The Raymer enterprise., 1914-04-16

with the farm |
know many who have large turkey
farms, many own large duck farms
UUrks have come to stay and the
breeder who gives them special atten.
ttou will realize good profit from
them. There are great possibilities In
store for duck raiGers,
Poultry farming is a hobby OF mine.
! know II TO be one OF the henlthiest
outdoor occupations that woman can
enter Women perhaps need hobbies
even more than men do; their lives
are more circumscribed Woman is
often held al home by Il thousand ties
which she would not loosen If she
could and could not II she would Let
her have Il hobby, then, which will
direct her thoughts from her small
cares.
Some time ago man said to me,
Chicken raising is nothing but fad
Even SO; II does one good to have a
hobby 10 ride il they only get there.
II will pay to ride a safe hobby and
there is nothing more profitable than
the fancy fowl fad"
Did you ever attend poultry show
and notice how many exhibitors there
are? There is just as good chance
for a woman to win prize on her
poultry as men, It's simply matter
Of knowing how
A great many women when they
want to increase their income just
add TO the number OF their flock. and
IL you want to sell out your stock you
can do so any time OF the year. The
hungry public buys our poultry prod
ucts greedily and at any time
A great many have a taste for coun.
try life and natural capacity for the
management OF farm; with poultry
raising the raising of fruit can be
combined proftably. Who is adapted?
The woman who may become a good
manager OF household has the quail.
ties which insure success as poultry
raisers and women would not be poul
try raisers II they did not have
strong taste in that direction.
If she is endowed with that taste
all else follows naturally. II we care
for poultry we like to see ii and this
trains the eye to recognize types and
TO estimate a correct value from It;
II enables one to detect the conditions
which In the beginning may make the
difference between success and fall
ure.
A prime requisite with poultry is
that It be kept The sympathetic ma
ture in woman leads her to provide
for comfort, Her care for appearance
has real value In the market which
Is the final test of her ability to pro.
duce. 1t is in this place where We
differ from women In all other call.
ings We are not handicapped by our
sex.
We have never had a discount pro.
posed because poultry was owned BY
women, while on the other hand, no
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we find an inevitable discrimination
against US In the pay offered our abil.
ity In those lines.
Poultry farming affords a profitable
outlet for intelligence aud energy with
independence. II We are fitted for
this work we will find perpetual
charm in poultry farming. II also
gives US an opportunity to maintain
home where others may find refuge.
There Is no monatony In such a life.
We have the poultry papers. the fairs
and shows-these keep the mind alert
and the interests engaged
The woman engaged in II finds the
business Of poultry raising projected
on such generous scale that she has
no fear OF others in the same bust
ness. Then. too, the poultry farmer
Is her own boss. Poultry farming
has many features which would ap-
peal to woman. She is mistress OF
the situation, The business is hers.
Don't be an amateur In the work.
Spend all your ability In becoming a
professional II the women who half
starye trying to teach. clerk, etc,
would only employ their time raising
poultry for the market they would
make fortunes. If nine.tenths Of the |
actresses would put as much time and
study on the characteristics of a hen
a. they do studying Lady Macbeth |