“That seems like Frances’ golden opportunity, but Norma and I haven’t found a thing to do, yet,” added Belle.
“You will, never fear. Janet found her vocation the first day she was here,” laughed Natalie.
Then Janet had to tell about her stock-raising, and her friends laughed heartily when they heard about the first night the piggies arrived at their new home.
“The chickens are doing fine! I had to keep them shut up in the yard to-day to get them thoroughly acquainted with their surroundings, so they won’t run away,” said Janet, but she did not say that they were kept locked up for fear they might wander over to the garden again and create more trouble.
“I should think you would have a cow and sell milk,” suggested Belle laughingly.
“Cows cost a lot of money. I priced one of Ames’s and when I heard the sum, I lost interest in milk,” replied Janet, causing the girls to laugh at her explanation.
“But I am going to buy some ducks as soon as my new allowance is due. There is plenty of water for them to swim in and ducks look so rural, don’t you know,” added she.
“But they are difficult to raise, Janet,” said Mrs. James.
“Why? If you let them swim about and give them enough feed, what more can they want?”
“I don’t know, but they take certain spells of sickness quicker than any other fowl and, in a day or two, the whole flock droops and dies off. Geese are much easier to rear and bring better prices in the market, too.”