Calving the heifers -- Chickens -- Pigs and pigging -- Spring farming and crop planting -- Starting the irrigation water -- Hired hands -- Planting the garden -- Spreading and harrowing -- Instant hired hand -- Branding -- Summer irrigation -- Haying -- How to keep cool while haying -- Moving the cows to Summer pasture -- Veterinary care -- Garden maintenance -- Varmint control -- Summer company -- Canning, freezing, and putting up all that garden produce -- Summer fun -- Roundup time and marketing the calves -- Getting in the wood for winter -- Cleaning the pig sheds (also done in spring) -- The art of opening gates -- Hunting season -- Feeding the critters -- 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) -- Waiting for spring -- Sheep and lambing -- Sleep -- Coffee, cookies, and daily meals -- Washing the separator -- Visitors -- Coping with the annual 4-H fair -- Yard-sale-ing: an addiction or a pleasant hobby? -- Sidekick savvy -- Ordering a custom-built country man -- Country mouse, city mouse -- Basic farm and ranch attitudes.