http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinny Here’s a fascinating article about hinnies, which are essentially mirror image mules. The animal is new to me, and the genetics involved are pretty mind-blowing. (Real-life chimerae?!) Just be warned that extended reading will start to sound like a Newsradio sketch. * Mule mares pass along 100% of their maternal genes to their offspring, […]
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minifarmhomestead.com
http://www.minifarmhomestead.com/ This isn’t the best of small-farming websites, but there’s some neat information to be gleaned nonetheless. (Just avoid the section on which gun to choose, and choice of bullet as determined by “stopping power.”)
A dog man gets a cat. – By Jon Katz – Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2133625?nav/navoa/ I’m enjoying the Slate articles by Jon Katz, about whom I know nothing except that he appears to be a city slicker with a hobby farm. His writings about the farm’s animal residents reveal a lack farming experience and a very metropolitan manner, but sweetly mixed with a tendency to anthropomorphise and capture little […]