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Our Family’s Garden Grain Experiment- Part 2, by Wild BillB of OR

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…metal blades at the end and small chain links attached for stirring paint with a drill, was our best threshing tool. It was actually amazing how well this simple setup worked! To use it, we cut the heads off all the wheat stalks so very little of the stalk was left. We filled a large, durable (and clean) garbage can up with the heads. The tool was set into the wheat heads and spun. In 30-40 seconds, the entire can was pulverized into 1/3 its volume and consisted of grain and small, light pieces of chaff. It was like liquefying the mass into grain! We did worry about damage to the grain. However, on inspection, we could not really see any noticeable damage; all of the grain seemed fine. You really have to see this to appreciate how quickly it reduced so much biomass into grain. I’ve uploaded some video…


Letter Re: Advice on Small-Scale Grain Growing, Harvesting, and Processing

Hi, I love your survival site. I was wondering about finding low cost or fairly low cost equipment to harvest, thresh, winnow and hull grains such as wheat, barley, millet, oats, etc. Also low cost equipment to extract oil from seeds such as sunflower seeds. I’ve done an extensive search on the Internet and can find very little that is meant for a family or small group of people. Manual (hand power) or electric/gas/diesel are all of interest. Being able to process and use grains is extremely important but I don’t know of any sites that sell survival equipment that sell such things. Many sell grain mills and some sell corn/pea shellers but not much more. – Nancy JWR Replies: To begin, I should mention that the book Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon is an invaluable reference that every prepared family should have on their bookshelf. (ISBN 0-87857-134-5 for…


Preventing Grain Spoilage by Insects, by Jim in New Hampshire

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…the Bug Guide web site:   Oryzaephilus mercator – Merchant Grain Beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis – Sawtoothed Grain Beetle Cathartus quadricollis – Square-necked Grain Beetle Nausibius clavicornis Lasioderma serricorne – Cigarette Beetle Rhyzopertha dominica Latheticus oryzae – Longheaded Flour Beetle Cryptolestes ferrugineus – Rusty Grain Beetle Tribolium castaneum – Red Flour Beetle Thorictodes heydeni Tenebrio molitor – Yellow Mealworm Tenebrio obscurus – Dark Mealworm Typhaea stercorea – Hairy Fungus Beetle Symbiotes gibberosus   In addition there are moths, flies, and small wasps that lay their eggs in grain products, all of which can ruin your stored food supply if precautions aren’t taken.   Here are three common alternatives for killing off any grain pests that happen to arrive in bulk grains:   1. Purge the oxygen with another gas. Buy some dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) or a tank of CO2. Put a few ounces of dry ice in a container…


Pat’s Product Review: Buffalo Bore Ammunition

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….40 S&W loaded handgun. Recoil has a lot to do with it – not that I find the .40 S&W recoil to be objectionable, it’s just that I can get the front sight back on target faster with a 9mm than I can with the .40 S&W. Buffalo Bore has 9mm loads in 115 grain, 124 grain and 147 grain bullet weights, with +P and +P+ loadings in many of these bullet weights. I personally like the 124 grain JHP +P loading, as I feel it gives me the best compromise between deep penetration and bullet expansion. And, this is just my personal choice, you may want to go with one of the 115 grain JHP loadings for more expansion and less penetration. Or the 147 grain JHP with more penetration and less expansion. Truth be told, I don’t think you can go wrong with any of the Buffalo Bore…


The Hidden Danger of Grain Storage, by Z.H.

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…far, this sounds all well and good, but the damage starts when you eat that food. Monsanto created glyphosate to kill weeds. However, it kills every kind of plant including grains. This creates a problem because we know that glyphosate is sprayed on all major grains. How did the Monsanto chemists fix this problem? They modified the grain’s genetic code so that glyphosate would not kill that particular strain of seed. In other words, they genetically modified the grain so that glyphosate would not kill the grain but everything else. Glyphosate Used on a Lot of Grains to Increase Yield The scientists could do this for a lot of grains, but they could not modify wheat. However, glyphosate is still sprayed on wheat but only at the end of the growing season. This is because all plants have a built in defense mechanism that makes the plant produce unusually large…


