Odds ‘n Sods:

With calving season rapidly approaching, I’ve had two readers that are first-time cow owners ask me about sources for home dairying supplies and books. Lots of mailorder companies sell Bag-Balm, but not many sell butter churns! I recommend the Homestead Store. (One of our advertisers.) For books, I recommend The Family Cow by Dirk van Loon, and Raising a Calf for Beef by Phyllis Hobson. OBTW, there is also quite a bit of good cattle raising information in Carla Emery’s The Encyclopedia of Country Living.

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Pete A. sent this from a Colorado newspaper: Prepping for disaster: Bunkers, food storage part of the plan

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Chuck J. flagged this disturbing news from Australia: Meat glue coagulant enzyme. News like that makes me feel better about eating mostly wild game, and grass-fed meat that we raise here at the ranch.

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The über-interventionist queen of double standards: Samantha Power to be the next Secretary of State?

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KAF sent this: UN Ignores Its Own Data to Promote Gun Ban