TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Farmyard

picture/vocabulary list

Careful Homeowner
Beautiful Yard

descriptive paragraphs; simple present

The Gardening Cycle

first person narrative

How To Freeze Peas

directions

Pickles Like Grandmother Made

comparison; simple present, simple past

Letters From a Prairie Farmer

Diary of a Cattle Woman

Journal

From Stable to Table

The PMU Industry:
Yes or No?

Two Hog Farmers Talk

Exotics: The New Agriculture

informative article

Farmers Win Elk Lottery

Tourist Brochures
    Sizzle Through Summer
    Warm Up toWinter

promotional material

Prairie Weather

poem