The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-08-04

A little story off the beaten track
Is sometimes relished by most readers
and as this story pertains to the farm.
er's. wife it is fitting that it appear In
he farm news pages Of the Review
It is story about woman, perhaps
little small in stature, yet large IN am
bition and mind, strong in body, with
healthy complexion and a desire &c
succeed in her line of work: a woman
whose first thought is of home and
loved ones, and one whose spare mo,
ments are taken up in an endeaVor to
improve her mind, and further pre-,
pare herself in her chosen work.
Mrs. P. H. Sheridan is her name,
and she lives with her husband and
two lOvable children on the farm north
Of Vail, and Matching and selling day,
old chicks is her business and pro.
fession, and she is actually making a
great success of the business. And
while Mrs. Sheridan Is all Of the above
mentioned type Of woman she is a
typical wide-awake, just as
much Interested in tatting and fash
ions<ias are her city cousins. She Is
interested in good books, in good
housekeeping in Chester White pigs
the kind her husband keeps-in good
farming methods and in good living
and above all she can tell what breed
OF hen laid any particular egg SIM
ply by looking at the shell.
We had most interesting visit with
Mrs. Sheridan last week, when we
stopped at her place, and we were
told many important things about the
day-old chick business.
eve Just taken off the last of the
big hatch for this time" said Mrs.
Sheridan, and she asked her husband
II he would not remove the trays that
had been used.
'T'ye had good business this year,
and have Matched just $4,000 Barred
Rocks, and sold 1890 of them for $50
per hundred. The 800 / have kept for
myself, and do you know, I've placed
an order for another machine, that
will Just double the capacity next
year will then have ten thousand
egg machine, aud will raise the price
Of my chicks from $40 to S25 per hun.
dred. You see the extra IS Will pay
for. my new machine.
"The salesman was out here the
other day, and I've placed an order
and Pat-(that's her husband) will
do the excavating for an addition to
the Incubator house, and We'll build on,
and then when the new machine ar
riyes and we get 1T set up, and filled
with ten thousand eggs why just come
out and see me turn them over with
a little Ford crank"
with the hew machine | have or
dered a new heater, heater that
burns hard coal, and IS g hot water
system. This heater is made neces.
sary because l will have doubled the
size of the incubator"
What is the farthest distance you
have shipped chicks this season, Mrs.
Sheridan?"
Nine hundred miles, away up in
northern Minnesota. where it is cool
all summer, and I've shipped to all
parts Of Iowa, down in Missouri and
over in Illinois, and out in Dakota and
Nebraska"
How do you let people know you
have chicks for sale?"
''Why, by advertising. You've just
got to advertise, and let people know
what you have for sale, because If
you didn't, who would know anything
about your business, or that | had day.
old chicks for sale. use farm papers
and poultry journals and carry an ad
for quite a length of time. 1t isn't very
expensive, considering the returns. O,
my, 1 could not run the business IL |
did not advertise"
"What percentage of loss do you
have in sending the chicks?"
"Why, you see don't have any; you
see the money comes with each order
and my responsibility ceases when /
place the chicks in shipping carton
and deliver them to the express Of
flee, but the percentage of loss is less
than one and one-half per cent. Fl
have hundreds of letters from GUS
toners who tell me that out of the
chicks received, in nearly
every case. 80 of them lived. l use
good eggs and am sure of the chicks.
"For the 5000 egg machine it takes
about 1000 hens to furnish the eggs,
and as i only keep about 800 hens my
self, have to buy the eggs. | pay
good prices for the eggs, and many
of my neighbors. knowing my wishes