A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



If you purpose keeping poultry for profit, 

 skim-milk figures largely as a factor in rais- 

 ing little chicks, and fattening birds for table 

 use. In fact, the country home without a 

 cow, is like a coach without horses so 

 hopelessly stuck does the housekeeper be- 

 come who tries to provide a varied bill of 

 fare without dairy produce. Away from 

 city markets, a cow is a downright necessity. 

 An ordinarily good specimen will cost $40 

 or so. Feed during winter, if it must all be 

 bought, will cost perhaps a dollar a week. 

 Feed from April to September will cost 

 nothing, if you have good pasture land. 



For the first six months, she will give you 

 ten to twelve quarts of milk a day. After 

 allowing half that amount to be consumed 

 by the family, there will be sufficient cream 

 from the remainder to make five or six 

 pounds of good butter each week. The 

 sour milk, when creamed, makes pot cheese, 

 otherwise known as cottage cheese, en- 

 joyed as much by the family as by the poultry. 



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