Produced by Wayne Hamond and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) MAKING HOME PROFITABLE [Illustration: A BORDER OF HARDY PERENNIALS] MAKING HOME PROFITABLE BY KATE V. SAINT-MAUR AUTHOR OF “THE EARTH’S BOUNTY,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED New York STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY 1912 Copyright 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 By THE CROWELL PUBLISHING CO. Copyright 1912 By STURGIS & WALTON CO. Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1912 CONTENTS PAGE A PROFITABLE HOME 3 POULTRY 13 THE SITTING HEN AND THE INCUBATOR 29 RAISING EARLY BROILERS 39 THE POULTRY YARD IN MID-SEASON 47 JULY IN THE POULTRY YARD 53 A FLOCK OF TURKEYS 63 DUCKS AND GEESE 71 PIGEONS AND SQUABS 79 POULTRY AILMENTS 87 THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 95 THE HOTBED 105 HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUS 111 HOW TO GROW MUSHROOMS 121 SIX GOOD VEGETABLES TO GROW 129 HOW TO PLANT AND CULTIVATE STRAWBERRIES 135 HOW TO GROW SMALL FRUITS 143 HOW TO RAISE PERENNIAL PLANTS 151 JUNE ROSES 157 LAVENDER AND HERBS 165 GROWING WATERCRESS 173 MY EXPERIENCE WITH BEES 179 STORING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES 187 FORCING RHUBARB AND ASPARAGUS 193 RAISING PIGS 199 CARING FOR HOUSE PETS 207 RAISING CANARIES FOR MARKET 217 THE BUSINESS SIDE 223 ILLUSTRATIONS A Border of Hardy Perennials _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The Poultry Yard 48 A Flock of Turkeys 64