The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-11
Women as Poultry Raisers.

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Farmer illustrates a we'll known fact,
that women are very successful as poul-
try raisers:
Whenever I see any one beginning to
breed poultry in little restricted place,
giving his fowls every needed attention,
[ become interested, because [ know it
is only matter of time until that poul-
try yard will grow to large dimensions.
This is true not only OF men, but of
women. More and more women are dis
covering that poultry raising is a work
for which they are peculiarly fitted. I
remember one of the pioneers of the
business. She found herself left a
widow with three children and $500 in
money. She concluded to begin breed
ing poultry. In those days high prices
were almost unknown, and pure bred
poultry was not as highly esteemed as
it now is. The brave little woman be-
gan business, and succeeded so we'll that
her children were given an education,
going through the best colleges, and she
accumulated enough to buy good farm
on which to rest in comfort during her
declining years.
In town in Maryland lives girl
friend who has made a great success
of her poultry business. She showed
some of her birds at a great poultry
show recently, and not only got first
prizes, but special prize for showing
the best bird in the show. No one ever
heard of her until she began to breed
poultry and win prizes. Now you can
hardly mention her name to a poultry
man but he locates her instantly, and
she is in fair way to bulld up a COM
petence.
In Washington lives an Indian girl,
the daughter of chief of renown, who
took fancy to poultry. breeding only
few years ago. The only place she
had to breed fowls was in back yard
twenty by forty feet in size. She took
up the work with enthusiasm and plan
ned to make the restricted place answer
her needs. It certainly is the most
compact poultry plant [ ever saw. The
average man would think it too small
to even make a beginning in, but this
girl was not easily daunted She kept
on with her work, and before we knew
what she was doing she brought her
favorites to some of the greatest shows
in the country and took almost every
prize that was offered for birds of her
favorite class. The poultry papers have
praised her skill and complimented her
on her success until her name is rapidly
becoming a household word among poul-
try breeders.
Last summer [ visited at an elegant
home near Omaha, owned by a young
lady who holds a position in the city
and breeds poultry and pigeons on the
little farm she has bought within driv-
ing distance from her Office.
This young lady keeps White Leg
horn fowls and sells the eggs to an
exclusive patronage in Omaha, getting
a very high price for them. Every egg
is delivered the day after it is laid.
They are delivered in boxes that hold
one dozen each, and every one must be
perfectly clean before it is put in the
box. The box is sealed and the con-
tents guaranteed. Every evening after
this girl goes home from her regular
work she packs the eggs of the day
herself, seeing that everything is in
perfect condition. They are delivered
the next morning when she goes to work.
The poultry house is cleaned and scrub
bed every day, and lady in dainty
skirts can walk through them without
danger of soiling her garments. [ have
seen many poultry houses, but this is
the only absolutely clean one [ ever
saw When we talk about keeping a
poultry house clean, we use the term
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