The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-12-18
Woman's Opportunities for Making
Money.

money.
Mrs. Mary B. Thomas, Of Montgom-
cry county, read the following essay be-
fore the Maryland State Grange during
the session last week.
After relating her efforts as child
to make pin money, she said in part:
1--WE tried turkeys. No, they tried us,
body and soul, and we are free to con-
fess that Of all contrary, disappointing,
exasperating bipeds, next to people,
they are the worst. After we had sui
fered the tortures Of the condemned in
keeping each silly bird on her own nest
for weeks, We were rewarded by nice
flock Of young ones, and introduced
them to a large coop, in our innocence
and inexperience, we supposed our
labors we're over, beyond carrying them
screenings and water. In a multitude
of ceunseliors is said to be safety, but
the proper word should be insanity.
All our acquaiatances who were said to
be turkey wise gave us advise, and We
conscientiously endeavored to follow it
all. We fed the little downy strangers
on various salads aud mixtures, bread
pudding, hard.boiled eggs, Cat two
cents each, chopped onions, and one
day 10 q state of despair. we actually
dug lot of worms for their delectation.
Finally the brood was reduced 10 five
when We turned the whole family out of
the Enclosure in disgust and informed
the mother turkey she could let them
live Or die, as she pleased. Like a
sensible parent. she commenced to feed
her offspring upon their natural food of
seeds, grass and insects, and they throve
apace. We had fondly hoped to clear
considerable money by this venture,
but as it was evident, if we had any
genius, it was not for turkeys, we ate
some. sold the rest and ultimately
settled upon more satisfactory ways of
making pin noney-raising sage. Lima
beans, asparagus and chickens.
BEANS PAT WELL.
"Beans pay well when they are
marketed several times week. The
season lasts long while, and with care
full early picking they bring rs cents
quart at first, and those underneath
slightly frosted vines are often UNI
injured and find ready sale as late as
October. Dried beans, if perfect, bring
good prices.
THE CARE OF CHICKENS.
'sBut the most pleasant employment
is the care of chickens, and we are will
ling to show what moy be accomplished
with no scientific knowledge, no expen.
sive appliances and no fancy poultry.
To attend TO this stock properly a
woman should have a warm cloak,
mittens and hood, rubbers and art cs or
gum boots. Thus equipped, no ordi-
nary storm need prevent frequent visits
to her feathered friends. If one has
plenty Of young hens they will, unlike
Mrs. Partington's, continue to lay in
December and January, when eggs are
high, and ready to sit in March, insur-
ing crop for the following winter.
I'VE feed generously, especially from
October to May, giving them screen
ings, millfeed, mixed with warn
water, scraps from the kitchen, ensilage,
and 9 good deal OF milk. j.. addition to
frequent rations Of shelled corn, al
though, excepting in the coolest wealth
er, We think the latter tends to make
fat rather than egg. We endeavor to
keep bone dust and coal ashes where
they have access to them, and oyster
shells are thrown in the wagon road
nearest the hen house. The rough
pieces and bones left after butchering
are invaluable if thoroughly boiled and
fed few at time stirred with mill
feed. This warm hash we give in the
morning, and grain in the evening
whenever the thermometer is low. A
straw shed facing south is highly APP
preciated when the ground elsewhere is
covered with snow. A glass Enclosure
would be still better, but as we gath
cred seventeen dozen eggs in one week
when they were retailing for 40 cents
per dozen the cheaper sort of house
answers. There should be at least half
as many nests provided as there are
hens, and we recommend the use of
nest eggs made by taking shells as
nearly whole as possible and filing
them with calcined plaster and water.
We sell some chickens, but our aim lie
to have sggs to go to market every
week in the year. and the return in