The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-03-24
CHICKEN RAISING
GREAT BUSINESS
Magnificent Possibilities OF Poultry
Industry Brought Out BY Mrs.
$. q. Bridgewater.
RICHMOND. VA. Special. :

known Southern lady, sounds a clar-
ion call TO her Southern sisters to en-
ter the remunerative field OF chicken
raising in the following:
The Poultry Show at Atlanta, Ca
the great central show of the South
should give a fresh impetus and inn
portance to the interest of poultry in
our part of the country because of
the magnificent capabilities and pos
slbtlitieS IL made potent to us all
Surely all needed enthusiasm was evil
dent among the breeders. Being the
only lady exhibitor. l am modestly
but gratefully prepared to say that
every Southern breeder of Buff Or
pingtons there manifested a deep and
applauding interest in my winnings
and showed me princely courtesy
And when the laurel passed by a
great Northern breeder in favor OF
my birds, the fluctuations rang high
from the voice OF youth and age. This
was not personal JOY. for the tele-
grams of breeders from Tennessee to
Florida were congratulations for the
new glory that was dawning for the
South.
The South! What a world of nat
ural resources it bears on its open
surface for the perfection Of feath-
cred creatures that should dot the
sunny farms Of its wide domain, maxi
ing beauty and music for It's planta-
tions, and bringing golden nuggets
into it's treasury.
Looking backward over the Iapse
OF fifty silent years which have gone
into the voiceless past, we see the
cotton blooming in its pffuIgoot
brightness. and the sugar cane Pills.
tening and sparkling in the sunRvat
and its graceful taSSel< QliiVering and
whispering and clapping their hands
i'm answer 10 the "Bandanna Ballads
floating from the meIodious vocals
of the dark-hued man of toll while
the ladies OF the colonial mansions
attired by their maids i'm graceful
folds OF silk and laces. idly touched
the strings of the guitar, or swept
the keyboard of the piano. with no
higher ambition than leisure enter
tainment and social hospitality: and
FAR be II from my purpose to decTy
the glory OF these charms which dis
tinctly belong to our own fair section
and which will depart only when the
last sunset shall have hidden its glow
behind purple horizon to arise no
more forever
But i'm this half century. with it's
crosses and cruciiixes. it's cypress
chaplets and blood-stained monu-
ments, a new world has opened to the
Southland - Woman's World - not
only now does she hold the keys
that unlock the inner sanctuary of
mans heart. hut she has become an
evangel OF usefulness. daily expand
ing her horizon of worth TO the active
Kingdoms of the universal empire.
Why should any woman in our
land today nurse her idleness. tire OF
her opulence, or nurture the griefs
that may be hers? 4 large ouportu-
nifty to work i'm sphere suited 10 her
physical strength has developed. :
work for which our broad acres. our
warm sun and our green meadows
are especially adapted. We bring our
fowls to protection with less labor and
less expense than any other section
on Gods great footstool. our warm
seasons are longer. thus supplying the
natural food of greenery and insects.
and therefore nourishing the birds
and producing the eggs and giving
the young a better start AT a mini
mum outlay. My demand for eggs
far exceeds my ability to supply. and
what one woman can do many women
can do.
We need more poultry yards with
women whose watch is AT the gate
| Washed, combed, groomed and put TO
Craze on tiowery, well-watered. green
nelds in summer, the chickens of our
southern States need envy none the
wide world over. Let MS press this
industry TO perfection. Let not Al lev
reap the harvest that belongs to every
woman wherever the sweet hriar can
send its fragrance or the Cherokee
| blossoms can lend their petals to the
zepherY breeze.
Up, my sisters, Answer roll cali in
TINS pleasant and profitable work till
! II can be said of the chicken. espe-
cially tht Buff Orpington, as Howard
! Weeden. YOUR sister State poet. has
said of the cotton bloom:
/ The rose has q thousand lovers be
cause
or her delicate graces all mellow
/ Eut lovers for sturdier reasons give
Their hearts TO the bird of yellow.
( lie grows i'm a dazzling. ample land
or mcaSUreleSs breadth and shine
And the wealth OF splendid. tropical
sun
| bowers this bird Of blood line
And Capital keeps his eyes on the
field
While he hears the cock in the fold.
/ And his anxious ViSaCe giows and
palcS
At the nod of this bird Of gold
MRS. $. &. BRIDG EWATER
Adding interest to the above IS the
| Following method adopted by Mr.. J
/ {. Pollard in his Lee District poultry