The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-25
eidents and place the income at $50.

ser as he sat rubbing his hands to-
gether and Deaming at the cat.
From a man right In the chicken
business"
And o he want to sell out?"
Eyes. His motber-in-law has come
20 live with him, and she hates chick
tns. She went out with a pail Of boil
Ing water the other morning and scald-
ed thirty Of them. He has either got
TO break her neck or give up the chick
ems, II as he is a man without much
backbone he has decided to sell out.
I'm to give him an answer tomorrow.
He'll sell me the farm for $1,000 and
the 600 chickens he has for $500. Then
I go ahead and buy 400 more, and it's
all clear sailing. That's the plan.
What do you think Of it,"
"You read your paper for a few min
utes and let me do some figuring" she
replied.
But what figuring is there to do?"
"YOu will see. OF course there are
always two sides to a plan"
There can't be to this. It's the plain
est proposition ever stated. However,
go ahead and figure. You may make
the income $1,000 higher than l do
Mrs. BOwser worked away for ten
minutes and then said:
"YOu will pay $4,000 for the farm,
$500 for the chickens On hand and
5000 for enough additional to make up
your thousand. The new coops and
runways will cost, say, 5000; our re-
movaI, 500, and the taxes at least So
per year. A horse and wagon will cost
you $500, your help at least $500 and
the feed for 1000 hens cannot be less
than 1000. Our household expenses,
with two men 10 board. cannot be less
than $1,000. Here is an outgO of al
most $4,000 for the first year. and you
must figure interest OF over 81, 900 Of
it. We will add 500 for that"
"Heaven5, but has the woman gone
crazy" gasped Mr.. Bowser as he look
Ell at the cat.
Hens Would Not Lay.
"If you get go eggs per day the year
through from 1000 hens you will be in
luck she continued. IF we place the
| price at 20 cents i dozen. which is high,
| you will receive about $500. AS for
the sale of chickens, you can't figure on
over 300. This number at an aver
age of so cents each will give you
$1G0. YOU Will be sure to lose from
fifty to a hundred Of your hens per
year and have to renew, but We'll say
nothing about that. You have an OutgO
the first year of about $4,000 and an
income of about $1,000. The second
year you have
Il have nOthing!' shouted Mr.. Bow
ser, with his face the color of red paint.
Woman. l knew how it would be! By
the living lingo, but why can't l keep
from making a fool of myself?'
The second year your income will be
about q third of your expenses. You
may, by sitting on the veranda and
smoking Partegas and tanning yourself
with a palm leaf, finally get it down to
One-half, but you cannot expect to do
better. In other words
stop! l viii hear no more".'
But you aon't want to sit on the
! ~ye-lnfa and smoke and fan at a loss
OF three or four thousand dollars a
yea, 90 YOU she protested.
Leaves Home In Anger.
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for ne. If any ore calls. tel! them that
| nSly cot be home for q week. When
l Co come. ! Shall have facts and fig
IRE: to sLcjvel you up like an old cab
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