
The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
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My sixtieth birthday is a thing of yesterday and I have therefore more than half descended the western slope. I have no quarrel with life or with time for both have been polite to me; and I wish to give an account of the past seven years to prove the politeness of life and to show how time has made amends to me for the forced resignation of my professional ambitions.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)
Chapters (141)
- THE FAT OF THE LAND
- THE FAT OF THE LAND
- The Story of an American Farm by
- JOHN WILLIAMS STREETER
- To POLLY
- 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
- 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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