Project Gutenberg 2019-02-25 Public domain in the USA. 160 Saint Maur, Kate V. (Kate Vandenhoff) 1866 Maur, Kate V. Saint (Kate Vandenhoff Saint) Saint-Maur, Kate V. 12011862 Making Home Profitable A profitable home -- Poultry -- The sitting hen and the incubator -- Raising early broilers -- The poultry yard in mid-season -- July in the poultry yard -- A flock of turkeys -- Ducks and geese -- Pigeons and squabs -- Poultry ailments -- The vegetable garden -- The hotbed -- How to grow asparagus -- How to grow mushrooms -- Six good vegetables to grow -- How to plant and cultivate strawberries -- How to grow small fruits -- How to raise perennial plants -- June roses -- Lavender and herbs -- Growing watercress -- My experience with bees -- Storing fruit and vegetables -- Forcing rhubarb and asparagus -- Raising pigs -- Caring for house pets -- Raising canaries for market -- The business side. 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" by Kate V. Saint Maur is a practical guide written in the early 20th century. The book explores the concept of transforming a traditional home into a self-sustaining and economically viable space, focusing particularly on farming practices that can lead to a profitable household. The author reflects on her own journey from urban living to achieving rural prosperity through poultry and gardening. The opening of the book introduces the author’s personal story, detailing her transition from a challenging urban existence to discovering the joys and benefits of rural life. Faced with financial strain, she decides to seek a cheaper home, leading her to embrace the idea of having a house with a garden where she can raise chickens and grow her own vegetables. This segment emphasizes her determination, gradual learning curve in managing a farm, and ultimate success in creating a self-sufficient household, paving the way for the practical lessons she plans to share about home profitability. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Agriculture Country life S Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: How To ... 354959 2025-07-23T11:22:31.930089 text/html 352698 2019-02-24T21:04:30 text/html 1104750 2025-07-23T11:22:36.333081 application/epub+zip 1106629 2025-07-23T11:22:32.734161 application/epub+zip 201672 2025-07-23T11:22:32.303124 application/epub+zip 1219950 2025-07-23T11:22:39.444074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1180158 2025-07-23T11:22:35.922108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276951 2022-09-26T18:59:21.691448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324829 2025-07-23T11:22:31.530093 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 325007 2019-02-24T21:04:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18908 2025-07-23T11:22:39.581085 application/rdf+xml 14462 2025-07-23T11:22:32.408099 image/jpeg 2057 2025-07-23T11:22:32.354123 image/jpeg 120469 2019-02-24T21:04:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 993719 2019-02-24T21:04:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 998226 2025-07-23T11:22:31.987084 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog