Margaret Mahaney

Margaret Mahaney was an American farm writer associated with New England poultry raising. She is known for Margaret Mahaney Talks About Turkeys, a practical guide first published in the early 1900s and now preserved through Project Gutenberg.

Her writing focuses on the day-to-day realities of raising turkeys successfully, from breeding and care to common problems on the farm. What makes her work memorable is its plainspoken confidence: it feels less like a textbook and more like advice from someone who learned the trade by doing it.

Although not much widely published biographical detail appears to survive online, Mahaney's name has lasted because her book remains a useful historical snapshot of agricultural knowledge and rural experience from its era.