From: cf603@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Sill)
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: Rural Sources: Magazine (part 3 of 6)
Date: 3 Sep 1992 14:32:59 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: cf603@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Sill)
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Antique Power
    P.O. Box 838
    Yellow Springs, OH 45387
 
    Magazine about restoring old tractors.  Good source of information
    about parts and techniques.  Also names and addresses of single
    make clubs.

Angora Goat Quarterly 
    Michigan, address unknown

Back Home
    P.O. Box 370
    Mountain Home, NC 28758
    (704) 696-3838

    $16/year, $28/2 years; Visa, Mastercard, check

    Much of the former staff of Mother, still in North Carolina, has now
    banded together into a coop and has created a new magazine, BackHome.
    Its motto is "Hands-on and Down-to-Earth".
    
    It's great!  Especially the article on how to split wood without
    ruining your back.  And the car emergency kit.  And the inspiring
    youth garden to help feed the disadvantaged.  Look for it.  It
    comes out four times a year, on recycled paper.  (I didn't know
    that you could get such nice-feeling, good-printing recycled
    paper--I thought it was all limp grey stuff.) 
    
Country
    These are basically picture books (with some really nice
    pictures), but they won't help you with your garden, tractor, etc.

Country Journal
    P.O. Box 392
    Mt. Morris, IL 61054-9957
    (800) 435-9610 or (815) 734-6309 in Illinois

    Not sure what the current rate is.

    Like Harrowsmith.  Also recommended.
    
Countryside & Small Stock Journal
    W8333 Doepke Rd,
    Waterloo, Wi.  53594
      or
    N2601 Winter Sports Rd
    Withee, WI 54498
    
    Published bi-monthly for $18/yr

    This rag contains a wealth of information for both the novice
    "would be" and the seasoned "back to the lander".  Write for a
    sample copy. 

    This magazine deals mainly with "homesteading" issues.  Written by
    the publishers but mainly by the readers.  Lots of gardening,
    livestock.  Minimal advertising. 

Engineers and Engines
    1118 N. Raynor Avenue
    Joliet, IL, 60435
 
    Magazine about antique gas and steam engines and tractors.  Good
    source of information about shows all over the country.
 
Gas Engine Magazine
    P.O. Box 328
    Lancaster, PA 17603
 
    Magazine about antique gas engines and tractors.  Good information
    about sources and techniques for restoring antique engines.
 
Farm and Ranch Living
    5400 S. 60th. St.
    Greendale, WI 53129

Gleanings in Bee Culture
    623 W. Liberty Street
    Medina, OH 44256
    216-725-6677

Harrowsmith
    7 Queen Victoria Road
    Camden East, Ontario K0K 1J0

Harrowsmith Country Life
    Camden House Publishing.
    Ferry Road
    Charlotte, Vt 05445
    800-627-7009

    It's published six times per year (bimonthly) for $24/yr
    ($6/yr additional outside the U.S.).  The October '90 issue had
    a $12/yr subscription offer.

    Harrowsmith is a good mix of agriculture/gardening and
    miscellaneous "country" topics with a common thread of
    environmental concern.  
    
Home Power Magazine
    POB 130
    Hornbrook, CA 96044-0130

    Bimonthly for $6/yr (3rd class mail)

    Solar PV, wind, water, &c.

    Printed on newsprint-stock using (they claim) only renewable
    energy.
    
    It's worth it for the ads alone (seems like anybody who's in the
    alternative energy trade advertises there).  The case studies
    (REAL peoples' REAL systems) are also very informative, usually
    with very thorough technical and economic analyses.
    
Mother Earth News
    P.O. Box 3122
    Harlan, IA  51593-2188

    Regularly $18/yr (6 issues)

    "The Original Country Magazine"  Similar to H & CJ, but something
    about it rubs me the wrong way.  It has kind of a hippyish, flower
    child feel to it.  One should buy an issue and make their own
    decision, though.
    
Missouri Farm
    RT 1
    3903 W. Ridge Trail Rd.
    Clark, MO 65243
    314-687-3525

Natural Farmer
    (through NOFA)
    RFD#2
    Barre, MA 01005

    Comes with NOFA membership.

New England Farm Bulletin
    Box 147
    Cohasset MA 02025

    Not slick, though quite literary. Good classified ads and events
    listings, with heavy Massachusetts emphasis. 

New Farm
    Rodale Press
    33 E. Minor St.
    Emmaus, PA 18098

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture
    New Zealand, address unknown

Organic Gardening
    Published by Rodale Press, address unknown

Ranch Magazine
    Texas, address unknown

Red Power
    Box 277
    Battle Creek, IA 51006
 
    Magazine for International Harvester collectors and enthusiasts.
    Good source for parts and information on the IHC collectors
    club.

Rural Heritage
    P.O. Box 516
    Albia, IA 52531
    (515) 932-5084

Small Farmer's Journal 
    POB 2905
    Eugene, OR 97402

    A voice of sustainable agriculture (as opposed to agribusiness).
    Especially oriented toward draft animals.  Good reading, restores
    faith in the future of agrarian lifestyles.

    This publication is mostly oriented towards old fashoned organic
    type farming but I've found it very useful.
    
    A quarterly that carries extensive articles about various aspects
    of owning and operating a small farm, as well as a lot of
    editorials and reader letters.

Successful Farming
    1716 Locust St.
    Des Moines, IA 50336

United Caprine News
    PO Drawer A
    Rotan, TX 79546

    $15/yr

    Packed with useful information and Linda Fink's humor column.

Utne Reader
    Subscriber Services
    P.O. Box 1974
    Marion, OH  43306-2074

    UR comes out once every two months.  The subscription price is $24
    in the US, $29 for Canada and Mexico, and $34 dollars elsewhere
    (these are all in US dollars).  The newstand price is $4 US.

    I recommend buying a copy on the newstand to peruse and getting
    one of the ubiquitous subscriber discount cards out of it.
    They'll save you 25% off the newstand price.
-- 
Dave Sill
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