The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1905-11-29

and wither my youthful vigor by
standing over hot stove stew1ng
things and myself in order that l may
| feed him into becoming cross and
disagreeable. 1t is going to be part
of the bargain that 1 am to have and
hold for my own use and behOOf
certain number of chickens, turkeys,
ducks and geese, and that the revenues
and profits of the same together with
| all increase and addition shall be mine
to keep, give away, sell or bequeath,
together with all the products thereof.
Not that L care about the ducks and
geese but 1 shall cover the whole
ground so as to have something with
which to bargain whenever l desire
the other half to this agreement, the
party of the second part, as it were,
to grant me concessions, outside the
general purpose of this particular deal.
Women and poultry belong together.
A woman who doesn't love pets and
like to have things dependent on her
is hard to find and when she is found
she is not a thing of beauty. Poultry
requires just the dizziness that comes
natural to women in order to do its
level best. If you don't believe this
Just go into a flock of chickens that
"a
clump around man fashion for ten
minutes and the chances are those
hens will not lay for two days after
ward. l have seen some very affect
] ing pictures of loving hens cuddled
:. about the persons of their. lady own
ers, but l don't want any of that sort
of poultry work in mine. Hens are
not at all particular about wip1ng
their feet when they fly on ones
shoulder and their claws are likely to
dig sections of cuticle out of ones hand
and arms l like my hens to be on
(. good terms with me but L try to dis
/ pense with any of the sort of affection
that inclines them to make roOsting
place of my shoulders. plain bus1-
ness like arrangement with the hens
| is good enough for me- l feed them
properly and house them comfortably
and make the boys keep the surround
lings clean and all l ask in return is
a substantial showing i'm the produc-
Il ton of eggs. The minute a hen gets
too old to pay her way I have some
/ customers who are ready to welcome
her, minus head and feathers, at
price which makes me glad 1 did not
allow my personal affection for the
departed to stand in the way of sepa-
rdIluS my pdITOH IIOH hCl hiOhCy.
Taking care of an incubator is wO-
mans work if ever there was any.
, There is nothing in the work that Il
|. woman can not do and there are a
lot of things about it that woman
} can do better than most men.
Rearing little chicks is another bit
of work that should appeal to every
: well constituted woman. If ever 1
do get sentimental and feel like cud-
Idling anything it is when there are
a lot of little chicks to be transferred
from the incubator to the brOOder.
, And there is a great deal of pleasure
; to be extracted from watching flock
. of young Wyandottes grow from day
to day. They are such perfect little
fowls from the first. They get their
feathers almost at once and from the
day their plumage is well started they
look good enough to eat at any time.
) Money in it? Certainly. Most of
, the work a decently strong and active
, woman can do and the rest of it can
be turned over to the men. 1 would
not recommend poultry keeping for
women as a sanitary and health re-
storing business but as a money max
ing and health preserving business it
takes the lead.