A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



deserted. That whole summer those nine 

 guineas would sit solemnly round that little 

 bantam while she laid, and they always 

 trotted into the chicken-house and roosted 

 on either side of her. That is one of the 

 reasons why it is good to hatch these little 

 birds under hens, all trouble in getting them 

 to behave like domestic house-living birds is 

 solved. 



For home and our own consumption, we 

 cross the speckled and white varieties, because 

 it improves the color and flavor of the flesh, 

 which resembles that of the English grouse 

 so closely that we consider guineas one of 

 the luxuries country life has supplied us. 

 Our method of preparing is simple, but most 

 appetizing. 



Birds killed at least twenty-five hours 

 before required. A generous tablespoonful 

 of butter, an onion split in four, a green pep- 

 per divided in a like manner, are placed in 

 the body of the bird, which is then trussed, 

 covered with salt pork, laid in a roasting-pan 



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