The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-28
turing at one time. that thu profits

turing at one time. that the profits
are rapidly consumed.
If a woman will select one or q
| few specialties, such as asparagus,
strawberries. melons. the cantaloupe,
celery. artichokes, all kinds of let
tuce and salad luxuries, fine varieties
of which are found only on the tables
of the rich. and will carefully. i'm.
prove in quality and delicacy to their
greater perfection, the labor required
is less and the profits are greater.
Should she be able to add q small
greenhouse lettuce. onions. radishes
and mushrooms. and even cucumbers
will furnish good revenue in the
winter months. with an opportunity
to add to these violet culture or some
variety of Horticulture in which won.
en- have ever been most successful
l know an enterprising woman who
connected by hot water pipes small
greenhouse to her kitchen stove or
range. and made quite a little sum of
money. l know another who has
made good living raising only young
onions and mint for the clubs and
restaurants of one of our large cities.
l know one who when left widow
with five children and small peach
farm covered we'll with good healthy
mortgage. put her strength anil gccd
sense to this cherries outlook. and
today her sons are we'll to do or in
good positions. her daughters are in
their homes. and she still Is adding
to her sum for the rainy day" Of old
age. while tho farm is relieved of its
mortgage and produces finer peaches
since the mortgage was lifted.
Quality rather than quantity to-day
plays an important part in the sue
cess and profit of market gardening,
as one can command better price
for perfect product attractfvely pre-.
sented than great quantity which
prepare for market. and so must he
sold at the lowest price.
This. too. is another point In which
women arc more apt to succeed than
men as market gardeners-thc appre-
citation of necessity of attractiveness
Of ones produce. First, cleanliness
is very Important: then il the vege.
tables arc of uniform size and punched
or tied in bundles of careful exactness
and put into baskets or boxes in reg
ular arrangements. they will attract
the eye of the buyer and often. if not
always. command higher prices.
These are the smaller details WON.
an quickly grasps and which. if close.
~ adhered to. will promote her sue
cess.
While these small points will fur
ther her success woman must have
practical business ideas or must post
herself fully ON the actual value Of
labor. machinery and materials and
necessary expenses of carrying on the
work Of farm: for regret to say
that men are apt to presume upon
her Ignorance in such matters and
her purse pays the penalty.
in farming VINO undertakes the work
solely from sense of duty or as a
last resort. She must have Il certain
love or taste for the life or it's bur.
dens will prove most irksome and the
result be very unsatisfactory. With
love of nature. of animals and free.
dom of outdoor life. with determine.
ton and perseverance and a willing
ness to study agriculture with the
same thoroughness one would any
other study. there is every chance for
women to achieve Il pronounced and
enviable success as farmers and have
opened to them the greatest blessings
and pleasures God has put into life.