns out is why we have all the plant and pest
problems we do. These plants are sick and surprise surprise, old