Newark post., 1910-06-08
Work Of Poultry
mans Wife

my husbands heart and soul, as
the saying is, were in the business
and | being very much interested
in him and his welfare, could not
help it. believe that mans
success is largely due to the help
and encouragement that his wife
gives him, and believing this, it is
natural that | should take an active
interest in his business.
While Mr.. Fishel was still in the
hardware and implement business,
we raised poultry on a small scale.
As his mercantile business took all
of his days, it forced him to at
tend to his poultry correspondence
at night. 1t was more than he
could manage alone and my house
hold duties being light, | spent
my evenings assisting him. When
the poultry business increased and
we sold out our mercantile busi-
ness. we moved to the farm where
we are now living aid then it took
all of my time to assist III the OIL
fee. We figured that it was cheap
er to employ help in the kitchen
and house than in the office; that
the office work was easier; that 1t
enabled me to keep i'll touch with
the business, and the main point
was that | liked the work.
While | have nev9r done any
actual work in the yards, feel that
should it become necessary Tor me
to do so, | would be competent.
| have taken care of the incuba-
tors, sometimes n,ne or ten at a
time, and SO am pretty well train
ed in that part OF the work. The
business increased so much that
we had to have an Office girl, but
| still have plenty OF work to do
and like it as well as ever.
Several years ago Mr.. Fishel
turned the turkeys over to n1c.
We do not keep them on the home
farm. but have them with farm
er who is one OF the best turkey
men in the United States. He
certainly knows what good tur-
key is, and he has excellent sue
cess in rearing them. He does not
raise them all, as we have quite a
number reared on other farms.
One 'Ionlan raised as many as
fifty, though moss of them raise
from ten to twenty-five and think
they are doing well. The market
price for turkeys was high tins
fall and winter, which means that
the demand for turkeys for breed
ers will be greater, for when the
market price is high more people
are inclined to raise them. ust
think OF lhe market price the
first of December being twenty
cents a pound for toms and p
cents for pullets and hens in a
small country town and then say
there is no money i'll raising tur.
keys for the market!
Turkey culture is very interest
ing. One cannot help feeling
pride when the big fellows go
strutting around. They are more
difficult to raise than chickens
but when you get them beyond
certain age they will take care o
themselves and one is assured OF ;
good profit, whether they are bret
for the market or for sale as breed
ers. We generally sell from fiji
teen hundred to two thousand dol
lars worth of turkeys each year
and we figure on getting at leas
fifty per cent. net profit. | be
lieve that lowest amount | eve
made in one season was $500, Will
the largest amount was ST ,4OC
Even the smaller sum would b
regarded by the most women as
good amount OF pin money. i
be sure, it is true that every on
could not make SO great a sun
for Our turkeys have the benef
OF the advertising of the chicken
and have reputation established
but | believe it is equally true tha
anyone that lives on a farm ca
raise turkeys with profit.
PARTNERS IN FACT.
Many poultrymen come to Wis
us, and quite large number hav
said II would give anything ii
could get my wife to take an ii
terest in my poultry business.
seems that there must be som,
thing wrong with this sort OF VIZ
man, for a wife should be inte
ested in anything in which HI
husband is interested, SO long as
is legitimate business. The
should be partners in fact.
1t seems great pity that mo-
men and women do not rea1I,