THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY
Outdoor Work
THE LIBRARY
OF WORK AND PLAY
| Carpentry and Woodwork |
| By Edwin W. Foster |
| Electricity and Its Everyday Uses |
| By John F. Woodhull, Ph.D. |
| Gardening and Farming |
| By Ellen Eddy Shaw |
| Home Decoration |
| By Charles Franklin Warner, Sc.D. |
| Housekeeping |
| By Elizabeth Hale Gilman |
| Mechanics, Indoors and Out |
| By Fred T. Hodgson |
| Needlecraft |
| By Effie Archer Archer |
| Outdoor Sports, and Games |
| By Claude H. Miller, Ph.B. |
| Outdoor Work |
| By Mary Rogers Miller |
| Working in Metals |
| By Charles Conrad Sleffel |
The Library of Work and Play
OUTDOOR WORK
BY
MARY ROGERS MILLER
Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1911
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO EIGHT BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SENT ONE ANOTHER TO COLLEGE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Acknowledgment is due to the expert writers ofUnited States government and state experimentstation bulletins from which much practical informationhas been gained by the author; to the boysand girls who wrote for this book the stories oftheir success in several kinds of outdoor industry;to Dr. Burton N. Gates, State Inspector ofApiaries in Massachusetts, and Prof. James E.Rice of the Department of Poultry Husbandry atCornell University for reading the chapters on theirspecialties and for numerous suggestions which makethos