PLAN No. 709. WHAT ONE WOMAN DOES
To prove that there is profit in poultry raising, let me cite the case of Mrs. George L. Russell, of Missouri, whose husband had maintained all along that her hens were an expense instead of a profit. He was giving all his attention to some brood-mares in which he had invested $2,000.
In defense of her hens Mrs. Russell kept a set of books for a year and proved by the actual figures that the money she had invested in poultry was paying a better dividend than the money her husband had invested in brood mares.
Last year she had a flock of 365 Brown Leghorn hens and cleared $1,782.91, besides adding $200 worth of extra stock to her flock. Her husband isn’t complaining anymore.
To his wife Mr. Russell gives all credit for the success of their poultry business. “It has been a life-saver for me,” he said.