Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-17

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 profit from
them. There are great possibilities IN
store for duck raisers.
Poultry farming is a hobby of mine
I know 1t to be one of the healthiest
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 II 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 SO; it does one good to have a
hobby to ride II they only get there.
It will pay to ride 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 a chance
for a woman to win 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
If 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 a 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 poul-
try raisers II they did not have
strong taste in that direction.
II she is endowed with that taste
all else follows naturally. II we care
for poultry we like to see 1t and this
trains the eye to recognize types and
to estimate correct value from 1t;
1t 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
matter how well we teach. clerk. etc,
we find an inevitable discrimination
against us in the pay offered our abil-
ity in those lines.
Poultry farming affords profitable
outlet for intelligence and energy with
independence II we are fitted for
this work we will find perpetual
charm in poultry farming. 1t also
gives us an opportunity TO maintain a
home where others may find refuge
There is no monotony in such life
We have the poultry papers. the fairs
and shows-these keep the mind alert
and the interests engaged.
The woman engaged in 1t finds the
business of poultry raising projected
on such a generous scale that she has
no fear of others in the same busi'
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
starve 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 hen
as they do studying Lady Macbeth