A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



kept merely because she had been the boys' 

 pet. One day they found her sitting on a nest 

 of eggs, and knowing, of course, that as she 

 was a solitary person the eggs would not 

 hatch, they removed them to prevent her 

 sitting. All being busy people, and not espe- 

 cially interested in pet stock, no more was 

 thought of the poor old goose's maternal 

 desires until four weeks later, when she ap- 

 peared with a brood of turkeys who accepted 

 her as their mother. The only solution is 

 that being deprived of her own, she stole a 

 turkey's nest and hatched the eggs; and, I 

 believe, succeeded in rearing her odd family 

 to profitable market age. 



POULTRY YARD 



The last chapter fully explained our sys- 

 tem of caring for infant chicks, whether 

 born under artificial conditions or devel- 

 oped under the breast of a motherly Biddy 

 in the good old-fashioned way. Real in- 



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