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That Fleeting Moment

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We built a temporary holding corral with poles cut in a nearby spruce bluff, brought the herd up from the summer pasture and waited. A family tradition established on our east-central Saskatchewan farm during the 1970s, was a visit to the beaver dam each spring. The dam had been built years before on the narrow […] Read more
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A Mother’s Determination

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Mother robin is very determined when she decides on a place to build her nest. One spring, as my husband was preparing for seeding, he had been using his three-ton truck and left it in the house yard. As young, startup farmers, we didn’t have a Quonset at the time to park the truck in. […] Read more
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Seager Wheeler National Historic Farm

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He left behind an agricultural legacy that is still recognized and respected today. Had Seager Wheeler been one inch taller, agriculture on the Prairies might have been a whole lot different. At less than five feet, the young Englishman was too short to get into the British navy. Immigrating to Canada was his second choice, […] Read more
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If OAS Isn’t Enough…

I read Andrew Allentuck’s new book “When Can I Retire?” My first reaction was that this book was not really written for farmers, but after some thinking I decided some parts could be useful for you. The book talks a lot about defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, which most full time farmers don’t […] Read more
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Avoid The Next Catastrophe

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Stock markets around the world were in turmoil from summer 2008 to spring 2009. Stocks have been a disaster for investors across virtually all categories. Worst of the breed have been financial services equity mutual funds, down 53.8 per cent for the 12 months ended February 28, 2009. Next in line of the flopped — […] Read more
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Tips For Safe Online Shopping

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Many people have not purchased anything over the Internet because they fear they may get ripped off, end up with fraudulent charges on their credit card, or have their identity stolen. Many people who DO purchase online have these concerns. It’s not possible to be 100 per cent safe, but there are things you can […] Read more
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See The Lighthouses Of Oregon

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The northwest coast of continental U. S. can be wet and rainy in March, and it’s not hot like Mexico. But it’s green and the daffodils are blooming. We traveled the Oregon coast for nine days in March 2008, and it was a real treat to see daytime highs well above zero when the conditions […] Read more
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Starting To Farm At 38

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“I think we were perhaps more open to doing things differently since we had no generational model of enterprise to live up to.” —STAN HARDER “ We felt that if we did not pursue our dream of owning a cattle ranch before we turned 40, we likely would never do so,” says Stan Harder. It […] Read more
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Ask Reena – for Apr. 20, 2009

QA friend discovered that plastic parts of a kettle melted onto the enamel part of her stove. She can chip pieces off a bit but she is afraid of damaging the enamel. What can she do? A Begin by heating the area with a blow dryer, leave it in place for three minutes and then […] Read more
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Muskoxen — A Delightful Addition To Country Life

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The muskoxen were as excited about their new home as their new owners were at their arrival. About 10 years ago Karen Holden and her partner Mel Bolen were asked whether they’d be interested in taking care of a small herd of eight muskoxen. The animals had been part of a research project at the […] Read more

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