Rural Articles

2). Chicken Rearing 101 – How Not to Raise Poultry By : Nola L. Kelsey
Caution! Poultry parenthood is not all it’s cracked up to be. Are you considering becoming a backyard egg farmer? Chicken Rearing 101 examines the humorous, yet, brutally harsh realities of life as a small time chick wrangler.
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3). Chicken Rearing 101 – How Not to Raise Chickens By : Nola L. Kelsey
Chick: A hatchling Capon: A castrated male used for meat. (How much could that yield?) Pullet: A female chicken under one year old. Hen: A female chicken over one year of age Rooster: A male chicken over one year of age. Raising Chickens for the first time can be intimidating. When I first called the Feed Shop, I was trying to sound like a pro.
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4). Clothesline Fresh – Country Myth Breaker # 17 By : Nola L. Kelsey
Clothesline fresh, country fresh scent, smells like a country garden, those of us from the city have all seen our share of country clad laundry soap commercials. The token red barn glows in the distance. Closer in, clothes adorn the line. Each piece is so straight and evenly spaced you’d believe a team of sophomore geometry students hung them as their final class projects.
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5). Field Notes on Country Linguistics By : Nola L. Kelsey
You hear many endearing phrases in the county. Translating them to English can be complex. Use these handy Field Notes on Country Linguistics to lay the ground-work effective communication in the hinterland.
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6). Country Lawn Maintenance - 10 Tips to Know Before You Mow By : Nola L. Kelsey
Practical survival skills should be fifty percent of what we study in school! Languishing twelve to sixteen years in the bowels of our education system should not leave American citizens unprepared to cope with perpetually running toilets. A burned out taillight should not knock our world off its axis. This chasm of neglected wisdom is not simply filled with the obvious auto and home maintenance issues.
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7). The Real Obstacle to Rural Broadband Internet Access By : Michael Dappert
High-speed internet access could have been a reality years ago. But, a lack of Government leadership and the greed of the telephone companies has held it back.
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8). Benin Known as Dahomey By : Douglas Scott
Although Benin has seen economic growth over the past few years and has a high standing with the international community, it remains among the worlds poorest countries.
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