Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-26
lNCUBATINC A FEW IDEAS
Tom Jones Starts n Train Of Thought in
Cheyenne Bob's Pate.
PERTINENT INQUIRIES PROMPT REPLIES
Soulful Sentiments OF "Chickcn
Crank" Conveyed Ia II brother
In Distrcss-.AdVIcc
GFntis.


wouldn't know II were to hear him speak
ing at a political gathering. My friend had
evidently seen my name mentioned as
chicken crank" and concluded | was the
proper person to burden with his troubles,
instead OF telling them to the police Here
Is the letter:
KOKOMO Ind, oct. 49, 1S9G-Nlr -,
Omaha, Ncb.: Dear Sir-I am 20 years old,
and married Am in the retail shoe busl-
ness that makes me about $l,UOO year, hut
would much rather have outside work II
I can make as much money. Have been
Chicken crank' In small way FOR
about three years. keeping mostly Light
Brahmas with frst-class success. have
s.. 900 invested In the shoe business, which
] can get out at any time / want 10. Can
ment, business ability, etc., make SlOOO
or more year? or, would you advise
acres g at til the " edge OF town for $1,000 My
idea has been to keep 1000 laying hens OF
n laying variety expecting them TO net
me $500 year. Also, build an incubator
and brooder house, and turn off from 500
TO 1000 broers each spring Also. same
number of ducks as broilers. l think one
man and myself can do all the work, and
put up most OF the buildings. Do you
regard the plan as visionary or practical?
my ideas too large? Can two men do all
the work? Is 5000 enough capital to buy
place and all? Are ten acres enough for
what | want? II you reSurd the plan as
practical, when would be the best time to
buy the place? / want no lost time, for
until begin 10 get revenue (Which must
have to live off my capitai. Please an
swer soon as possible as ! mean busi-
THOMAS JONES
AS my better half has gone down town
to look over the latest bargain counters and
select a new nutmeg crater, and the chill
dren are all engaged in making mud pies
for Sunday, | will take my typewriter on
my lap long enough to answer my friends
letter and give him something to think over
before laying in a supply of hard coal for
the winter.
The chicken business, Mr.. Jones. is a good
deal like the wheel craze for when either
one hits a fellow fair and square he doubles
up like a pug dogs tail. and nothing but a
dose OF sulphur or stick of birthstone will
bring him to his senses in time for his meals
There are thousands OF people today who
have had their weather eye peeled or teeth
punctured by venturing into the chicken bus
mess under the impression that the business
can be managed without an experienced
nurse, and that any man that can set a
hen can successfully manage a large poultry
plant
MUST BE MISTAKEN.
My friend says he Is 26 years old and
Is married, but am at loss to understand
why he did not say how many children
he had and what Sunday school they at
tended. This information is absolutely nee.
essary, not for publication, but as a guar.
antee of good faith and an honest count
Mr.. Jones evidently makes mistake
when he says he is in the shoe business
with $4,000 invested, which nets him only
$1,000 year. II that is all he can make
each year from the amount he has invested
and in the sE5e business. too, he shouiC
either close the shop give the shoes away
and move to Omaha, or else fail in business
and start over again. The shoe men IL
Omha, as a rule. can give him a few
pointers about his business and still hav,
enough left to keep open Saturday nights
Fe prefers Outside work." II he car
make as much money as he now does. L
he will get a hustle on himself and ge
here before the election is over | Nigh
be able to use my Influence and secure hin
position where he would have all thu
"outsde work. he Graves and II he reall,
desired IT, he might be permitted to put hi.
bed on the roof and sleep there at night
which would give him a good chance Il
become better acquainted with our eli
mate.
One thing which admire in my new-fount
friend is that he is honest enough to admit
he has been chicken crank" In small
way, which seldom occurs even in isolated
cases People who get the fever generally
break out all over, as in cases OF small poX
and the seven-year itch, and nothing snort
OF little bitter experience will afford re
lief
The Kokomo gentleman says he has So, 00C
invested In the shoe business, which he
can get out at any time. This If nothing
else, would Indicate that he was a very
shrewd business man, for not one man In
Omaha can make that statement and pull
out even, even now or later In the winter
II Mr. Jones can do this in the shoes bust
ness, and we have II in black and white
that he can, II Is more than he can do after
he invests that amount in poultry, dead OF
alive.
IIo wishes to know II he Tan make 81, 900
or more year, with this amount OF capita
ana TAR amount OF business ability.
honestly think he could, provided he bought
wheat when 1t worth at SO cents pei
bushel and had the nerve to dispose of II
when worth $l.52 per bushel. l have heart
or men who claimed In their circulars ant
catalogues to have more than doubled theiI
money In the poultry business the frs
year but when came to look them up ant
wanted them to sign an affidavit to that eff
feet they always flunked admitting thai
they made their money by betting on the
horse that came in first In the race and thai
they didn't know Buff Cochin from sea
gull
DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES.
Would you advise me to stay where
ann | certainly would, II you have O
mother-in-law and like her better than you
DO your wife. If, on the other hand you
like your wife best and your mother-in- law
insists on your staying where she can keep
an eye on you and see that you behave
yourself tell her 81 don't think" and secure
tickets for Nebraska at once. being careful
to purchase a Pullman ticket for yourself
and second class ticket for your wife the
latter being the cheapest
Il can buy ten acres at the edge of town
Tor $1,000 Good; that's cheaper than
you can get 1t near Omaha. and as freight
rates are real low. you might purchase the
ten acres In Kokomo and bring ii out with
you. marking on your bill OF lading. Jones
pays the freight"
My idea has been to keep 900 hens of
laying variety, expecting them to net me
$500 year" This is exactly what | ex-
pected when | had the fever but | soon
found that l had the hens on the wrong
nests and my calculations were all knocked
In the head. numbered among the has
beens," 1t were
Mr.. Jones can certainly find a market for
all the broilers he calculates to turn OUT
each spring, as any OF the packing houses
In South Omaha could dispose OF that num-
Der any day before breakfast and still not
have half enough to I'LL their orders They
would, no doubt, be pleased to see Mr. Jones
locate in Omaha and assist In filling :
long felt want" bat l am inclined to think
the gentleman from Kokomo uses large
ase-burner, when he says he calculates Ia
turn out from 500 to 1000 broiers from
IAN incubator and brooder house"
He thinks one man and himself ought 10
be able to do all the work So they can
provl ling the. work is not hard and h
evenly divided up. II may be well to state
that two men are always better than one at
a Job OF this kind for when one gets tired