The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm

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THE FAT OF THE LAND
THE FAT OF THE LAND
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   CARPENTERS QUIT WORK
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   WHAT SHALL WE ASK OF THE HEN?
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   DEEP WATERS
CHAPTER LV   THE OLD TIME FARM-HAND
CHAPTER LVI   THE SYNDICATE
CHAPTER LVII   THE DEATH OF SIR TOM
CHAPTER LVIII   BACTERIA
CHAPTER LIX   COMFORT ME WITH APPLES
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
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