The Fat Of The Land

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Author

Streeter, John Williams, 1841-1905

Title

The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm

Credits

Produced by Bill Tozier, Barbara Tozier, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

S: Agriculture

Subject

Agriculture

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16525

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16525

Release Date

August 13, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FAT OF THE LAND
2. 2.JOHN WILLIAMS STREETER — To POLLY — THE FAT OF THE LAND
3. 3.CHAPTER I — MY EXCUSE
4. 4.CHAPTER II — THE HUNTING OF THE LAND
5. 5.CHAPTER III — THE FIRST VISIT TO THE FARM
6. 6.CHAPTER IV — THE HIRED MAN
7. 7.CHAPTER V — BORING FOR WATER
8. 8.CHAPTER VI — WE TAKE POSSESSION
9. 9.CHAPTER VII — THE HORSE-AND-BUGGY MAN
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII — WE PLAT THE FARM
11. 11.CHAPTER IX — HOUSE-CLEANING
12. 12.CHAPTER X — FENCED IN
13. 13.CHAPTER XI — THE BUILDING LINE
14. 14.CHAPTER XII — CARPENTERS QUIT WORK
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII — PLANNING FOR THE TREES
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV — PLANTING OF THE TREES
17. 17.CHAPTER XV — POLLY'S JUDGMENT HALL
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI — WINTER WORK
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII — WHAT SHALL WE ASK OF THE HEN?
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII — WHITE WYANDOTTES
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX — FRIED PORK
22. 22.CHAPTER XX — A RATION FOR PRODUCT
23. 23.CHAPTER XXI — THE RAZORBACK
24. 24.CHAPTER XXII — THE OLD ORCHARD
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII — THE FIRST HATCH
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV — THE HOLSTEIN MILK MACHINE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXV — THE DAIRYMAID
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI — LITTLE PIGS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII — WORK ON THE HOME FORTY
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII — DISCOUNTING THE MARKET
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX — FROM CITY TO COUNTRY
32. 32.CHAPTER XXX — AUTUMN RECKONING
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI — THE CHILDREN
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII — THE HOME-COMING
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII — CHRISTMAS EVE
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV — CHRISTMAS
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV — WE CLOSE THE BOOKS FOR '96
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI — OUR FRIENDS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII — THE HEADMAN'S JOB
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII — SPRING OF '97
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX — THE YOUNG ORCHARD
42. 42.CHAPTER XL — THE TIMOTHY HARVEST
43. 43.CHAPTER XLI — STRIKE AT GORDON'S MINE
44. 44.CHAPTER XLII — THE RIOT
45. 45.CHAPTER XLIII — THE RESULT
46. 46.CHAPTER XLIV — DEEP WATERS
47. 47.CHAPTER XLV — DOGS AND HORSES
48. 48.CHAPTER XLVI — THE SKIM-MILK TRUST
49. 49.CHAPTER XLVII — NABOTH'S VINEYARD
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVIII — MAIDS AND MALLARDS
51. 51.CHAPTER XLIX — THE SUNKEN GARDEN
52. 52.CHAPTER L — THE HEADMAN GENERALIZES
53. 53.CHAPTER LI — THE GRAND-GIRLS
54. 54.CHAPTER LII — THE THIRD RECKONING
55. 55.CHAPTER LIII — THE MILK MACHINE
56. 56.CHAPTER LIV — BACON AND EGGS
57. 57.CHAPTER LV — THE OLD TIME FARM-HAND
58. 58.CHAPTER LVI — THE SYNDICATE
59. 59.CHAPTER LVII — THE DEATH OF SIR TOM
60. 60.CHAPTER LVIII — BACTERIA
61. 61.CHAPTER LIX — MATCH-MAKING
62. 62.CHAPTER LX — "I TOLD YOU SO"
63. 63.CHAPTER LXI — THE BELGIAN FARMER
64. 64.CHAPTER LXII — HOME-COMING
65. 65.CHAPTER LXIII — AN HUNDRED FOLD
66. 66.CHAPTER LXIV — COMFORT ME WITH APPLES
67. 67.CHAPTER LXV — THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR
68. 68.CHAPTER LXVI — LOOKING BACKWARD
69. 69.CHAPTER LXVII — LOOKING FORWARD
70. 70.THE RURAL SCIENCE SERIES

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