A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



be dispensed with for a time by standing the 

 roosting frame on the floor, taking the pre- 

 caution to have plenty of the scratching 

 material under it; empty grocery boxes can 

 be substituted for the made nests. Nail the 

 netting as low down on the posts as possible, 

 if baseboards are not used, and throw earth 

 all around the outside. Even the roosting 

 frame could be made from straight sap- 

 lings. 



The cleaning, whitewashing, and making 

 storm-proof must be in no way slighted. 

 Cleanliness, freedom from draught and damp, 

 are essential conditions which must be estab- 

 lished before genuine work can be accom- 

 plished. 



There are some twenty-five distinct breeds 

 of fowls domestic fowls, that is. Further- 

 more, there are four or five varieties of each 

 chronicled in the " American Standard of 

 Perfection," as qualified to compete at 

 poultry shows. But as practical utility is 

 the keynote to be struck in establishing a 



