VI. Making Brooks and Springs Useful 271 Reclaiming a trout stream--Reclaiming a Spring--Making a swimming pool. VII. Keeping Bees 287 VIII. Raising Silkworms 338 IX. Making Collections 350 Plants--Shells--Insects. X. Odd Jobs 405 Kindling-wood--Cleaning a carriage--Work in the orchard--Making rustic furniture--Selecting seed corn--Making cider vinegar--Making grape juice--Making leaf mould--Making lavender sticks--Drying corn--Making a tennis court--Shovelling snow--Mowing lawns--Utilizing wood ashes--Planting crocuses in the lawn--Making ice--Cutting seed potatoes--Pruning--Cleaning rugs. XI. Making the Country a Better Place to Live In 450 Improving home grounds--Outdoor clubs--Attracting birds--Domesticating wild game--Protecting wild flowers--Preventing forest fires--Killing weeds--Getting rid of poison ivy--Lessening the plague of mosquitoes--Fighting flies--Trapping--Curing and tanning skins. Appendix Free Printed Matter: How to Get It 514 List of Books and Bulletins by Experts on Outdoor Work 518 ILLUSTRATIONS Harvesting Nature's Crops _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Gathering Wild Flowers for City Children 62 "Big Boy Blue" Looks After the Sheep 106 Feeding the Goats 114 The Shetland Pony is the Ideal Pet 204 Holding a Conversation 242 Gyp Has an Ax to Grind 250 A Group of Happy Farm Animals 256 The Skunk is an Amiable and Well-mannered Pet 266 The Crow May be Tamed when Young 266 A "Bottle Baby" 268 Plenty of Trout in This Stream When Grandfather was a Boy 272 An Odd Job that is Never Out of Date 404 Is this Work or Play? 452 OUTDOOR WORK I THE BEST WAYS OF EARNING MONEY