The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-04-04
IT PAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Farm Women of catawba County,
North Carolina, Make Money by
Cooperating In Eggs.

All Of us like money, must nave IL,
and I don't know Of any easier way
for the farm woman to have her own,
her very oxg money. than by selling
eggs.
Six years ago thought was doing
fine with my chickens, when on Sat
urda.. ! sent six or seven dozen eggs
to tcwn and traded them for coffee'
sugar or other groceries | needed and
perhaps had enough left to buy some
dry goods OF shoes. The merchant OF
course paid me what he wanted to Tor
my eggs, also charged what he wanted
for his goods. / was purely at MS
mercy. / didn't know what either was
worth.
OF course / liked to do this, so we
would not have to spend our crop
money for groceries, and l was inter
ested to a certain extent. But tne
children didn't care whether we sou
five or ten dozen eggs-their pocket
hook was never made any heavier
neither was mine. =.
Rut now several years later, / can't
get enough hens, work, work as 90
all I can and read every article l nno
on how to care for chickens, IN oroer
to get more eggs, writes Mrs. John
Robinson of Newton, n. c., In the ITO
eressive Farmer. It's my business
and naturally you feel more interested
when you're getting money out OF any
thing. feel quite proud and import
ant when the good man says to me-
Mother, can't you loan me a dollar
Why the change, you ask? It's this:
We farm women in Catawba county
are selling our eggs co-operatlveiy
through the Creamery company. When
the man comes around for our cream
he gathers up our eggs also and pays
us cash for them. We have the fresh
eggs gathered every day, nice and
clean, stamped with our individual
number and packed in the egg crates
that the creamery furnishes free. Each
crate holds one dozen, so there is nc
getting mixed up counting them.
This is a safe way to handle them
no cracked ones, none understood OF
spoiled, all guaranteed and no dock
ing on the price. If three eggs OF the
same stamped number are found
spoiled and reported to the company
they quit taking our eggs. And, Is II
any wonder l strain every point to
get eggs, when, as the business In
creases, my pocketbook gets heavier
with cash?
It's very interesting to the children
too, II you give them a penny day
for helping with the eggs or a penny
a dozen for all they find; and you al
ways have the penny, so their banks
will fill up quicker. My little girl re
ceives all the money from her duel
eggs and the bantams' two eggs equa
one, so / pay her and use them a
| home.
But how about the groceries? Well
by ordering through the Union We &c
them much cheaper and also get
higher price for our eggs by selling
comparatively; so you see, we prom
in buying and selling. We never re
ceived less than IA cents per dozel
last year, and as much as SO cents pc
dozen at one time.
| But my money doesn't go for gre
ceries unless l want 1t to. We sci
hogs. garden products that are vast
ing, navy beans. celery, etc, to pa,
the Union bill. There are lot o
others who exchange canned goods
II you have nothing to exchange VIII
shouldn't the corn and cotton GRO
money go for groceries as we'll as tn
egg money? What do / do with m
money? Buy clothes If they ar
needed, buy a hat II want to, Civ
$40 to the church, all without askin
anyone for the money.
II there is any more, can bu
some new carpet, picture, curtains
a book or magazine, take trip to tn
farmers institute at Raleigh, or som
other place I'd like to go. All thes
are things dear to a woman's hear
but to which most men are sure
say, II asked for the money. II don
see how we can afford It."
, There's no use being extravagan
} II you're in debt 1t makes you fe
mighty good to take $40 or $40
: your good man and say. Il want yc
! to pay this on our note" or 81 wal
. you to put this amount on the CHI
dren's school fund"
: have recently taken a share
our rural credit association, and e
pect to pay the dues out Of my et
money-$1 per month. Why can n
farm women be more independe
and have their own money, whit
they have such a fine opportunit.
AS yet we have not sold poultry c
: operatively, but think we will in Il