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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/FFA-Pheasant-Production.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.4KB)Most people don’t go pheasant hunting in Phoenix, AZ. But if you to come to Molly’s farm, you will perhaps…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Buckeye-Arizona.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)The city of Buckeye, Arizona was a small farming community for much of its life. That’s not so today. The…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Florence-Prison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)Arizona did not become a state until 1912, so for several decades of it’s existence, it had a territorial prison…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Arivaca-Boys-Ranch-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 948.2KB)The Bible’s parable of the prodigal son shares the story of a wayward son that comes home to a father,…

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