Transcriber’s Note:
Obvious printer errors corrected silently.
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.
About This Book
A practical household guide explains how to make a small home productive and economical through diversified backyard enterprises. Detailed chapters cover poultry husbandry from incubation and broiler production to seasonal yard management, feeding regimes, housing designs, and common ailments, with separate advice for turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons and squabs. Vegetable and fruit sections describe hotbeds, asparagus, mushrooms, strawberries, small fruits, perennial plants, and methods for storing and forcing produce. Additional material treats flowers and herbs, bee-keeping, raising pigs and canaries, cellar management, and the business side of marketing surplus goods.