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Making Home Profitable

Public domain audiobook

Making Home Profitable

by Kate Saint Maur

English· 05:51:25· 28 chapters
A new life in the country was another chance for Kate Saint Maur and her husband after a business failure left them in dire straits in the city. She moved to the country and made, with little knowledge of farming and even less money to begin, a life and home that was not only self-sustaining but profitable. Here she explains how they transformed from city dwellers to independent farmers. She shares her acquired knowledge of how to grow fruit, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and small fruit, as well as how to keep bees, raise poultry and other livestock, and breed canaries. In essence, she shares how she made a go of it.- Summary by A. Gramour

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    A Profitable Home

    18:28
  2. Chapter 2

    Poultry

    23:40
  3. Chapter 3

    The Sitting Hen and the Incubator

    14:24
  4. Chapter 4

    Raising Early Broilers

    10:41
  5. Chapter 5

    The Poultry Yard in Mid-Season

    10:00
  6. Chapter 6

    July in the Poultry Yard

    14:44
  7. Chapter 7

    A Flock of Turkeys

    11:57
  8. Chapter 8

    Ducks and Geese

    14:02
  9. Chapter 9

    Pigeons and Squabs

    12:32
  10. Chapter 10

    Poultry Ailments

    11:29
  11. Chapter 11

    The Vegetable Garden

    16:35
  12. Chapter 12

    The Hotbed

    08:18
  13. Chapter 13

    How to Grow Asparagus

    14:50
  14. Chapter 14

    How to Grow Mushrooms

    13:29
  15. Chapter 15

    Six Good Vegetables to Grow

    10:28
  16. Chapter 16

    How to Plant and Cultivate Strawberries

    10:35
  17. Chapter 17

    How to Grow Small Fruits

    12:06
  18. Chapter 18

    How to Raise Perennial Plants

    09:35
  19. Chapter 19

    June Roses

    11:28
  20. Chapter 20

    Lavender and Herbs

    12:26
  21. Chapter 21

    Growing Watercress

    06:42
  22. Chapter 22

    My Experience with Bees

    14:24
  23. Chapter 23

    Storing Fruit and Vegetables

    10:34
  24. Chapter 24

    Forcing Rhubarb and Asparagus

    08:23
  25. Chapter 25

    Raising Pigs

    13:48
  26. Chapter 26

    Caring for House Pets

    17:13
  27. Chapter 27

    Raising Canaries for Market

    08:15
  28. Chapter 28

    The Business Side

    10:19