Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-04-03
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE.
A Market Gardener Predicts Success
full Future for Them.

A Market Gardener Predicts a Success. !
full Futnre for Them.
Concerning the outdoor occupations
for women which have lately attained
a wholesome popularity and are goir g
to rescue women from their nerve, Miss
Mary E. Cutler, who is herself one of
the most successful market gardeners
in Massachusetts, speaks most encour-
agingly.
Raising flowers in green houses for
market is profession for which wo-
men are proving themselves especial
ly adapted" she says in the Boston
Transcript. ut is business that has
to be learned like any other, but with
a little experience. added to natural
q qualification, such as perseverance.
energy and common sense, one is sure
to succeed. The plant 1 own and am
running at the present time was start
ed on $3.50, and have built up large,
well paying business. Given an acre
of land, the first requisite, of course, is
a green house. A modest one can he
built for 800. and rough heating ap.
paratus can be put in for $50. The
cost of plant and seeds is slight. and
other expenses, 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 veg
etable houss the tables can be filled
| with lettuce, cucumbers or tomatoes,
while rhubarb and mushrooms can be
grown on the ground underneath. A
good head for planning is necessity,
and no time must be wasted betw eeI
crops.
1.-The demand and supply for carna
tion pinks were never so great as at thu
present time. Women all over thu
! country are raising these ith grea
success. l am engaged in CROWN!
pinks, and grow them for profit as wei
for pleasure. Miss Taylor, florist o
Milford, Mass, has two carnatior
houses, one 10 by 81 feet, another 81 b.
20 feet. She gives all her time to th
work, propagating and growing be
own stock and caring for the houses
She has found a market for everything
in her own town, which is much NOR
profitable than selling on commission
, She has perfect health, enjoys her work
and supports her father and mother
In these progressive times the handl
of the agricultural tool is coming t.
know the grasp Of the woman's han'
. almost as well as the needle OF tn
broom, and many women are MAXIM
regulations as farmers ofprogress.
Among the agriculturists are wives
widows and maidens; women who hav
begun with small means, women o
wealth who have entered the ranks fC
the pleasure they could get out of
or for philanthropic purposes. The,
are cultivating thousands of acres, us
ing the steam engine as ploughman
The majority conduct farms of NOR
! than a hundred acres, while few al
I contented with a single acre, depend
= ing on the spade and hoe.
Poultry culture and the cultivatio
of tomatoes are other remuneratiy
2 lines which are being pursued by VIC
r men; and even college training is foun
of service, for education and brain
are needed in the business. Two youn
women in Compton, r. l., are example
of college graduates going directly in
to outdoor work. These women saw
change to make money by supplyin
Viewpoints epicures with daintief
Their Spring lamb, young geese, an
dollhouse grapes bring fancy prices
and there isn't an 'ology'. that the
studied but contributes in some wa
to their success.
but if a woman decides to take u
flower andivegetable. culture as pre-
fession she ought, if it be possible, t
fit herself for it by a previous course c
study in some agricultural college; sh
should be familiar with botany an
chemistry. If she has chance to travt
and study the fora of other countries
she has the greater chance of maxim
a name for herself. Miss Myra DOCK
of Philadelphia. is an illustration
She was sent by the park commission
ers to study the park system in Europe
Trees should be studied as well as lane
cape gardening. Perhaps some da
! women may be park commissioner
and parks to-day show the need of som
lnAW element in that denartmant {