A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



ground at equal distances, adding a roof of 

 light timber; or even nail some young cedars 

 across and cover with brush. 



The food of young pullets must be varied 

 to keep them growing, continuously but not 

 too rapidly, because sturdy, strong frames 

 are necessary. Hulled oats, animal food, - 

 either meat, meal, beef scraps, or scraps from 

 the butcher, wheat, and cracked corn should 

 be the staple. 



In the morning mash a quart each of 

 ground oats, corn meal, animal meal, two 

 quarts of bran, all mixed and moistened with 

 water. If you feed fresh scraps from the 

 butcher instead of any of the animal meals, 

 give them at mid-day, mixing the mash with 

 milk if you have it, adding green cut bone 

 twice a week. 



Naturally, if the pullets cannot be on a 

 grass run, you must provide them with 

 green food cut grass, plantain, clover, let- 

 tuce. All birds must have green stuff. If 

 you have a large enough place to allow the 



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