The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work

Photograph by Helen W. Cooke.
Harvesting Nature's Crops
The Library of Work and Play
OUTDOOR WORK
MARY ROGERS MILLER
Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1911
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO EIGHT BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SENT ONE ANOTHER TO COLLEGE

Mary Rogers Miller
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OCCUPATIONS SUITED TO THE FOUR SEASONS AND SOME THAT GO THROUGH THE YEAR


THINGS WORTH THINKING ABOUT


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


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


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


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


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


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


PLANTS


COLLECTING SEA-WEEDS


COLLECTING SHELLS


COLLECTING INSECTS


MOUNTING INSECTS


CLASSIFICATION


A LIFE HISTORY COLLECTION


INSECT HOMES


REARING INSECTS


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


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


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Язык

Английский

Год издания

2014-03-17

Темы

Agriculture -- Juvenile literature

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