Choosing a Practical Antique Rifle – Part 2, by Tunnel Rabbit

…lowest possible and safe starting load, multiply 38.0 grains that is the maximum charge weight for 90 grain .243 bullet recommended by Hodgdon when using H4895. Multiply this maximum charge weight 38.0 grain X .60 (60 percent). This reduces the charge weight used by 40 percent. 38.0 grains X 0.60 = 22.8 grains of H4895. The product would be 22.8 grains, the lowest safe charge weight. The starting load using H4895 is 22.8 grains of H4895. This is a very low pressure load that would be safe in the weakest actions, a very low starting charge that allows us to work up safely until we see excessive pressure signs. And there is plenty of room in which to work up, and find the most accurate loading. Using the ladder method, odds are there can be found 3 or more accuracy nodes between 22.8 and the maximum safe pressure for this…


Mid-Scale Grain Gardening in Alaska- Part 3, By Alaskan Gardeners

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…the stacked trays, as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5: Peas in the drying racks, with a floor fan to circulate air through the stacked trays. Using a Fan The air flow through the stacked trays can be assessed with a strip of tissue held outside the rack distal to the fan. Before I used the fan, it took two weeks to dry the grain stalks. Now, with the fan and level-filled trays, grain is usually dry within 24 hours. In the case of oats and barley, cereal stalks, and grain heads in each of the three stacks of drying trays, this nearly fills our tractor trailer. Therefore, three stacks of trays roughly equates to three trailer loads. Amount Produced We can usually thresh, winnow, and clean three tractor trailer loads per eight hour day, which produces 15 to 20 gallons of processed grain per day. Therefore, we have developed…


Pat’s Product Review: Ruger SR556E

…From Buffalo Bore Ammunition I had their Sniper .223 ammo – a 55 grain Ballistic Tip bullet, a 69 grain JHP and their heavy 77 grain JHP – which is recommended for barrel twist of 1:8 or 1:7 – the SR556E comes with a 1:9 barrel twist – the most popular for civilian AR style rifles. From the good folks at Black Hills Ammunition, I had a wide assortment of .223 – a 52 grain Match HP, 55 grain FMJ – new and reloaded, 55 grain SP, 68 grain Heavy Match HP and their newly released to the public, 5.56mm 77 grain OTM ammo – this is almost the exact same ammo that Black Hills Ammunition – and Black Hills Ammunition alone – provides to all the US Special Forces – no other maker produces this ammo. I also had a couple boxes of Winchester 55 grain FMJ USA brand .223…


Pat’s Product Review: SIG-Sauer M400 Enhanced

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…brand 55-grain FMJ ammo – which I like to use when testing an AR-type gun for function – and I run through several magazines as fast as I can pull the trigger – no malfunctions at all with the M400. From Buffalo Bore Ammunition I had their superb 69-grain JHP Sniper load – which is always an outstanding performer. From the good folks at Black Hills Ammunition, I had quite an assortment of ammo. I had their 55-grain FMJ reloads as well as brand-new ammo. Their 52-grain Hornady V-Max, 55-grain Soft Point, 60-grain Soft Point, in reloaded and brand-new ammo, their 68-grain Match HP and lastly, their 75-grain Heavy Match Hollow Point (HP) load. In all, over a three month period, I burned-up close to 1,000-rounds of ammo – again, something I regret doing, as replacing all that ammo is hard to do right now, but I’m still begging!  …


Survival Aspects of Cartridge Reloading, by Jerry M.

…to buy them in bulk. My main powders are IMR 4895, 3031, Unique, 2400, and Bullseye, yeah, I’m old school. Bullseye is good for .38 Specials, using the 200 grain cast dome bullet with 3.5 grains of Bullseye I get 2,000 loads from a pound of powder. I have tried most of the new powders, but always go back to my old mainstays. (I hope I didn’t insult anybody by saying the .25 ACP was worthless!) I load 0.7 grain of Bullseye with the 50 grain FMJ for my daughter in law, she has an old Colt Junior that her dad gave her, and she loves it. But in most cases the .22 Long Rifle is a much better choice than the .25, and lots cheaper! Incidentally, loading that .25 ACP with 0.7 grains that comes out to 10,000 rounds from a pound of Bullseye. And about 3500 rounds of .32 ACP from…


