Floor Waxing, Chicken Catching, and Other Country Lore

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A Connecticut homesteader improvised this gaff for chicken catching.
A Connecticut homesteader improvised this gaff for chicken catching.
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A Wisconsin reader concluded that work clothes, when purchased new in the fall, would be maximally effective during winter weather yet broken-in and breathable during the summer.
A Wisconsin reader concluded that work clothes, when purchased new in the fall, would be maximally effective during winter weather yet broken-in and breathable during the summer.

The following housekeeping tips and other bits of country lore were submitted by readers.


Floor Waxing Party

If
you grit your teeth when it’s time to wax and buff those rustic

  • Published on Sep 1, 1979
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