The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-09
WOMAN MARKET GARDENERS
RemuneratIve Outdoor Occupation Which
VIII Rescue Women from

VIII Rescue women from
Their Nerves.
Concerning the outdoor occupations for
women which have lately attained a.
wholesome popularity and are going to res
cue women from their nerves, Miss Mary
E. Cutler, who is herself one of the most
successful market gardeners in Massachu-
sets, speaks most encouragingly.
Raising flowers in greenhouses for mar
ket is a profession for which women are
proving themselves especially adapted"
she says. ut is business that has to
be learned, like any other, but with little
experience, added to natural qualification,
such as perseverance, energy and common
sense, one is sure to succeed. The plant
own and am running at the present tins
was started on $3.50, and 1 have built up
| a large, well paying business. Given an
acre of land, the first requisite. of course.
| is a greenhouse. A modest one can be
built for 500, and a rough heating ap-
paratus can be put in for $50. The cost
of plant and seeds is slight, and other ex-
penses, such as tools, fertilizers, cold
frames for starting the plants, etc., would
amount to little on so small scale. The
secret of success is to utilize every inch
of space In a vegetable house the tables
can be filled with lettuce, cucumbers or
tomatoes, while rhubarb and mushrooms
lean be grown on the ground underneath.
| A good head for planning is a necessity,
and no time must be wasted between crops.
l 1.-The demand and supply for carnation
pinks were never so great as at the pres
| emit time. Women all over the country
are raising these with great success: 1
1 am engaged in growing pinks. and grow
I them for profit as well as pleasure. Miss
4 Taylor. florist Of Milford. Mass. has
two carna ton houses, one 1sx37 feet, an
other s7x26 feet. She gives all her time
to the work. propagating and growing her
own stock and caring for the houses. She
has found market for everything in her
1 own town, which is much more BILE
Il than selling on commission. She has per-
/ feet health enjoys her work, and sup
4 ports her father and mother. In these
J. progressive times the handle of the ag-
ricultural tool is coming to know the
grasp of the woman's hand almost as well
as the needle or the broom, and many
women are making regulations as farm
ers of progress.
Among the agriculturalists are wives.
widows and maidens; women who have
begun with small means, women OF
wealth who have entered the ranks for
the pleasure they could get out of it or for
philanthropic purposes. They are cnlti-
waiting thousands of acres, using the
steam engine as a ploughman. The ma
Il jority conduct farms of more than hun.
dred acres, while a few are contented
q with a single acre. depending on the spade
II and hoe.
Poultry culture and the cultivation OF
tomatoes and other rernunerative lines
|, which are being pursued by women; and
even college training. is found of service.
for education and brains are needed in
the business. The young women in
Compton, r. l.. are examples OF college
graduates going directly into outdoor
work These women saw q, chance to
make money by supplying Newport's cpl
; cures with dainties. Their spring lamb.
young geese and dollhouse grapes bring
fancy prices, and there isn't on .ology
, that they studied but contributes in some
way to their success
; But if a woman decides to take up
, flower and vegetable culture as profes-
sion, she ought, if it be possible, to fit
, herself for it by a previous course. of study
} in some agricultural college; she should
: be familiar. with botany and chemistry.
If she has chance to travel and study the
) flora Of other countries. she has the great
5 er chance of making name for herself.
Miss Myra Dock of Philadelphia, is an
, illustration. She was sent by the park
5 commissioner to study the park system
lin Europe Trees should be studied as
well as landscape gardening Perhaps
some day women may be park COM
{ missioners, and parks to-day show the
! need of some new element in that depart
: ment of civic life.