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by  N.Morgan More and more people are moving to a more natural, self-sustaining life-style and in this article, we will discuss how to make this dream of a homestead come true on 1 acre. Everyone’s approach to establishing a self-sufficient homestead, and it’s unlikely that any two 1-acre farms will follow the same plan or methods or agree completely on how to homestead. Some people like cows; other people are afraid of them.  Some people like goats; other people cannot keep them out of the garden. Some people will not slaughter animals and have to sell their surplus stock off to people who will kill them; others will not sell surplus stock off at all because they know that the animals will be killed, and still others will slaughter their own animals to provide their family with healthy meat. Raising a Dairy Cow Cow or no cow? The pros and cons are many and various for a self-sufficient homestead. In favor of raising a cow is the fact that nothing keeps th...