How to Shovel Manure and Other Life Lessons for the Country Woman Book

Parts and Innards

Preface

Part One: Springtime on the Ranch and Farm

Section One: Calving the Heifers
Section Two: Chickens
Section Three: Pigs and Pigging
Section Four: Spring Farming and Crop Planting
Section Five: Starting the Irrigation Water
Section Six: Hired Hands
Section Seven: Planting the Garden
Section Eight: Spreading and Harrowing
Section Nine: Instant Hired Hand
Section Ten: Branding

Part Two: Good Old Summertime

Section Eleven: Summer Irrigation
Section Twelve: Haying
Section Thirteen: How to Keep Cool While Haying
Section Fourteen: Moving the Cows to Summer Pasture
Section Fifteen: Veterinary Care
Section Sixteen: Garden Maintenance
Section Seventeen: Varmint Control
Section Eighteen: Summer Company
Section Nineteen: Canning, Freezing, and "Putting Up" All that Garden Produce
Section Twenty: Summer Fun

Part Three: Fall-When the Year Starts Its Downhill Slide

Section Twenty-One: Roundup Time and Marketing the Calves
Section Twenty-Two: Getting in the Wood for Winter
Section Twenty-Three: Cleaning the Pig Sheds (Also Done in Spring)
Section Twenty-Four: The Art of Opening Gates
Section Twenty-Five: Hunting Season

Part Four: Winter and the Layered Look

Section Twenty-Six: Feeding the Critters
Section Twenty-Seven: Proper Winter Clothing
Section Twenty-Eight: Getting Ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas Food Consumption
Section Twenty-Nine: Surviving the Annual Christmas Program at the Schoolhouse
Section Thirty: Watching TV in Winter (If You Have TV)
Section Thirty-One: Waiting for Spring
Section Thirty-Two: Sheep andLambing

Part Five: Woman Work and Woman Activity

Section Thirty-Three: Sleep
Section Thirty-Four: Coffee, Cookies, and Daily Meals
Section Thirty-Five: Washing the Separator
Section Thirty-Six: Visitors
Section Thirty-Seven: Coping with the Annual 4
Section Thirty-Eight: Yard-Sale-ing-An Addiction or a Pleasant Hobby?
Section Thirty-Nine: Sidekick Savvy
Section Forty: Ordering a Custom-Built Country Man
Section Forty-One: Country Mouse, City Mouse
Section Forty-Two: Basic Farm and Ranch Attitudes (A Ranch Is a Ranch Is a Ranch Is a Farm Is a Farm Is a Farm . . .)