A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



as weaning from its mother. I made this 

 mistake with Daisy, and she was an unman- 

 ageable terror when, at five weeks old, I 

 attempted to enforce discipline. She would 

 stand as quiet as the proverbial lamb until 

 she detected my fingers slipping away; then 

 a sudden baa, a simultaneous plunge, would 

 upset pail, milk, and my poor self. After 

 two weeks of disastrous battle, we had to 

 starve her into submission. 



VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Tomatoes, peppers, and egg-plants should 

 be bedded out about the 20th of the month. 

 Tomatoes and egg-plants stand two and 

 a half feet apart, each one in ground 

 very heavily enriched to a depth of three 

 feet and a circumference of two feet. Pur- 

 sue the same method of planting as for cab- 

 bage, except that instead of cutting the 

 leaves across, nip out the two heart leaves 

 of each plant. Checking top growth makes 



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