Our Family’s Garden Grain Experiment- Part 1, by Wild BillB of OR

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…here in our mild climate. Second Surprise- Little Attention Needed The second surprise for us was how little attention the grains needed from us after they began growing. When the grasses were about three inches tall, the chickens no longer had any interest. The deer, however, took notice and seemed drawn to the grains, especially the oats, until they began to grow grain heads. The temporary fencing did well to discourage them, as did the dog. Another Learning- Fertilizer Made a Difference As the grain heads began to grown and mature, another important learning became obvious. The wheat heads growing in the old chicken coop were much larger and well formed than those in the former pasture land. They were beautiful! I estimate the chicken coop wheat had at least 40% more grain on it than what was growing in the pasture, and the wheat in the coop was thicker…


US Food Riots Much Closer Than You Think, by Robert Felix

…all Americans know essentially nothing about where the food they eat every day comes from. How it gets from the ground to them. And they don’t want to know about it. It’s cheap, as close as their local store, and of high quality. So no worries. — The bulk of the food we eat comes from grain. Although they raise a lot of fruits and vegetables in California, Arizona, Florida, Oregon and Washington, those things don’t compose the main part of the average diet. Half of what a meat animal is raised on is grain so when you eat meat you are really eating grain. And, of course, we eat grain directly as bread, bagels, doughnuts, pasta, etc. Milk (and milk products like cheese) comes from cows that eat grain. A lot of grain. And the grain they eat is not produced where the cows are located. — The lion’s…


Pat’s Product Review: New Ammo Offerings From Buffalo Bore

…round, it is more controllable than you think – this is because of the 200 grain bullet. Most folks stick with 240 grain bullets for much of their .44 Mag shooting – and they “kick” a lot more than this 200 grain Barnes bullet does. From an 18″ barrel rifle, you can expect over 1,800 FPS – that’s screaming! If you look down at this Barnes XPB bullet, you’ll get lost in it because it looks sooooo deep. If you are hunting bigger game, check out some of the heavy .44 Mag from Buffalo Bore – they have something there you’re gonna love!   These next two calibers that Sundles sent me – I didn’t have firearms for – so I had to borrow a couple of guns. The new buffalo Bore  .357 SIG, 125 grain Barnes TAC-XP low-flash round will be, in my humble opinion, “the” round to carry if…


Pat’s Product Review: Kahr PM 45 Pistol

…To be sure, CT manufactures their lasers for many of the Kahr handguns – as well as most popular handguns, check out their web site. Now, most people will be led to believe, that a .45ACP pistol, as small as the Kahr PM45 is, will “kick” a lot – well, to be honest, there is some recoil there, but not nearly as much as you might think. I had my usual assortment of .45ACP ammo on-hand for testing. From Buffalo Bore Ammunition. I had their 185 grain Barnes TAC-XP all-copper hollow point +P, 200 grain JHP +P, 230 grain JHP +P and their 255 grain Hard Cast FN load – also +P. From Black Hills Ammunition, I had their 230 grain FMJ, 185 grain JHP, 185 grain Barnes TAC-XP +P load. And, a couple fairly new loads, their 185 grain JHP steel-cased load, and their 230 grain FMJ steel-cased load….


Pat’s Product Review: Springfield Armory “Loaded” 1911

…out of ANY 1911 that I’ve owned – bar none, period, end of story!   I had a good assortment of .45 ACP ammo to test in this gun, from Black Hills Ammunition I had their 185 grain TAC-XP Barnes all-copper hollow point +P load, and their 185 grain JHP steel-cased ammo – which is fast becoming a favorite with many shooters on a budget. From Winchester, I had their 230 grain FMJ USA-brand load – always a good load for target shooting and function testing. From Buffalo Bore I had their 185 grain Barnes all-copper TAC-XP +P load, their 185 grain JHP +P load, and their 255 grain Hard Cast +P load. I’ve had great success with the 185 grain TAC-XP +P loads from Black Hills and Buffalo Bore – the Buffalo Bore load is a bit hotter than the Black Hills load, however, the Springfield Armory “Loaded” 1911…