A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



imagine that their natural habits make this 

 impossible. I had a Belgian hare which 

 was thoroughly housebroken, and now we 

 have a white gentleman who scratches at 

 the door when he wishes to come in, and at 

 breakfast time will jump on my knee and eat 

 his oatmeal and cream, jumping -down and 

 trotting off when we leave the dining-room, 

 unless the day is very cold or wet, when he 

 lies down before the fire with the cats and 

 dogs and takes a comfortable siesta. 



MUSHROOMS 



The owner of a well-ventilated cellar, either 

 in town or country, can provide the table with 

 mushrooms. It is strange that so few people 

 attempt to grow these delicious and nutri- 

 tious vegetables, for really nothing is easier. 

 Even before we became farmers we grew 

 these valuable foods. With the flat we oc- 

 cupied went two bins in the cellar, one for 

 coal, the other for wood or storage, the latter 



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