Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-22
YANKEE ENTERPRISE.
Girls Raising Strawberries and Turkeys
in the Philippine Islands.

Strawberries are selling at $3.50 per
pint, and they are canned at that"
This is the statement which caused
Miss Agnes Slocum, Of a certain town
in Vermont, located high in the Green
Mountains, to open her pretty eyes
Then she closed them, and during the
minute they remained shut she pictur-
cd such visions OF life in the Philip
pines as caused her family TO utter ex-
carnations Of untold surprise.
II am going to Manila, mother" an
nounced Miss Agnes at dinnerthat day,
and when | come back ! viii bring a
fortune with me. Now l am only plai.
Agnes Slocum; but when l return 1t
will be as Miss Slocum, the millionaire
planter"
1t takes a good deal To surprise a
Vermont farmer, but Farmer Slocum
ana his Wife ana the rest Of the SO
cum family We're amazed when Miss
Agnes untolded her plans.
she intended u 90 ID the Philippine
Islands with trunk and packing box
the former to contain her wardrobe.
the latter Up transport 4 large stock Of
straw berry plants. 1t is neither too
hot nor TOO wet for them there" an
nounced she. for l have studied it up.
and next season l shall have all the
straw berries they can eat in Manila
ana Luzon. ana maybe enough to send
to the Sultan Of Sulu. ! 10 not know
where | shall locate. but most likely /
shall select nice rolling piece Of land
back VI R4colod and here, where the
so!l Is wei drained. / shall plOw ana
-r.r
plants VIII be carefully set in. one By
one. ana another season they will be
loaded with berries. What shall 1
charge per quart? That depends. As
much A. | can get for them"
Well. after some consultation Miss
SI0cum started out with $500 which she
thought would be more than sufficient
for her needs for q year, and the good
wishes Of her friends
That was early in the present year
The first letter received from Miss SIo-
cum. planter. reported that she had
secured two acres of excellent land.
not far from Bacoi1d, ana that she had
st out her tiny points and was waiting
for them ty grow. They were doing
remarkably we'll for the first season
much as l can get for them"
Miss Slocum added that the demand
for fresh American berries was much
greater than she had supposed. and
that all her crop for the first season
had already been engaged. AS soon as
possible she would divide her roofs and
extend her field Of operations, making
straw berry farm of some dimensions.
The idea OF setting out the plants ana
holding back portions Of them tn as
sure a continuous crop had entered her
mind ANA might be successfully worked
Grace Elliott Page is the name Of
another young girl who is trying her
fortunes In the Philippines. she is also
q New Englander. a Maine girl, ana
her dream was tn raise turkeys in the
Philippine islands.
AS the weather is very favorable part
of the year. and as turkeys only need
10 have shelter provided for them dur
ing the rainy season. she saw no rea-
son why they should not thrive on the
Pacific coast as wei as along the coast
Of the Atlantic, ana for demand. there
was no question about that An Amer
lean turkey in the Philippines, a plump.
yellow-legged Thanksgiving turkey.
brings its price every time
According to her calculations every
turkey will be worth s. to Miss Page. |
and the feed will cost almost nothing |
as nuts grow wild and native foods are
very cheap.
Miss Page took the steamer for the |
Philippines in March. She took with |
her cargo Of turkey eggs. two incu- |
bators and 100 live hens Her idea IS |
TO divide the labor Of Matching the tur- |
keys between the hens and incubat0rs |
and 50 bring her turkey farm into the |
world.
After all that will be plain sailing, as
the turkeys will grow up, lay their own |
eggs, and do their own Matching, and |
so go on forever perpetuating the tur-
key family
There have always been turkeys IN |
the Philippines, but such turkeys! Thin J
and Of poor flavor. i'll plumaged and !
UNDER ized-none such as grace the |
American board on Thanksgiving day. |
Miss Page read Of the turkey situa-
ton abroad. in our Pacific colony; |
studied up the turkey industry and |
started for the island OF Manila to raise |
That she will succeed there |
is little doubt.
The only thing that stands in the |
way of the permanent success OF these |
two women farmers is the fact that |
they are young and pretty. and there |
are many marriageable men in the is |
lands Maybe they will remain girl |
bachelors, but the chances are that |
they will marry before the first is over |
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