The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-23
POULTRY RAISING FOR WOMEN.

The must be some fascination in what
ever business we engage, in some way, III
order that we may be eminently successful
in it. 1t will have to be admitted that this
fascination, with many people, is circnm-
scribed by money-getting, and for no other
apparent purpose than to hoard 1t. But
there is another class, and we would hope
much the larger one, who have euthusias-
tic interest in their chosen occupa-
ton. upon which they spend their energies
with vfgor and delight, who accept their
pecuniary reward as satisfactory eompen-
sation for time SO occupied; while the
pleasure afforded by the execution oil
the work-the ideals madeaaeal by their
own efforts-satisfies for past endeavors
and stimulates them to still greater aehieV-
ments. The real artist work is not con-
fined to the pencil and brush, marble CHS
cling, ETC., but admits of application to a
great diversity of industries. For our
present purpose we will apply it to the
production of fancy poultry, where Ideals
of form, color of plumage, and other char
acteristics, are the objects eagerly sought.
Poultry raising is a business in which
women may engage profitably, even il they
do not attempt to develop the fancy part
of which it is highly susceptible, provided
thew are interested i'll that feature OF it. A
writer in the american Stochmdn says: 1t
any lady, | don't care what position she
may hold in society or everyday life, thinks
it beneath her to interest herself in such
matters. | would simply refer her to the
women of the old country who are tie
most successful breeders of both market
and fancy fowls. In France the most of
the chicken raising is done by the women.
In Great Britain we find the names of nu-
merous titled ladies among the most sue
cessful competitors in the great exhibitions
there. II the keeping of fine fowls for
fancy is an elegant and popular pastime
with English ladies, it certainly is admissi-
BILE that the women of this country give it
more attention than they generally do.
Their natural qualifications instinctiyely
fit them for the work, as it requires patient
attention and at the same time gentlencss
and kindness.
There are many women engaged as spec
ialists in different light o%ut-of-door en-
Payments, with not only success, but i'll
some eases eminence browning their efforts.
The health-giving influence of these open
air ~employments, is, in many cases., one of
their greatest benefits, and would be SO in
a great many more if they were only
more extensively engaged in. Poultry
keeping possesses this advantage over al
most any other rural industry suited to
women, of taking them daily through
out the year into the pure outer air.
1t incites a greater love for rural natu-
raj beauty thar would be realized if no
such duty tempted them from the fireside.
Tn every day routine of domestic life is
somewhat mOnotonouS and many women
keep within doors nearly all the time,
often times to the detriment of their health
and the depression of their spirits. Order,
system and despatch greatly tighten this
labor, and there are few who cannot find
time to spend a little while every day in
some light out-of-door employment. If
the women who have the care Of poultry,
would only interest themselves in it with a
view to make it profitable-as much as the
farmers wives generally do their butter
they would find it much easier, and when
well managed more profitable in dollars
and cents as well as in the exhilarating
effect on body and mind; for | believe
there is no woman who has to perform the
ordinary duties Of the household who
would not thus be benefited.