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Welcome to Farm Collector: The First 7 Years. With more than 400 articles from our first seven years, this CD contains a treasure-trove of your favorite topics: John Deere, Massey-Ferguson, Case and other manufacturers; restoration and collection stories from specific issues or dates; photoscans of specific tractors & equipment; old show reports, stories and testimonies from an era gone by. All this and more is accessed through a simple interface that allows you to search for or browse through stories any way you choose. No internet connection required!

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Heat Your Home for Free is a collection of classic articles exclusively from MOTHER EARTH NEWS that shows how simple solar systems can heat your home, garage, shop, barn, commercial building — just about any structure with a south-facing wall. The heat comes from solar energy, and it’s free. Best of all, this e-handbook shows how you can design, build and install solar-powered heating systems yourself! We’ve compiled our best articles on do-it-yourself solar heating, from the early days of the magazine right up to the present. 47 pages.

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Whether you're interested in starting a new garden or improving last year's bed, MOTHER EARTH NEWS' Gardening Made Easy E-Book has something for you. This new collection of articles guides you through the complete gardening process, from soil preparation to timing your harvest to get the best flavor for your efforts.

These helpful, informative articles come directly from our pages. We've combed through the MOTHER EARTH NEWS archive and put together the best pieces on everything from building fertile soil and finding and growing great seeds to choosing a tiller and building versatile, inexpensive hoop houses to improve your planting options and harvest.

Your comprehensive guide to gardening is just minutes away. You can order and download Gardening Made Easy as an E-book today. You'll find tips, detailed instructions and advice from gardeners with years of experience. With this extensive guide to gardening you can beat pesky weeds; make easy, nutrient-rich compost; extend your growing season to enjoy fresh produce year-round; and much more.

Today's increased fuel costs continue to drive up the price of supermarket goods. News reports of the threats posed by chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers to both people and the environment appear with increasing frequency. In the midst of conflicting reports and often confusing information, homegrown food is a simple, healthful alternative for you and your family. Good for your pocketbook, great for your health and easy on the environment, a backyard garden is a win-win solution to many of the obstacles faced in today's conscientious living.

Have fun outdoors; put nutritious, great-tasting (and yummy-looking!) food on the table; and help Mother Earth, all at the same time. Download Gardening Made Easy E-book as a PDF now and get started on a beautiful, productive garden! 95 pages.

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Gardening A-Z brings you the best in vegetable gardening tips and instructions. With this handy, informative e-book, you can choose the right varieties for your particular garden and discover new options you’ve never considered before. Our expert and time-tested advice will help you grow healthy, beautiful vegetables, which includes:

• Seven steps to growing superior asparagus spears
• Sweet beets, one of the sweetest and most nutritious of all vegetables
• Beautiful and bountiful broccoli
• Grow your own corn with the freshest flavor
• Start a cold-hardy crop of kale now for sweet soups and salads this winter
• Discover which types of onions are the best choices for your garden and kitchen
• Parsnips the ivory jewel of the root vegetables
• Fresh peas from the garden are a sweet and nutritious treat
• Peppers are easy to raise and as versatile as they are various
• Dozens of different varieties of potatoes you can grow in your garden
• You can grow the most delicious tomatoes

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Chicken-coop designs are as varied as the people who keep chickens. The best design for you depends on how many chickens you keep, your purpose in keeping them, their breed, your geographic location, and how much money you want to spend.

This e-handbook shows you designs and helpful tips to make your chicken raising experience a successful one. Chapters include:

• Twelve Tips for a Successful Coop Design
• Providing Adequate Ventilation
• Temperature Control
• Choosing the Right Flooring
• Putting Down Bedding
• Installing Roosts
• Nests and Nest Boxes
• Choosing and Siting a Water Source
• Tips and Advice for Keeping Chickens in Cages
• Offering Access to a Yard
• Raising Chickens Free on the Range

The more adequate their shelter and surroundings, the healthier and more content your chickens will be.

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Properly housed and fed domestic rabbits can provide you with delicious, high-quality meat with little expenditure of time, space, or money. Rabbits are small and quiet, and they can be kept essentially odorfree with the proper approach to their housing and care.

This e-handbook explains what you need to build and outfit a small noncommercial rabbitry and how to do it. Chapters include:

• The All-Wire Hutch
• Two Approaches in Hutch Building
• Self-Feeders
• Watering Devices
• Nest Boxes
• Useful Tools and Equipment

Raising rabbits will be a satisfying venture with the help of this handy resource. 34 pages.

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If you are in the market for a horse, there are many things for you to consider before you make the final decision on which horse you take home.

This e-handbook helps you become familiar with all aspects of choosing and buying a horse, what criteria to look for in buying a horse and what steps you need to take in selling one. 33 pages.

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Many people dislike the thought of putting an animal, especially a beloved family pet, in a “cage.” The crate is designed as much for the dog’s wellbeing as it is for the owner’s convenience and peace of mind.

In this e-handbook you will find ways to properly crate train both new puppy and older dog. Chapters include:

• The Benefits of Crate Training
• Which Crate Is Right for Your Dog?
• Maintaining Your Crate
• Finding the Right Location for the Crate
• Crate Training a Puppy
• Crate Training an Older Dog
• Problem Behaviors in the Crate
• Alleviating Boredom in the Crate

If dogs are crate trained properly and with a positive attitude, they accept and even enjoy their sequestered time.

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When was the last time you tasted a really fresh egg? Most commercially produced eggs spend time in storage and become stale. There’s a big difference, too, between poultry raised commercially and raised at home. Commercial eating birds live out their brief spans in totally artificial surroundings, but home-grown chickens can result in better flavor and firmer texture.

With the help of this e-handbook, you can have eggs and poultry with a flavor — and at a cost — to be found in no supermarket. Chapters include:

• Chicken Breeds
• Brooding and Early Care
• Henhouse Furniture
• Feeders
• Producing Your Own Feed

A handy reference for anyone who wants to raise chickens for meat and eggs. 30 pages.

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Raising game birds can be fun, educational, profitable and even therapeutic. They also provide your table with delicious, inexpensive meals. If you've decided to try raising game birds, there are some basic rules to follow.

This e-handbook teaches you how to buy chicks, calculate feeding costs, incubate eggs, manage your flock and slaughter the birds. Also included is a list of bird varieties, diseases and types of feed, waterers and pens to use. With this valuable resource, you can feast on wild game such as pheasant, quail and guinea. 36 pages.

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GRIT E-Handbooks are packed with practical information, innovative ideas and creative projects right at your fingertips. By supporting digital products like this one you are helping save millions of trees a year. Order your downloadable PDF and start reading today!