A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



an additional reduction in the butcher's 

 bill. 



By October the savings from these sources 

 alone enabled me to gratify my great desire for 

 a cow. The day of her arrival was the advent 

 of the real farm home, which gave the blessed 

 feeling of independent sufficiency. Cereals, 

 hitherto eaten as a sort of duty, became tempt- 

 ing luxuries when surrounded by real cream. 



With April also started the pet stock 

 branch of our farming, which will appeal to 

 many women who cannot possibly alter their 

 lives enough to start a chicken farm. We 

 had two Maltese cats and a white rabbit, 

 merely as pets. Early in February, Gray- 

 kins had four kittens, all of which had been 

 kept because they were so pretty, and Gray- 

 kins was so fond of them. I had not the 

 heart to consign them to the usual watery 

 grave. About the same time, Bunny had 

 six little pink-eyed babies ; but their becoming 

 the foundation of a pet stock business was 

 quite an accident. In fact, these little people 



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