A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



the hen fed on corn only, in order to accu- 

 mulate the ten parts of flesh and twenty 

 parts of fat needed for the egg, will be com- 

 pelled to acquire fifty parts more fat than 

 she requires. 



Now do you see why corn is both danger- 

 ous and expensive as an exclusive food, 

 though as a fuel provider on a cold winter 

 night it has few equals? 



Green bone and water alone now remain 

 for consideration. The former is without 

 doubt the best of egg foods, qualifying as it 

 does in nearly all the needed elements. 

 Fresh bone from the butcher can be bought 

 for about two cents a pound, and contains 

 the natural meat juices, blood, gristle, oil, 

 and mineral matter, in soluble condition, 

 which renders it easy of digestion, especially 

 for birds. Almost all the components for 

 eggs, white, yolk, and shell, in the most 

 concentrated form, are there, so if eggs are 

 to be profitable, it must not be neglected. 

 When it is impossible to obtain the green or 



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