The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-23
TEN. YEAR.OLD BOYS VENTURE
TOOK HIM THROUGH SCHOOL
AND BUSINESS COLLEGE.


ana shter-Expenses ana rrohts ~
he start-Rsbpits FOR . SID AAne'
.Yes Il IA op;te tina that INV son made
enough money ont OF poultrv "a nav his
vay through the b,gh school and business
college Ia atartsd WITH nothing when he
was 10. and three wears AFRO after he had
taken his dip,oma and sec,red a rood poai-
lion. he t,rned b;s nopltry busineaa over
To me and his voun psst -sister.r
The sneak.r vaa a voman liv,nv nm Long
Island yboss no,,ltrv and eegs him fanov
prices In ina Sev YorL market.
.We male n rood IIvine Inv Il INV dan oh
ter and I, she went on $40 I don't en-
co,ra ga her 20 aaal, otaca vorL
ssoon after INV aon hepan going IN schoo,
n. beoan IN nav bs vasn.t coin to atom until
ba,d sona thro,.h hi,h schooI Nv hre-
hand vas sayntns a. m a veeh and as there
were nj. in the family 7 didn't see much
chance ~ the hov succsed,ne
The m,mmer after be Was o he hired
h,maeIf ont 20 . farmsr n 10 xaeding and
m,ch Usht vorl on ths s.rm AZ IN centa
a dav. He told me shat he had dome and
said bs vas aoing to rive me- a dollar a
w..k 80 M. .sr,In,. onS n,,. N. rae, ov.v
70 nav bis vsy throueh hirh schooI,
sTsts In Avs,,.t n. b.esn "a tall sbo,,t
,a;sino ch,cken s and the ,rst thing anv a,
ma knsv ha had bo,,ubt a lot ~ ola ,,mb.r
and was husv buildina a chicken bouse.
The l,mbar co.t him Al IN and vas naid for
IN vork. Than he cot some wiz, netting
from another n,aoe vbara he worked ont
tbs prca an the .t,avberr bads
aha on,v helm he had in building that
Arst poultry house Was from a man who
had bean a carpenter. Thia man helped
him 10 put in ths doora and vindo,vs and
.hoxaa him bov IN An the cro.. no,aa aon
\ roos In return for his s.sistance INV
.on raye him thrae davs vorl
.From his n,mner,s earnines be had
.aved mr. fs. WITH which be, bopeht tan
b.ns at 20 oents each and two white rabbit
doea AT A. each. The balance went for
f.ed eroent N cents Five ~ that IN oenta
want 10 b,rv lime 40 make a tbicx vasb With
wh,oh h. oov.rsd m. ;n.;ds ~ IN. borse
"a ~. lee, &C. ~ hn, o,,ns,,I ntI.rn.ona
- u,t IN tha wh;,sGash az a nrevsntive
~ vsru;n Thaf.rnar 10, who,h he worLsd
was a poultrv raiser and NV son had picked
nm !. Int n, vatnhin. hir, -
sWhsn .chool onered that .,t,,r,n Ia
had ev.rvthin1 Az ana ro,n. .mootbIv
Ev.rv monine hefore leaving FOR school
r.. c,s.nad up ~. no,,itrv ho,ss rin,ed ont
an. dr,nLing t,h and rave I'M. cbic,.ens
- go ~ Ala =. Ill ~ t.n
minutes and 1t was always well done.
A night he made the mash by scaldinR
two u,pa of bran. adding two CUPS Of ground
49, "a . n;nch ~ at MIN n ali 70
se.her ana s'ano,hs !. .. tine Gacs Oh my
warm and almost dry.
.uyh., h. go. 49,. NJ r;oht h. TOD ~.
"nen no oou'e "len. no . st.e
chickens grass, piantains or any green
way from school. This he cut into two
inch lengths with a pair OF old scissors.
as the farmer mad explained 70 MIN that
long pieces OF grass were apt 70 cause the
hens to be crop bound, because they could
m,,h arow;ne ora.a
WIN s,o"nhs ei"o
h Kept RECORD OF everything ne mace
and spent, which still ave He laughs
at It now, but we all thought itFemarkable
then and / haven't vet got over feeling
s-o,a .h,,, 9,
PROUD ABOUT
Il remember the hrst week ne started
In business his ten hens laid ~twenty-four
eggs; second week, twenty-nine; third
-AnL ftvNhrno' fourth UaaE HFfu H0
- s.IsS - 80. ,,,,rSn -
got regular orders from iao'es nvh9 near
the school to his eggs at % cents a
dozen right along.
That first month he made $40 from the
eggs Of those ten hens. besides giving me
fourteen for the house. As feeding the
hens only cost So cents he had a clear profit
OF M.H.
Before the frost came ne had thought
out a good plan for keeping his hens In
green food during the winter. 1t was q
plan that go far as i have been able to learn
nobody had ever tried before.
He got two barrels and packed them
full Of fresh cut clover and plantain. By
fixing the lids TO At inside and weighing
them down with heavy stones he kept the
green stun fresh and Juicy like ensllage for
cattle.
THAT saved him buying clover that first
year, and as green feed Ia as necessary as
meat for a good egg yield it had much to
do with the success Of that first winter.
After the first Of January he bought e
scraps Of the butcher at 10 cents a week.
but as eggs sold for 40 cents q dozen his
profits were still good.
During December he added FIVE hens TO
his flock, Just ordinary barnyard hens like
the first, coating so cents each. To those
fifteen hens he fed q scant quart OF mash.
and while they were eating sprinkied q pint