ILLUSTRATIONS
| Harvesting Nature's Crops | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| Gathering Wild Flowers for City Children | [62] |
| "Big Boy Blue" Looks After the Sheep | [106] |
| Feeding the Goats | [114] |
| The Shetland Pony is the Ideal Pet | [204] |
| Holding a Conversation | [242] |
| Gyp Has an Ax to Grind | [250] |
| A Group of Happy Farm Animals | [256] |
| The Skunk is an Amiable and Well-mannered Pet | [266] |
| The Crow May be Tamed when Young | [266] |
| A "Bottle Baby" | [268] |
| Plenty of Trout in This Stream When Grandfather was a Boy | [272] |
| An Odd Job that is Never Out of Date | [404] |
| Is this Work or Play? | [452] |
OUTDOOR WORK
I
THE BEST WAYS OF EARNING MONEY
Couldn't you use more money if you had it? There are several million American boys and girls just like you. They want a lot of things, a lot of good things. Wouldn't you like a half dollar once a year for a circus ticket, a quarter now and then for a box of candy, or ten dollars for a new dress or some music lessons? You'd be glad to buy your own clothes, and select them too, if you had the cash. That would be a big help in thousands of families. Parents sometimes wish that their children could "leave out" in new clothes in spring, like the trees.
If you could begin to earn money at twelve you could save toward a college education, too. Lots of boys and girls are earning their way. You can. You can earn money between twelve and twenty years of age without interfering with your schooling.