The Florida agriculturist., 1882-12-13
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.
''WOmen as Poultry Raisers. .

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Editor Of The florida Agricultrist:
In the AGRICULTURIsT of Nov. 10,
/ noticed an article with the above
heading, and was greatly amused, as
] always am On reading such articles.
| was alone, 60 i had my laugh all to
myself, but / did wish there was
some one present to whom l could
read OF such wisdom and generosity
as was manifested in those few words.
The only way to satisfy myself was
to sit down and answer the man who
wrote the article; Il am sure no wo-
man wrote it, and wait for husband
to come, and give him good laugh
too, which / did. / really believe
ne had read the paper through and
seen nothing ludicrous in that arti>
Gle; indeed, what man could, or would
see it? | will quote little from
what afforded me so much amuse>
ment. 1t was taken from an Indiana
paper:
"The custom practiced in France,
of allowing the wife so many francs
a month or year, as pin-money, to
use as she pleases, is one that should
be generally adopted, especially In
the United States. On the farm, the
care and profits of some, if not all
the poultry, could very properly be
transferred to the women OF the
household"
would like to ask the man of so
much wisdom and foresight, if the
woman OF a household on farm, in
view of her physical and mental abil.
ity, could have any more burdens
placed upon her, and survive the
trial? The wonder to me is that she
accomplishes as much as she does,
with the poor help she can secure.
Statistics have shown 10 years past
in some States, that more farmers
wives are sent to the insane asylum
than any other class OF persons. |
am well aware thai women have too
little fresh air, and too much heat Of
the stove; but houAe cannot be well
kept, nor food well prepared without
much careful though and hard labor,
and one womaIEAEven with efficient
help, cannot at 4 same time attend
well to both outt1N Nos and indoor du-
ties.
But am torgettl G my text, ,torit is
the piu~money / al thinking Of; the
mere mention Of the word always
provokes me to 81 lille, and % smile
again, as well as o a righteous in
! diza.aArA 80 IlEssapd the VOID
s5gans I iiESSey d ass6wed 4 & n BY !! the htiss
band to his wife, If she will earn it
by performing extfa labor, after she
has already perforyhed twice as much
"a any one womah ought TO think OF
doing; and this money she is TO use
''iust as she pleases r ! am obllged
to smile again aft tr writing this def
inition, and to thin k, JOY beyond com
prehension to one who has not expe'
rienced it. She can use it 'Just af
she pleasesI' Id nine cases out o.
ten she will be obliged to purchase
girls dresses; boys pants, or, 1t may
be, a suit for husband. Supposlns
some liberal editor, with a higher
sense OF Justice than is common an'
noted for advancing men orlgn
,oeas should propose that mel
should have an opportunity t
. earn a little pin-money, and be sur
, you tell them they can use 1t "los
. as they please" And to you, IN
: sisters, who have husbands, encouI
age them by Offering them a llttl
money tor bringing the wood an
water over that long steep pain, an 4
up that flight OF steps, where a ilCI
forethought on their part wouid nav
1 placed the house nearer the groun,
90 the well nearer the house. ana u
Is pump on level with the floor; o
90 be sure and tell them after they ma
"a earned the money by extra laoe
they are at liberty to use it ,Just
:, they please" do not think MAJ
. of them will care to earn pln~moh
:, more than once, and probably "
Ice not mention the word again. :,
:, w. G. +.
Dayto'ad, Fla.