A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



which have been chopped into inch lengths; 

 three quarts of boiling water poured over it, 

 and allowed to steam. The night feed is 

 prepared soon after breakfast; the morning 

 feed, before retiring at night. Two quarts 

 of ground food are mixed through it just 

 before feeding. At noon a bundle of hay or 

 corn stalks is given, four times in the week. 

 The other three, half the quantity of stalks, 

 and a pailful of chopped pumpkins or beets. 

 Rock-salt and water are always within reach. 



Three times a week a cow should be given 

 a thorough dry scrub with a stiff brush, to 

 keep her skin in good condition. For bedding, 

 use either shavings or straw. If the latter, 

 put it through the feed cutter for convenience, 

 when it is added to the fertilizing compound. 

 Have the stable cleaned before the milking 

 is done in the morning. 



Instead of the ordinary milking pail with 

 a spout and strainer, which is difficult to 

 keep clean, we use a plain agate water pail, 

 which has no crevices for microbes to collect 



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