The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-29
TWO YANKEE GIRLS
IN THE COLONIES.
One Is Raising Turkeys in the Philippines
and the Other Is Setting Out Straw.
berry Plants and Both Ex.
pect to Get Rich.
rnAwpEnnrEs are selling a

~ TRAwBERRIEs are selling at
((A $3.50 per pint and they are
canned at thatv
- 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 re-
manned shut. she pictured such visions OF
life in the Philippines as caused her fami-
ly to utter ordinations of untold sur
prise.
II am going to Manila. mother" an
nounced Miss Agnes at dinner that day,
land when l come back will bring
fortune with me- Now | am only plain
Agnes Slocum; but when ! return IL viii
be as Miss Slocum. the millionaire plant
er!''
IL takes a good deal to surprise q Ver-
mont farmer, but Farmer Slocum and his
wife and the rest of the Slocum family
were amazed when Miss Agnes unfolded
her plans.
She intended to go to the Philippine
islands with trunk and packing box;
the former to contain her wardrobe, the
latter TO transport large stock Of straw
berry plants. 1T is neither too hot nor
too wet for them there" announced she.
for have studied 1t up. and next season
I shall have all the Strawberries they can
eat In Manila and Luzon and maybe
enough to send to the sultan OF Suiu. |
do not know where L shall locates- but
most likely l shall select nice rolling
piece OF land back of Bacolod and here.
where the soil is well drained. shall
pillow, and make out my rows then the
little plants will be carefully set In, one
by one, and another season they will be
loaded with berries. What shall l charge
per quart? That depends. As much as
can get for them,
To Make Her Fortune.
Well. after some consultation. Miss Slo-
cum started out with $500 which she
thought would be more than sufficient for
her needs for year and the good wishes
OF her friends.
That was early In the present year. The
first letter received from Miss Slocum.
planter, reported that she had secured
two acres of excellent land. not far from
Bacolod. and that she had set out her
tiny points and was waiting for them 10
grow. They were doing remarkably well
for the first season. as few OF them had
died
Miss Siocum added that the demand for
fresh American berries was much great
err 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 roots and extend her
farm of some dimensions. The idea Of
setting out the plants and holding hack
portions of them to assure continuous
crop had entered her mind and might be
successfully worked.
Grace Elliott Page Ii the name OF an
other young girl who Is trying hcr for
tunes in the Philippines She II also a
New Englander. a Maine girl and her
dream was to raise turkeys In the Phil
ippine islands.
AS the weather is very favorable part
OF the year. and as the turkeys only need
to have shelter provided for them during
the rainy season. she saw no reason why
they should not thrive on the Pacific
coast as well along the coast of the
Atlantic, and for demand. there was no
question about that. An American turkey
In the Philippines. a plump. yellow iegeed
Thanksgiving turkey. brings its price
every time.
The Price OF Tuvkeys.
According 20 her calculations every
turkey will be worth IS 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
a cargo OF turkey eggs. two incuhafors
and 100 live he,u Her idea IA 10 divide
the labor OF Matching the turkeys br-
tween the hens and the incubators and