The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-04-18


know many who have large turkey
farms. many own large duck farms.
Ducks have come to stay and the
breeder who gives them special atten-
ton will realize a good pront from
them. There are great possibilitles III
store for duck raisers.
Poultry farming is hobby OF mine.
I know 1t to be one OF the healthlest
outdoor occupations that woman can
enter. Women perhaps need hobbies
even more than men do; their hves
are more circumscribed. Woman Is
often held at home by thousand ties
which she would not loosen If she
could and could not II she would. Let
her have a hobby, then, which Will
direct her thoughts from her small
cares.
Some time ago a man said to me,
Chicken raising Is nothing but rad.
Even 40: It does one good to have
hobby to ride If they only get there.
It will pay to ride a safe hobby ana
there is nothing more profitable than
the fancy fowl fad"
Did YOU ever attend a poultry show
and notice how many exhibitors there
are? There is Just as good a chance
for a woman to win a prize on her
poultry as men. It's simply a matter
of knowing how.
A great many women when they
want to increase their income Just
add to the number Of their flock, and
II YOU want to sell out your stock you
can do 30 any time of the year. Inc
hungry public buys our poultry prod
ucts greedily and at any time.
A great many have taste for coun-
try life and natural capacity for the
management of farm; with poultry
raising the raising of fruit can be
combined profitably. Who is adapted
The woman who may become good
manager of a household has the quail
ties which insure success as poultry
raisers and women would not be poui'
try raisers If they did not have a
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 it and THE
trains the eye to recognize types and
to estimate a correct value from 1t;
1t enables one to detect the conditions
which in the beginning may make the
difference between success and fail
ure.
A prime requisite with poultry II
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 WI
differ from women In all other call
ings. We are not handicapped by GU
sex.
We have never had a discount pre-
posed because poultry was owned b
matter how we'll we teach, clerk, etc
we find an inevitable discriminate
against Us in the pay offered our abb
fly In those lines.
Poultry farming affords a profitabl
outlet for intelligence and energy wit
llutptuOSuCc. IL VIC oAO ~
! this work we will find a perpetui
charm in poultry farming. 1t ale
> gives US an opportunity to maintain
home where others may find refug
: There is no monotony in such lif
. We have the poultry papers. the fail
I and shows-these keep the mind ale
: and the interests engaged.
a The woman engaged in 1t finds IL
q business of poultry raising projecte
, on such a generous scale that she hs
no fear of others in the same bus
ness. Then, too, the poultry farm
is her own boss. Poultry farmir
has many features which would a
peal to woman. She Is mistress
the situation. The business Is heI
n Don't be an amateur in the wor
II Spend all your ability in becoming
d professional. II the women who hs
n starve trying to teach, clerk, ct
y would only employ their. time raisiI
e poultry for the market they wou
Il make fortunes. II nine-tenths Of 4
Y. actresses would put as much time al
X study on the characteristics Of h.
D as thew do studying Lady Macbe