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MAKING HOME PROFITABLE

MAKING HOME PROFITABLE

KATE V. SAINT-MAUR

AUTHOR OF “THE EARTH’S BOUNTY,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

New York STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY 1912

Copyright 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 By THE CROWELL PUBLISHING CO.

Copyright 1912 By STURGIS & WALTON CO.

Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1912

CONTENTS

PAGE

A PROFITABLE HOME 3

POULTRY 13

THE SITTING HEN AND THE INCUBATOR 29

RAISING EARLY BROILERS 39

THE POULTRY YARD IN MID-SEASON 47

JULY IN THE POULTRY YARD 53

A FLOCK OF TURKEYS 63

DUCKS AND GEESE 71

PIGEONS AND SQUABS 79

POULTRY AILMENTS 87

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 95

THE HOTBED 105

HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUS 111

HOW TO GROW MUSHROOMS 121

SIX GOOD VEGETABLES TO GROW 129

HOW TO PLANT AND CULTIVATE STRAWBERRIES 135