1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (111 page)
688 SELL STEW RABBITS.
A good rabbit stew is a staple of down-home Southern cooking. As long as you can separate emotional attachment from financial gain, you should have no problem putting Thumper and friends up for sale.
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689 KEEP BEES AND SELL HONEY.
Honey bees are becoming a hot commodity, so do your part for your wallet and the future of all things sweet by becoming a bee keeper. Remember, scarcity drives up prices, so make sure to tell your customers to get their honey while they still can — before all of the honey bees disappear and we have robotic bees pollinating flowers.
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690 SHEAR SHEEP.
How hard can it be? Most sheep are sheared with electric shearers. It's just like using an electric razor on your face. Most small sheep farmers have trouble finding a shearer to come out to their property and usually have to pay to bring their sheep to a central location. This is expensive for the farmers, and you can capitalize on this by putting some of that money in your own pocket. Sheep are sheared twice a year, which means you earn a fairly steady income.
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691 RAISE CHICKENS.
Cock-a-doodle do this! Keeping chickens offers many opportunities for making money, and you can do it in your own backyard. You can sell eggs, rent out roosters as alarm clocks, and cut down on dinner costs (sorry chickens). BackyardChickens (
www.backyardchickens.com
) tells you everything you need to know to get your flock started.
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692 RAISE COWS AND SELL MILK.
You don't have to buy fifty or even five cows to make some money selling milk. Everyone is into organic, local, natural food products today, and you can capitalize on this by selling close to home. Be careful, though, even one cow takes up a lot of room, and milk needs to be pasteurized before it can be sold in most states.
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693 RAISE PIGS AND SELL MEAT.
One little piggy went to market, and one little piggy went wee-wee-wee all the way to the bank. Pot-bellied pig owners would disagree, but raising pigs for the butcher can be a good way to earn money. Contrary to popular belief, pigs aren't that smelly, they don't take up a lot of space, and you can sell their waste as fertilizer. It's a win-win situation … unless you're the pig.
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