Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-26

got my IDEAS too largo?" Your estimates
are about right. so FAR as the figures are
concerned. but you are on the wrong train
for Omaha when you imagine you can in
vest $4,000 In the chicken business and
get one half Of II back. You might be able
TO do that In the shoe business, but you
can't 30 II In the poultry business. no mat
ter whether you use incubators or rely upon
the old hen My advice may not be worth
much but it cnt spoil as long as you keep
1t around the house
as 5000 enough capital to buy place
and al?' That all depends upon how much
money you have III that is the extent OF
your pile II is sufficient, but II you can
manage to borrow a few hundred from your
mother-in- You might as well let II all
90 at once and not be bothered walking the
floor night after night asking your wife
where the paregorc bottle is and when
the next train starts for Indiana.
Are ten acres enough for what | want?"
That all depends upon what you want the
land for. II for a poultry ranch, | would
advise that you make Il twenty and give
your chickens and your mother-in-law
plenty Of range, but II you simply want 1t
for a crematory in which to fry your
chickens less space would answer.
COMFORTS OF FARM LIFE.
Now that | have answered your ques-
tions, Mr. Jones would YOU object to my
giving you what your mother-in-law would
call lecturer" Did you ever stop to
think how you or your wife would like liv-
ing on farm, for you must understand that
= chicken ranch cannot be successfully oper-
ated in large city. Some people, like
spring lambs, are built for farms. while
others are what might be called mot
mates" Some people get the blues quicker
than others; they go into things pell-mell.
like a flock OF sheep through a cyclone. and
do not look upon but one side, which 1t
is almost unnecessary TO say is the other
side" Such men are apt to make failure,
no matter what the nature of the business
may be- Some men are naturally lazy,
shiftless and easily fall victims to that
tired feeling" but, OF course, there are ex-
ceptions and you may or may not be on the
list When a man leaves the city and
moves into the country he makes sacrifices,
and many of them. Before he takes the
step he Is not apt to stop and think that
his new home will deprive him of going
to the theater concerts, going on excur-
sions and a host OF attractions peculiar to
a city He must remain at home and his
wife cannot CAD about or go shopping every
pleasant afternoon. His work is liable to
be continued an hour or two after supper,
and he may have little time to read the
paper or attend lodge" before 1t is time to
go to bed. Probably the man would enjoy
the change but what about the wife? She
might not be satisfied with her new asso-
ciatcs, living, perhaps, miles away. Many
mans chances have been spoiled by a
discontinued wife and-vice versa. A
good wife will take an interest
in her husbands welfare and see
that he gets up and starts the kitchen
fire in the morning as soon as the alarm
clock begins to cackle, while again others
have wives who will surprise the husband
by getting up cooking breakfast and hav-
| ing hot water for him to wash In, long be-
| fore he knows the sun is an hour high. A
| good wife always helps to make the home
| cheerful and attractive, and very few when
keeping house for the first time omit the
God Bless Our Home" picture for the
| front room. After the first year 1t is usu-
| ally found slowed away some place in the
garnet. Some wives never allow a cloud
| to enter their home, being all sunshine
| and smiles, no matter II her shoes do pinch
| a little and her next door neighbor has
| bonnet which is the living image of the
| one she sent to Council Bluffs for. Livinr
| in the country has some advantages after
! all. There you can obtain fresh milk, eggs
! butter cheese, fruit and vegetables OF al
| kinds. and II your mother-in-law want.
| to show you where you have made mistakes
| and how mean you have been to her lovinf
and affectlonate daughter. you can answer
| her back without your neighbor hearing
! what Is being said. for in the country h,
could hardly publish you In the papers thu
| next morning as brute before the world.
| III these advantages are worth five Thousand
| year. then by all means pack up and mov'
| to Nebraska. The country is young an,
handsome and we will all stop work Ions
| enough to give you western welcome.
When your train starts send a postal care
to CHEYENNE BOB.