The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-05-28

! Inc women OF America are last nil
ing the ranks of our fanciers and
poultry keepers, and it is only ques-
ton of time when women will be just
! as actively engaged in poultry keep
ing as men. The raising Of poultry
is business that is peculiarly adapt
/ ed to women; their hereditary edu'
/ cation has fitted them for it and to be
! he best Of caretakers. In the rails
| ng of poultry, the strictest attention
! 10 the minute details of the business
4 is necessary to the attainment of any
/ great degree Of success, and here is
| where women easily excel men. A
woman will go out in the rain and get
| soaking wet in order to see If the
! chicks are dry, while q man will stay
! in the house until the rain is over
! and let the chicks take care Of them
| selves during the rain.
Then again, women are naturally
more gentle in disposition than men,
and since gentleness is very conduct
| i've to good results with poultry, wom-
en- are better fitted to look after the
fowls If the fowls get to ''scrapping
woman will gently part them before
they have injured themselves or per-
haps trampled upon and injured
number Of little chicks, while man
| will stand by and watch the run
go Off and he will let them fight 1t
out if it takes all summer and kills
mi, 1nt Of chicks
But then, it is just as well that he
does let them fight it out for if he did
conclude to separate them, the
chances are that he would throw one
over the poultry house and kick the
other one over the garden wall.
Women, as a rule, are eminently
we'll suited to the poultry business
and the work is most fascinating, ire
spective of the dollars and cents it
brings in for the successful woman.
1t is work, not play, in all Of its many
branches, but it is work that is
health-giving, interesting and not
too heavy for the weaker sex. There
are many branches in the business,
section of the country than will an
other: but the three main lines-a,
eggs for market, with carcasses as
adjuncts; b, broilers, with or without
eggs, as adjuncts; c, fancy stock, with
a few market eggs and carcasses as
adjuncts- WILL each and every one,
pay a legitimate and satisfactory
profit to every one if managed proper
lv. OF course, the branch that best
fits a persons own individual makeup
and conditions is the one that will
pay that person the best profit all
other things being equal.
As an exclusive business poultry
raising offers excellent inducements
tc ambitious beginners. According
to the amounts invested there is no
other business which is nearly so prof
liable as the poultry business, and
there is no other business that can
be started on so small a capital, which
pays such handsome profits; and
again, there is no other business
where the returns come in so quickly.
More than one person has started
with practically nothing and in a few
years, comparatively speaking, has
built up poultry business which has
paid a handsome annual profit, and
to use a slang expression, put him
on Easy Street"
There are many persons of moder-
ate means, who perhaps have had
some little experience with raising
poultry, who get to wondering if it
will pay to breed poultry on
large scale, and if it would be good
policy to give UP a fair paying clerk
ship or a small business to engage in
it. Such questions are very difficult
to answer to the satisfaction of all
persons concerned, for in nearly every
department Of human industry much |
more really depends upon the man
than on the business; and where one
person may make a success of any !
undertaking, another may fail, though |
having started with equally as good |
chances of success. We have failures
as we'll as successes in every bust !
ness and profession. and the poultry |
business is no exception to this rule. |
Few persons would think of entering |
into business or mercantile pursuit |
without fair knowledge of the princi- |
pies upon which the business is con-
Quoted. yet every year hundreds of |
persons attempt the poultry business
Under SuDnositinn that "anyhodv can
raise Chickens when as a matter of |
fact the poultry business requires |
just as much brains and knowledge i
as any other business Failure will |
almost inevitably be the lot of the |
inexperienced and careless person,
for the business must be learned and |
learned thoroughly to be a paving |