Village Squire, 1976-11, Page 27PRESS
Harrowsmith a handy aid
to back-to-the-earther
t.anddtp<t)Stlnitln;
Harrowsmith Publisher James Lawrence inspects a copy of
his new magazine.
If you're one of that growing number of
people who own a few acres in the country,
or just wish you did. Harrowsmith
magazine may be a good investment.
We say may, because it's hard yet to
know just what the magazine is going to be
about in .the long -run. So far only three
issues of the six -times -yearly magazine
have come off the presses and the future
shape of the book seems a little vague as
yet.
We missed the first issue so can't really
comment. The second issue, however, was
very good for the family that likes the idea
of a little land, a few animals and growing
at least some of your own produce. There
was an article, for instance, on what to look
out for when buying a small used tractor
for around the farm. It might save a
neophyte a lot of grief. There was an article
on a family's one -cow dairy herd, a rather
personalized and humourous article that
never -the -less had tips for others who
might thing they'd like to own a cow.
There was an article on using potatoes to
feed farm animals, one on the "Parsimon-
ious Art of Quilting" and a photo essay on
a harness maker and an article on making
your own beer and ale.
For the ecology freaks there were
articles on Prince Edward Island's Ark
project and another on "Blueprints for
self-sufficiency" featuring a system of
turning wastes into energy. There was an
article on "Biological Warfare in the
Garden" 'and many many more tips and
suggestions. In fact, for sheer volume of
reading matter, you probably can't beat
the magazine. There is very little
advertising yet the magazine hit 80 pages
plus cover for the second issue and 84
pages plus cover for the third issue.
Compare that to. Maclean's, which runs
somewhere around the same size but is
more than 50 per cent advertising.
The third issue of the magazine seemed
to go a ,little farther •of field than the
previous one and seemed to lose focus.
That seems to be a problem in the
magazine for editor -publisher James L.
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