Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-26
THE POULTRY YARD
PROFITABLE FOR WOMEN.
BY ED WEBER

A woman living in Illinois writes me
that she appreciates my articles in the
T.-R very much. but says she never
saw as much as the scratch of pen
| where l gave the women credit as
poulterers, and vet 1t is an established
fact that vast multitudes of women in
every land of every cline are engaged
in a small or large scale of raising
fowls.
! That the average woman has been
as successful as she has been in past
years in raising poultry. under the
most adverse conditions too, is largely
Cue to the inherent trait of mother
hood. The sympathetic lives of woman
kind for all helpless creatures, human
! or brute, enanates from this source
tC such a degree that kindly ministra-
tons are suitably given at all times,
both for the comfort and the develop
nent of the creatures in women's care.
X Much Depends on Individual.
That poultry raising shall be profit
able to the women who raise fowls as
a vocation depends upon the woman.
No one will gainsay the fact that
women have frequently assumed a
heavily -mortgaged farm and the care
of several small children, reared the
children and paid the indebtedness too.
| Again there are women who have only
| the more firmly forged the chains Of
| debt about the husband and father
| that has been the final undoing Of the
bread winner.
&c. if poultry culture Is to be a
profitable vocation for women it will
depend very much upon the manage
ment women accord the business. 1t
| does seem as tho in this age of the
business women that there is an open
| door of great possibilities in poultry
culture if engaged in a really business
like, practical way. 1t is work better
suited to women than many other
| kinds of outdoor work, easier for the
| body and not more taxing for the
mind.
Can Help Increase Income.
The question Of income in these days
| of increased living cost is with fami-
lies a pressing and vital problem of
| no small anxiety. Earnings OF the HIS
band is small compared to needs, and it
is only by the strictest economy that
| it can be made to cover the legitimate
expenses, with none left over for the
finer things of life. Now. here is
where a woman can often help out by
poultry raising. We would not ad-
wise raising fowls on large scale for
the woman who has limited area, or
FLOR the one who. has children which
demand much OF her time and atten-
ltfHn; but for tiiSsswoman who wastes
1precious minutes several times a. day
every day Of her life.
! {c;n r,SJI such a
one opportunity to coin such moments
into dimes and dollars. Perhaps no
one can raise fowls at less expense
than the woman who lives on suburban
plats and upon the farm. Here women
are coTtentt to make4a small beginning,
and II right management is maintained
4 even for the most humble beginning.
one can grow III numbers until lucra-
tive position is obtained. The poultry
papers Of today are journals Of really
practical Information and the master
ing OF any business is alone gained by
the practical application of knowledge
gained by doing. However much one
may benefit by The detailed ways of
4 others, the specific needs can only be
\ met by applying The ways of doing in
4 sofar as they correspond with personal
Il requirements.
A Case in Point.
j. A woman and her son who are in
Iterested in poultry hatch baby chicks,
sell eggs for Matching, make a special
ty of breeding heavy laying strain
of a standard breed Of fowls, which are
sold as breeding stock, and altho they
have not amassed fortune, for many
) and expensive illnesses have drawn
heavily on the treasury, still the addi-
ton to the net income from this source
has made the difference between semi
poverty and comfortable living.
Poultry culture to this household has
been an open sesame to wider OPP
pcrtunities for self development and a
peculiarly helpful work for the adj
vancement of others. And tho the way
has been thru many disbursements,
often toilsome beyond the understand
ing Of others it has led to greater
|beneft for those who will come after.
n Start With Object in View.
j 1t is unwise to start poultry raising
! without some definite object in view
Some one or more branches Of poultry
5 culture can be carried to a successful
ending if the market to be catered to
is borne in mind in the selection of the
, breed best suited to accomplish the
purpose Eggs are a cash product the
world over, and they are the founda-
! ton Of all poultry products. Every
egg over and above the cost Of keeping
a hen is clear profit, and the more eggs
she will lay the more profitable she
will be. The demand for the better
grade OF eggs and fowl for meat is
greatly in excess of the supply so there
is no need of anxiety lest there be
an over production.
The raising Of fowls for a strictly
first class egg family trade, or the
combining Of an egg or market Dowl,
i poultry business Is sure and pleas
4 ant avenue to independence sweetest
! Of all gift to every American citizen,
regardless of sex. There was never an
epoch in poultry raising when women
} could engage in this special branch Of
work under so favorable auspices as
I right now. Whether this beginning be
made by buying pair, a trio, a pen. or
more Of breeding stock, is for each
woman to determine for herself. In
u hichever choice made, be assured
sured that the biddies will pay a neat
profit over and above expenses II the
!. same painstalSing care is present in
the management OF them as has been
in the orderly comfortable home over
which you are the Home Queen.
GROCER TELLS FACTS TO
MARSHALLTCWN PE0PLE
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