The Fat of the Land

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John Williams Streeter. The Fat of the Land

The Fat of the Land

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CHAPTER I

MY EXCUSE

CHAPTER II

THE HUNTING OF THE LAND

CHAPTER III

THE FIRST VISIT TO THE FARM

CHAPTER IV

THE HIRED MAN

CHAPTER V

BORING FOR WATER

CHAPTER VI

WE TAKE POSSESSION

CHAPTER VII

THE HORSE-AND-BUGGY MAN

CHAPTER VIII

WE PLAT THE FARM

CHAPTER IX

HOUSE-CLEANING

CHAPTER X

FENCED IN

CHAPTER XI

THE BUILDING LINE

CHAPTER XII

CARPENTERS QUIT WORK

CHAPTER XIII

PLANNING FOR THE TREES

CHAPTER XIV

PLANTING OF THE TREES

CHAPTER XV

POLLY'S JUDGMENT HALL

CHAPTER XVI

WINTER WORK

CHAPTER XVII

WHAT SHALL WE ASK OF THE HEN?

CHAPTER XVIII

WHITE WYANDOTTES

CHAPTER XIX

FRIED PORK

CHAPTER XX

A RATION FOR PRODUCT

CHAPTER XXI

THE RAZORBACK

CHAPTER XXII

THE OLD ORCHARD

CHAPTER XXIII

THE FIRST HATCH

CHAPTER XXIV

THE HOLSTEIN MILK MACHINE

CHAPTER XXV

THE DAIRYMAID

CHAPTER XXVI

LITTLE PIGS

CHAPTER XXVII

WORK ON THE HOME FORTY

CHAPTER XXVIII

DISCOUNTING THE MARKET

CHAPTER XXIX

FROM CITY TO COUNTRY

CHAPTER XXX

AUTUMN RECKONING

CHAPTER XXXI

THE CHILDREN

CHAPTER XXXII

THE HOME-COMING

CHAPTER XXXIII

CHRISTMAS EVE

CHAPTER XXXIV

CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER XXXV

WE CLOSE THE BOOKS FOR '96

CHAPTER XXXVI

OUR FRIENDS

CHAPTER XXXVII

THE HEADMAN'S JOB

CHAPTER XXXVIII

SPRING OF '97

CHAPTER XXXIX

THE YOUNG ORCHARD

CHAPTER XL

THE TIMOTHY HARVEST

CHAPTER XLI

STRIKE AT GORDON'S MINE

CHAPTER XLII

THE RIOT

CHAPTER XLIII

THE RESULT

CHAPTER XLIV

DEEP WATERS

CHAPTER XLV

DOGS AND HORSES

CHAPTER XLVI

THE SKIM-MILK TRUST

CHAPTER XLVII

NABOTH'S VINEYARD

CHAPTER XLVIII

MAIDS AND MALLARDS

CHAPTER XLIX

THE SUNKEN GARDEN

CHAPTER L

THE HEADMAN GENERALIZES

CHAPTER LI

THE GRAND-GIRLS

CHAPTER LII

THE THIRD RECKONING

CHAPTER LIII

THE MILK MACHINE

CHAPTER LIV

BACON AND EGGS

CHAPTER LV

THE OLD TIME FARM-HAND

CHAPTER LVI

THE SYNDICATE

CHAPTER LVII

THE DEATH OF SIR TOM

CHAPTER LVIII

BACTERIA

CHAPTER LIX

MATCH-MAKING

CHAPTER LX

"I TOLD YOU SO"

CHAPTER LXI

THE BELGIAN FARMER

CHAPTER LXII

HOME-COMING

CHAPTER LXIII

AN HUNDRED FOLD

CHAPTER LXIV

COMFORT ME WITH APPLES

CHAPTER LXV

THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR

CHAPTER LXVI

LOOKING BACKWARD

CHAPTER LXVII

LOOKING FORWARD

THE RURAL SCIENCE SERIES

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John Williams Streeter

The Story of an American Farm

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The water supply was the next problem. I determined to have an abundant and convenient supply of running water in the house, the barns, and the feeding grounds, and also on the lawn and gardens. I would have no carrying or hauling of water, and no lack of it. There were four wells on the place, two of them near the houses and two stock wells in the lower grounds. Near the well at the large house was a windmill that pumped water into a small tank, from which it was piped to the barn-yard and the lower story of the house. The supply was inadequate and not at all to my liking.

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