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THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY Outdoor Work THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A WORD TO PARENTS CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS OUTDOOR WORK I THE BEST WAYS OF EARNING MONEY

OCCUPATIONS SUITED TO THE FOUR SEASONS AND SOME THAT GO THROUGH THE YEAR THINGS WORTH THINKING ABOUT

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

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

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

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

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

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

VIII RAISING SILKWORMS IX MAKING COLLECTIONS

PLANTS COLLECTING SEA-WEEDS COLLECTING SHELLS COLLECTING INSECTS MOUNTING INSECTS CLASSIFICATION A LIFE HISTORY COLLECTION INSECT HOMES REARING INSECTS

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

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

APPENDIX FREE PRINTED MATTER. HOW TO GET IT

THE OUTDOOR WORKER'S LIBRARY

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