The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-02
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WOMAN'S WORLD. /
A NOVEL ENTERPRISE.
now n Young Woman Gardener Earns n
Good Living.

Now Young Woman Gardener Earns n
Good Living.
A young New Jersey woman, TWEEN
ty-three years old, has been engaged
in practical gardening for nearly five
years, and last year cleared 1856.
She says in the Woman's Journal:
My father was Jersey farmer,
and !, as the eldest of five girls, took
up the farm work when my father
died suddenly. 1t was the middle of
the season, and the crop on which we
depended had to be worked and gath
cred. When the end of the year
came, and il was discovered that l had
managed well; had paid the interest
on our mortgaged property, kept the
girls at school, and had small sur
plus laid by, it was decided that run
the place another twelve morths.
"a gentleman living in South
Orange rode over my farm one day,
and was so pleased with its appear
ance that he asked why L couldn't
come and break up his garden. He
asked the question in jest, and found
me willing to take the matter up in a
business way. L went over the next
week and laid out and planted his
garden. He was pleased with my
work and fell to Dragging about that
garden before the seeds came up. His
Boosting induced several persons who
had never thought of raising their
own vegetables to offer their work.
Fortunately, that season proved a
good one, and owners of the gardens
l had planted and continued to work
were well pleased with the result in
financial way, as well as having en-
ioyed the pleasure of picking their
own vegetables. Before the begin
ming of second season L made calls
on number of persons living in the
Oranges and Montclair, aud engaged
to take the planting and working of
their kitchen gardens for the coming
season.
81 take my gardens in rotation: thu
is, break up the whole 90, ~ =, tI'o
autumn; in the spring, n;rn tLom ~ tI
second working over e.'T 'r0' i-o w
lay them all off, ,Lant tbe 81 $50 ~.iin,
varieties of seeds F"n a w. 49,
O." o... ooAi' IN together AS L always
tupPly the seeds and plants. L get
them at wholesale prices. which great
ly reduces the cost. have my own
greenhouses and forcing beds, SO l .
raise all the plants used. Then, too,
/ make ON my farm all the compost !
needed as fertilizer. 1 may also add |
that there are many vegetables The |
seeds of which are saved each year. |
But that is a department looked after |
by my younger sister, who declares |
that she intends becoming a seed |
farmer
Gas the result of my five years
work on our farm and as visiting gar
dener, have paid off the mortgages
on our property, have carried out my |
plan as to the education of my |
sisters, have added many new imple- |
ments, own four instead of two horses
and am beginning to lay by with the
of buying more land.
zone great advantage of my profess
sion is that the pay is sure. 1t is in
no way dependent on the season or
on the yield of the land. 1 agree to |
plant the garden for stated sum.
Then having the horses and labor at |
command ana supplying seeuS, etc, !
it is like buying at Wholesale and sell
ing at retail. l always make at least !
a weekly inspection of every garden
and direct my men when and where
to go and what to do. l use n wheel
in going about, and you may be sure
no grass grows under that bicycle,
but neither do work myself to death
amy woman desiring to take up
this work, would advise her to begin
in suburban place, where people are
in good circumstances and own their
own homes. In such localities the
lots nearly always contain q garden
plot which, if properly worked, will
produce all the vegetables, flowers
and melons the family can use. She
may have some difficulty III persuad-
ing the owners to make beginning
the first year, but after that, il she
manages properly, will guarantee
she will have no difficulty in holding
her job. / have never found family
who were willing to go back to buy
ing vegetables after experiencing the
pleasure of picking them in their own
garden"