Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-25
ARE WOMEN FARMERS 81.
ny FREDERIC J. HAsIkIN

to live In the outdoors rather than in
doors? And-you have often heard the
representative you the "patience" to
make things grow? There Is talent
In this as In everything else.
The most important problem the
would-be farmer over has to face IL
buying his farm. Numerous real es-
tate sharks must be met and dealt
with-the type Is legion and In many
instances 1t will be dificult to tell
whether farm is really good or not.
You must know what land is worth
IN particular locality; you must BIO
aole 10 estimate the present rate of
production, and you must know the
Vaiue OF tho various farming appur-
tenances. such as the barn, poultry
mousse pasture, water supply and farm
lmplements. One woman bought
farm once and afterwards found that
II contained no water. She sad to
nave all tho water carried from a
heighboring farm until she could have
well dug. Another woman who
bought farm on very small margin
% capitai found that the roof Of the
mouse leaked; the poultry house was
railing to pieces and that what was
supposed to be tho pasture contained
many undesirable trees but not a blada
OF grass.
Professor Spillman always gives IN,
same advice to every one, both men
ana women, In buying a farm. He
suggests that they work on a farm
Tor couple OF months in order tn
gain the necessary experience. After
that. they viii know u poultry honsa
when they see It, and know what to
expect OF farm.
Must Learn to Market.
After learning the business Of nro.
duction there is still another bu.inss.
20 pc learned by the successful akri-
eultur'St- That is marketing. How.
where and when will you market 80
goods? The successful farmsr ~.
usually mastered the secret Of this
business. which is attractiyene.s--
not In the business, but tho pood,
40 tho man or woman who sends
aetraceiVe goods TO market who reans
tne greatest profit A couple of yeas
$40 there was tremendous over
pIouuction OF peaches. In the mar
49,. - .he eastern coast and middle
ees. crates OF hrm ripe peaches sold
al ~ cents crate. Hundreds NJ 49,
!ars were lost One farmers as.ocia.
.!oh' however, determined not To eel,
us peach crop at that ridiculous nr,c.
me farmers got together. packcd
,neir peaches In tissue paper, nut then
IN attractive boxes such as are usea
paeHlhe oranges on the Pacific
coast and marked them $l.s5 hor
they sold every box. The
peaches' carelcssly packed, were Tire,
away because people would NOT hn.
'nem at 10 cents a crate.
ms secret OF making thinrs attr,c-
i've Tor the consumer Is USUALLY wsI,
$1,000 oy the average woman. -
instead of dressed meat, tho woman IT,
s so !armeF would doubtless take her
COWS TO market looking $40 haod
man. uefeo oy
The statement 10 often heard ,,,,
women cannot succeed nj f.rmin. mat
coufe they cannot got men hired hand.
10 work for them. This sounds 80
sonaoie In theory. but has not proved
true IN practice. Women ranch owner.
aau farmers all over the country. ac-
cording to the Department Of AG,,c,,i-
ture. have no moro trouble obtsinine
msie labor than do men farmers
ihe'e 10 woman who owns a large
"heae Iarm. comprising 10000 acres.
%. ga the racific Coast. She is known an
Of wheat averages pront ~ hats
10000 and $4,000 year. There 4.
never any delay or trouble concern,n.
ieoor: The majority Of the work on
her ,arm Is done by steam, but there
1 are also several men who do not feel the
the biggest wheat farms in the countrv
even though II Is owned and manar.I
by woman.
Did Not Want to Grow yyh.,+
An interesting feature Of tho "wh.o,
queens" story Is that as n very young
Eirl she did not want to grow wheat az
All. That was her fathers business,
sne wanted to be an artist, and ar- is
"nat ehe studied at the State agricul-
tnral school But the Wheat Queen
discovered that tho cities were Allied
with artists who could sketch great
deal better than she could. 80 she went
PACK TO the farm, For two years she
taught the children OF the surrounding
farms how to sketch. but at the same
time she watched the various working
processes going forward on her fathers
farm When he died. she took over jts
amusement and has boen running IL
efficiently ever since,