How lovely it must be to earn money by doing something you like to do," sighed a discontented worker, forgetting that you must like what yom do to do as you like. But after all, why not earn one's living or one's pin money in a congenial occupation, since there is no particular merit in being wi happy.
Wherefore, if circumstances seem to indicate that it would be well for yow to increase your income, ib is a sensible thing to take stock of your likes and dislikes, and if possible make your pleasures yield you a profit. For example, have; you who "just adore dogs" ever thought of breeding them for sale? You know that even out here good pups command good prices, and if your dogs are thoroughbreds and well trained there is no reason why you should not be able to make a speciality of selling to tourists who want to take home Pekinese or Chow puppies and who will pay more than local prices.
Facrors ror ConsmpERATION.
But' there are many more factors to be considered than the simple fact that you dote on doggies. Do you love them enough to sit up with them of nights when they are sick, to supplement the care the coolie gives them by your own "constant attention, to study their good and bad points and understand their psychology? If not, never think that you will make a penny on your pups.
Moreover, is your home suited for your new undertaking? Have you sufficient grounds for runs and a stable or outbuildings which may be used for kennels? Do you like; outdoor exercise? Last, but not least, do your family and! your immediate neighbours share your fondness for canines?
The horoscope being thus far; favourable you will' still be well advised not to invest too much money in your new scheme for a livelihood. Remember the amateur will be hard-pressed by the professional] and there are many untoward accidents which might sweep away not only your profits but your original investment, such as distemper, exhibition expenses, loss or theft, or a number of mishaps upsetting the health of your stock. Your Shanghai dogs will not: need any elaborate concrete structures, steam heated and with running water, and provided you have an airy, shady place fenced in by chicken wire, and divided
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