270 HOW TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY 



steady attention, regular milking, and her individual 

 whims must be understood. Or you can feed a pig 

 or a calf much of this stuff, only you can never al- 

 low them to be stunted, for after that all the feed 

 in the world will not make one of them worth a 

 tuppence. A college professor had two Jersey cows 

 and a single pig, and that pig, getting all the surplus 

 milk, soon became a notable hog. The highly 

 pleased professor next year kept six pigs, but in the 

 fall these were still pigs and utterly worthless. What 

 you want is to turn your waste into food and make 

 money out of what some people throw away. 



We must not only use up waste, but we must 

 learn to reduce outgo to a minimum. I know 

 country families that buy coal for the whole "year 

 round and this adds to their expense from fifty to 

 one hundred dollars. I have been able from my 

 ten acres to supply my kitchen stove with fuel for 

 six months in the year, during the last thirty years. 

 It is curious how much fuel is constantly being pro- 

 vided in the trimmings necessary to keep first class 

 gardens and orchards in healthy order. You can 

 raise your own meat, or its equivalent, as I have 

 shown and your own vegetables. 



Do not begin your country experience by exploit- 

 ing and displaying. Do not plant a big orange 

 grove in the South, or go too heavily into strawber- 

 ries or apples in the North. Feel your way. The 

 waste apples in your orchard should be turned to 

 vinegar and cider and here comes in another hun- 



