A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



DIET FOR CATS 



Breakfast consisted of one strip of fat 

 bacon about an inch square for each cat, 

 and a pint of skim milk for three. Dinner: 

 lean meat (generally gravy beef, or liver which 

 had been stewed in the oven) mixed with 

 whatever vegetables we had had on our own 

 table. Supper: milk as in the morning. 

 Butcher days Wednesdays and Saturdays 

 they had a fresh bone with about an ounce 

 of meat on it. I know most breeders will 

 be horrified at this, as they generally advo- 

 cate chopping the meat fine. This seems 

 all wrong to me. Cats have splendid teeth, 

 which were certainly intended for use. Leav- 

 ing the meat on the bone insures proper 

 mastication, which stimulates the flow of 

 saliva, the greatest aid to digestion. 



The strip of bacon is prompted by the 

 fact that all the kitchen cats we ever had 

 have always begged a piece when it is cut 

 for breakfast; and after eating it they will 



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