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The Axe

In the aisles of a Maine logging and tool shop, I watched quietly as my father selected the axe whose scarred head rests on my shelf today. It hung small on a rack, dwarfed by its slab-sided brothers, self-conscious in its adolescent angularity. Even at six, I heard that axe speak to my father, himself a small and quiet man against this background of loggers, smoky wool, split a...


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Goose Raising

Geese can be raised successfully in all parts of the United States. The largest numbers are produced in the Middle Western and North Central States. Their diet may consist largely of grass during the growing season. Geese are the closest of grazers; therefore, they are most economically produced where good grass range or green forage is available.


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Indian is a Comtois horse, born in 1996. Comtois is one of the nine breeds of draft horses in France. he is not a big draft horse because he was first a "Cheval Ecole". His job was to not frighten the students but to attract them. He is about 13.5 hands and his weight is about 799 kilos. He works really good and is ok to be in the reins (lines) with five different almost green p...


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With the power out they were coping with the more pressing problem of the beer warming up and the chance of it spoiling. So they decided the best course of action was to finish the case and asked me if I could possibly lend a hand! Well, I'm always willing to help out a neighbour, so we cooled our insides down with beer while a nice quick rain shower cooled down the outside.


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We had agreed to meet down town, under the towering cottonwoods. I had arrived early, intending to relax and catch up on some reading. Little did I know I'd find myself in the middle of a celebration; a boisterous commercial one at that. Being a bit of a hermit, it surprised me - how drawn I was to staying to take in the sights, sounds and aromas.


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