A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



imagine that their natural habits make this 

 impossible. I had a Belgian hare which 

 was thoroughly housebroken, and now we 

 have a white gentleman who scratches at 

 the door when he wishes to come in, and at 

 breakfast time will jump on my knee and eat 

 his oatmeal and cream, jumping down and 

 trotting off when we leave the dining-room, 

 unless the day is very cold or wet, when he 

 lies down before the fire with the cats and 

 dogs and takes a comfortable siesta. 



MUSHROOMS 



The owner of a well-ventilated cellar, either 

 in town or country, can provide the table with 

 mushrooms. It is strange that so few people 

 attempt to grow these delicious and nutri- 

 tious vegetables, for really nothing is easier. 

 Even before we became farmers we grew 

 these valuable foods. With the flat we oc- 

 cupied went two bins in the cellar, one for 

 coal, the other for wood or storage, the latter 



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