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Outdoor Work

by Mary Rogers Miller

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  1. 1Dedication — Acknowledgments
  2. 2A Word to Parents
  3. 3Outdoor Work — I — The Best Ways of Earning Money
  4. 4II — Harvesting Nature’s Crops
  5. 5Wild Raspberries
  6. 6Thimbleberry
  7. 7Blueberries
  8. 8Wild Grapes
  9. 9Elderberries
  10. 10Barberries
  11. 11Bayberries
  12. 12Making Bayberry Dips
  13. 13Wild Crab Apples
  14. 14Persimmons
  15. 15Haws
  16. 16Wild Plums
  17. 17Nuts
  18. 18Chinquapins
  19. 19Hazel-Nuts
  20. 20Walnuts
  21. 21Beechnuts
  22. 22Hickory Nuts
  23. 23Pecans
  24. 24Nut Growing
  25. 25Tree Seeds
  26. 26Collecting Christmas Greens
  27. 27Medicinal Plants
  28. 28Pokeweed
  29. 29Walking Sticks
  30. 30Wild Flowers for City Children
  31. 31Shelf Fungi
  32. 32Dandelion Greens
  33. 33Corn Husks
  34. 34Fragrant Herbs and Grasses
  35. 35Balsam Leaves
  36. 36Birch Bark
  37. 37Porcupine Quills
  38. 38Maple Sugar Making
  39. 39Wild Rice
  40. 40Gathering Spruce Gum
  41. 41Mushrooms
  42. 42Conserving Nature’s Crops
  43. 43The Story of the Creation of a New Industry
  44. 44How the Life Work Was Determined
  45. 45The Beginning of the Industry
  46. 46Methods of Collecting
  47. 47Establishing a Nursery Business
  48. 48III — Raising Domestic Animals
  49. 49Raising Sheep
  50. 50Raising Goats
  51. 51Building Up a Herd
  52. 52Care of Kids
  53. 53Food of Goats
  54. 54Shelter and Enclosure
  55. 55The Common Goat
  56. 56Twenty Acres Redeemed: The Story of a Satisfactory Experiment With…
  57. 57Raising Calves
  58. 58The Story of Two Boys and a Cow
  59. 59Raising Pigs
  60. 60Raising Chickens
  61. 61Housing
  62. 62Food and Feeding
  63. 63Raising Young Chickens
  64. 64Business Methods
  65. 65Raising Chickens
  66. 66Success With Chickens
  67. 67A Boy Feeds Six Thousand Hens in Half an Hour
  68. 68An Amateur’s Experience
  69. 69How I Started With Hens
  70. 70How One Young Woman Made a Start With Poultry
  71. 71Preserving Eggs for Winter Use
  72. 72Raising Guinea Fowl
  73. 73Raising Turkeys
  74. 74Raising Peacocks
  75. 75Raising Geese
  76. 76Raising Ducks
  77. 77Raising Squabs for Market
  78. 78Raising Pheasants
  79. 79IV — Raising Animals for Pets
  80. 80Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, and Cavies
  81. 81Fancy Pigeons
  82. 82Bantams
  83. 83Fancy Fowls
  84. 84Dogs
  85. 85Goldfish
  86. 86The Story of a Boy’s Animal Cage
  87. 87A Story of Success With Dogs
  88. 88V — Work and Play With Trained Animals
  89. 89Clean Home Milk
  90. 90Marketing Milk
  91. 91Training Pet Animals
  92. 92Training Young Horses
  93. 93Treadmills and Cranks
  94. 94Making Animals Happy
  95. 95Taming Wild Animals
  96. 96Birds
  97. 97Toads and Their Kin
  98. 98Squirrels
  99. 99Raccoons, Woodchucks, and Skunks
  100. 100VI — Making Brooks and Springs Useful
  101. 101Springs for Trout Culture
  102. 102Reclaiming a Spring
  103. 103Making a Swimming Pool
  104. 104A Home-Made Skating Pond
  105. 105The Story of Reclaiming a Spring
  106. 106A Back Yard Swimming Pool
  107. 107VII — Keeping Bees
  108. 108How to Begin
  109. 109The Best Place for Bees
  110. 110Buying Bees
  111. 111Bees as Wage Earners
  112. 112Hives
  113. 113Swarming
  114. 114Making Apparatus
  115. 115Opening the Hive
  116. 116Stings: Prevention and Cure
  117. 117Wintering
  118. 118Feeding
  119. 119The Products of the Hive
  120. 120Diseases and Enemies
  121. 121Marketing Honey
  122. 122My Experience With Honey Bees
  123. 123How I Earned Two Hundred Dollars
  124. 124Profits of Bee-Keeping
  125. 125VIII — Raising Silkworms
  126. 126IX — Making Collections
  127. 127Collecting Sea-Weeds
  128. 128Collecting Shells
  129. 129Collecting Insects
  130. 130Mounting Insects
  131. 131Classification
  132. 132A Life History Collection
  133. 133Insect Homes
  134. 134Rearing Insects
  135. 135X — Odd Jobs
  136. 136Cleaning a Carriage
  137. 137Work in the Orchard
  138. 138Making Rustic Furniture
  139. 139Selecting Seed Corn
  140. 140Making Cider Vinegar
  141. 141Making Grape Juice
  142. 142Making Leaf Mould
  143. 143Making Lavender Sticks
  144. 144Drying Corn
  145. 145Making a Tennis Court
  146. 146Shovelling Snow
  147. 147Mowing Lawns
  148. 148Utilizing Wood Ashes
  149. 149Planting Crocuses on the Lawn
  150. 150Making Ice
  151. 151Cutting Seed Potatoes
  152. 152Pruning
  153. 153Cleaning Rugs
  154. 154XI — Making the Country a Better Place to Live In
  155. 155Fighting Flies
  156. 156Trapping
  157. 157Trapping Mink
  158. 158Trapping Skunks
  159. 159Trapping Woodchucks
  160. 160Trapping Moles
  161. 161Trapping Muskrats
  162. 162Trapping Gophers
  163. 163Trapping the Weasel
  164. 164Trapping Rats
  165. 165Trapping Rabbits
  166. 166Traps That Boys Can Make
  167. 167Money and Recreation in Trapping
  168. 168Curing and Tanning Skins
  169. 169Appendix — Free Printed Matter. How to Get It

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