A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



through the early summer, by the 26th I had 

 the requisite eleven to put under a hen for hatch- 

 ing, the first ten having been used for cooking. 



On June 30, when my ducklings were 

 nine weeks old, a man drove in and offered 

 to buy them at eighteen cents a pound. 

 There were sixteen about the same age; 

 their weight tallied up forty-four pounds, 

 netting me $7.92. 



By November, thirty more had been sold, 

 twelve being retained for stock. 



The cost of feeding cannot be given with 

 exactness because no separate account was 

 kept $20 would certainly cover it. The 

 originals cost $4.50, so profit on the invest- 

 ment amounted to nearly $30. 



Three guinea-fowls became my property 

 for a dollar and a half the owner was 

 anxious to be rid of them. We raised thirty- 

 two. Six pairs sold, at six months old, at a 

 dollar a pair: we used ten for our own table 

 -they are delicious, very like game; eight 

 were retained for stock. 



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