PREFACE
CONTENTS
Chapter I TURNING FROM THE CITY TO THE COUNTRY
Chapter II GETTING ESTABLISHED IN THE COUNTRY
Chapter III FINANCING AND PROTECTING THE INVESTMENT
Chapter IV ATTRIBUTES OF A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY
Chapter V SERVICING THE HOME
Chapter VI MAKING THE SOIL PRODUCE CROPS
Chapter VII FOOD FROM THE GARDEN
Chapter VIII HOME FRUITS AND BEES
Chapter IX POULTRY AS A SOURCE OF INCOME
Chapter X SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY
Chapter XI THE FAMILY MILK SUPPLY
Chapter XII MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS
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Country homes backed by intensive types of agriculture serve modern human needs.
A LIVING
FROM THE LAND
BY
WILLIAM B. DURYEE, M.Sc.
Secretary of Agriculture,
State of New Jersey
WHITTLESEY HOUSE
McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1934
Copyright, 1934, by the Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be
reproduced in any form without permission of the publishers.
THIRD PRINTING
PUBLISHED BY WHITTLESEY HOUSE
A division of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America by The Maple Press Co., York, Pa.
To my friend
Henry W. Jeffers
