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Author:

Petersen, Gwen.

Title:

How to shovel manure and other life lessons for the country woman* / Gwen Petersen.

Publisher:

Voyageur Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

224 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Farmers' spouses--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Farm life.--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Notes:

"*Including essential Country woman recipes."

Contents:

Basic farm and ranch attitudes (a ranch is a ranch is a ranch is a farm is a farm is a farm-- ). Chickens -- Pigs and pigging -- Spring farming and crop planting -- Starting the irrigation water -- Hired hands -- Planting the garden -- Spreading and harrowing -- Instant hired hand -- Branding -- Summer irrigation -- Haying -- How to keep cool while haying -- Moving the cows to summer pasture -- Veterinary care -- Garden maintenance -- Varmint control -- Summer company -- Canning, freezing, and "putting up" all that garden produce -- Summer fun -- Fall--when the year starts its downhill slide -- Roundup time and marketing the calves -- Getting in the wood for winter -- Cleaning the pig sheds (also done in spring) -- Art of opening gates -- Hunting season -- Winter and the layered look -- Feeding the critters -- Proper winter clothing -- Getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas food consumption -- Surviving the annual Christmas program at the schoolhouse -- Watching TV in winter (if you have TV) -- Waiting for spring -- Sheep and lambing -- Women work and woman activity -- Sleep -- Coffee, cookies, and daily meals -- Washing the separator -- Visitors -- Coping with the annual 4-H fair -- Yard-sale-ing : an addiction or a pleasant hobby? -- Sidekick savvy -- Ordering a custom-built country man -- Country mouse, city mouse -- Basic farm and ranch attitudes (a ranch is a ranch is a ranch is a farm is a farm is a farm-- ).

ISBN:

0760328625 (hardbound w/jacket)
9780760328620 (hardbound w/jacket)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77485835

LCCN:

2006100836

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