The Library Of Work and Play Outdoor Work

About this eBook

Author

Miller, Mary Rogers, 1868-

Title

The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Chris Jordan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

S: Agriculture

Subject

Agriculture -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45154

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45154

Release Date

March 17, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY Outdoor Work
2. 2.THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY
3. 3.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
4. 4.A WORD TO PARENTS
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.OUTDOOR WORK
8. 8.I THE BEST WAYS OF EARNING MONEY — OCCUPATIONS SUITED TO THE FOUR SEASONS AND SOME THAT GO THROUGH THE YEAR — THINGS WORTH THINKING ABOUT
9. 9.II HARVESTING NATURE'S CROPS — PICKING BERRIES — WILD RASPBERRIES — THIMBLEBERRY — BLUEBERRIES — WILD GRAPES — ELDERBERRIES — BARBERRIES — BAYBERRIES — MAKING BAYBERRY DIPS — WILD CRAB APPLES — PERSIMMONS — HAWS — WILD PLUMS — NUTS — CHINQUAPINS — HAZEL-NUTS — WALNUTS — BEECHNUTS — HICKORY NUTS — PECANS — NUT GROWING — TREE SEEDS — COLLECTING CHRISTMAS GREENS — MEDICINAL PLANTS — POKEWEED — WALKING STICKS — WILD FLOWERS FOR CITY CHILDREN — SHELF FUNGI — DANDELION GREENS — CORN HUSKS — FRAGRANT HERBS AND GRASSES — BALSAM LEAVES — BIRCH BARK — PORCUPINE QUILLS — MAPLE SUGAR MAKING — WILD RICE — GATHERING SPRUCE GUM — MUSHROOMS — CONSERVING NATURE'S CROPS — THE STORY OF THE CREATION OF A NEW INDUSTRY — HOW THE LIFE WORK WAS DETERMINED — THE BEGINNING OF THE INDUSTRY — METHODS OF COLLECTING — ESTABLISHING A NURSERY BUSINESS
10. 10.III RAISING DOMESTIC ANIMALS — RAISING COLTS — RAISING SHEEP — RAISING GOATS — BUILDING UP A HERD — CARE OF KIDS — FOOD OF GOATS — SHELTER AND ENCLOSURE — THE COMMON GOAT — TWENTY ACRES REDEEMED: THE STORY OF A SATISFACTORY EXPERIMENT WITH GOATS IN NEW ENGLAND — RAISING CALVES — THE STORY OF TWO BOYS AND A COW — RAISING PIGS — RAISING CHICKENS — HOUSING — FOOD AND FEEDING — RAISING YOUNG CHICKENS — BUSINESS METHODS — RAISING CHICKENS — SUCCESS WITH CHICKENS — A BOY FEEDS SIX THOUSAND HENS IN HALF AN HOUR — AN AMATEUR'S EXPERIENCE — HOW I STARTED WITH HENS — HOW ONE YOUNG WOMAN MADE A START WITH POULTRY — PRESERVING EGGS FOR WINTER USE — RAISING GUINEA FOWL — RAISING TURKEYS — RAISING PEACOCKS — RAISING GEESE — RAISING DUCKS — RAISING SQUABS FOR MARKET — RAISING PHEASANTS
11. 11.IV RAISING ANIMALS FOR PETS — SHETLAND PONIES — RABBITS, GUINEA PIGS, AND CAVIES — FANCY PIGEONS — BANTAMS — FANCY FOWLS — DOGS — GOLDFISH — THE STORY OF A BOY'S ANIMAL CAGE — A STORY OF SUCCESS WITH DOGS
12. 12.V WORK AND PLAY WITH TRAINED ANIMALS — DAIRY COWS — CLEAN HOME MILK — MARKETING MILK — TRAINING PET ANIMALS — TRAINING YOUNG HORSES — TREADMILLS AND CRANKS — MAKING ANIMALS HAPPY — TAMING WILD ANIMALS — BIRDS — TOADS AND THEIR KIN — SQUIRRELS — RACCOONS, WOODCHUCKS, AND SKUNKS
13. 13.VI MAKING BROOKS AND SPRINGS USEFUL — RECLAIMING A TROUT STREAM — SPRINGS FOR TROUT CULTURE — RECLAIMING A SPRING — MAKING A SWIMMING POOL — A HOME-MADE SKATING POND — THE STORY OF RECLAIMING A SPRING — A BACK YARD SWIMMING POOL
14. 14.VII KEEPING BEES — HOW TO BEGIN — THE BEST PLACE FOR BEES — BUYING BEES — BEES AS WAGE EARNERS — HIVES — SWARMING — MAKING APPARATUS — OPENING THE HIVE — STINGS: PREVENTION AND CURE — WINTERING — FEEDING — THE PRODUCTS OF THE HIVE — DISEASES AND ENEMIES — MARKETING HONEY — MY EXPERIENCE WITH HONEY BEES — HOW I EARNED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS — PROFITS OF BEE-KEEPING
15. 15.VIII RAISING SILKWORMS
16. 16.IX MAKING COLLECTIONS — PLANTS — COLLECTING SEA-WEEDS — COLLECTING SHELLS — COLLECTING INSECTS — MOUNTING INSECTS — CLASSIFICATION — A LIFE HISTORY COLLECTION — INSECT HOMES — REARING INSECTS
17. 17.X ODD JOBS — KINDLING WOOD — CLEANING A CARRIAGE — WORK IN THE ORCHARD — MAKING RUSTIC FURNITURE — SELECTING SEED CORN — MAKING CIDER VINEGAR — MAKING GRAPE JUICE — MAKING LEAF MOULD — MAKING LAVENDER STICKS — DRYING CORN — MAKING A TENNIS COURT — SHOVELLING SNOW — MOWING LAWNS — UTILIZING WOOD ASHES — PLANTING CROCUSES ON THE LAWN — MAKING ICE — CUTTING SEED POTATOES — PRUNING — CLEANING RUGS
18. 18.XI MAKING THE COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN — OUTDOOR CLUBS — ATTRACTING BIRDS — BRINGING BACK THE SONG BIRDS — HOW TO ATTRACT BIRDS — THE TRAFFIC IN BIRD SKINS — DOMESTICATING WILD GAME — A GAME PRESERVE — PROTECTING THE WILD FLOWERS — PREVENTING FOREST FIRES — KILLING WEEDS — GETTING RID OF POISON IVY — LESSENING THE PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES — FIGHTING FLIES — TRAPPING — TRAPPING MINK — TRAPPING SKUNKS — TRAPPING WOODCHUCKS — TRAPPING MOLES — TRAPPING MUSKRATS — TRAPPING GOPHERS — TRAPPING THE WEASEL — TRAPPING RATS — TRAPPING RABBITS — TRAPS THAT BOYS CAN MAKE — MONEY AND RECREATION IN TRAPPING — CURING AND TANNING SKINS
19. 19.APPENDIX FREE PRINTED MATTER. HOW TO GET IT — THE OUTDOOR WORKER'S LIBRARY
20. 20.Transcriber's Notes:

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