CONTENTS 



PAGB 



Young ducks for market ; how to catch, avoid fright- 

 ening Changing diet for hens Special whitewash 

 for fruit trees and fences Spraying fruit trees 

 Bordeaux mixture Planting vegetable seeds; dis- 

 tance of rows and depth Bedding out hardy vege- 

 table plants Uncovering strawberries The herb 

 bed Preparing the ground in flower garden . . 166 



CHAPTER IX 

 MAY 



Turkeys Serviceable suggestions gathered on a large 

 breeding farm Personal experience of feeding, 

 hatching, and rearing the young Importance of 

 caring for growing chicks Weight of chicks Sepa- 

 rating flocks for market and stock Feeding young 

 pullets The cow and calf Weaning an unneces- 

 sary cruelty Rearing the calf Bedding out tender 

 vegetables Looking-glasses in the cherry trees 

 Starting an asparagus bed Field corn Trees in 

 the chicken yards Setting out house plants in the 

 flower garden 194 



CHAPTER X 

 JUNE 



Pheasants Different breeds Enclosures, feeding, mat- 

 ing Bantam hens as foster-mothers Killing and 

 dressing poultry Artificial method of fattening in 

 use abroad The effect of food on flavor How to 

 pluck, draw, and truss birds for table Commencing 



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