Spring farming and crop planting --
Starting the irrigation water --
Spreading and harrowing --
How to keep cool while haying --
Moving the cows to summer pasture --
Canning, freezing, and "putting up" all that garden produce --
Fall--when the year starts its downhill slide --
Roundup time and marketing the calves --
Getting in the wood for winter --
Cleaning the pig sheds (also done in spring) --
Winter and the layered look --
Proper winter clothing --
Getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas food consumption --
Surviving the annual Christmas program at the schoolhouse --
Watching TV in winter (if you have TV) --
Women work and woman activity --
Coffee, cookies, and daily meals --
Coping with the annual 4-H fair --
Yard-sale-ing : an addiction or a pleasant hobby? --
Ordering a custom-built country man --
Country mouse, city mouse --
Basic farm and ranch attitudes (a ranch is a ranch is a ranch is a farm is a farm is a farm