Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-16
AS ONE WOMAN SEES 1T
School Of Horticulture at Amber ls
Making the Slogan "6ack to the
Land" a More Hopeful One
for Women
BY SARAH ID. LONyRIE

sohooi ~ tIo.t;a,,i.'s.s -. ,,Lias
for nearlv TON raors now. and On, rerr od.
nirins nf tbo nimcl IVA anu ouso,ar,n a. ud
roaI counon sense tha. u"h ~. hoor sho,, "hw NV
those rbo ore resnonsihio sor /, '"yT" hos ny
m,Jo y ,,oce fn. ;too,f n ,oni h,,si,oss
nrono.;, ;nn o,, n aoni5od fa,ow sou q, om tL;s
rovptrvs side, Porbans nv an ox,crincnt IN
the raising of fruit and flowers and vcgeta.
one ocrss sbonid ho na;thnr rorv 10 nron;t;oy.
as to soil or cxnosurc The nnpiis arc nor
likely. MT least in their future work as gar.
deners on other estates to have ne JiaiouIt
condit;ons 70 mako The host of Apapt from
tSe very clayev natnre of the soil and tbe
wind .swent exnogre of tho garden the
nlnce 10 admirable both as 70 location and
management has supplied whatever the origi-
nal plant lacked either in charm or reason
able convenience.
T OBSERVE that the farm ut Amber
L about PAYS for itself and that the main
,enance OF the greenhouse for experimental
ton the bees and the jam kitchen and the
poultry yards cost about $1,000. which cost
Is covered by the sale of produce Of the jam
kitchen, the honey and the poultry. APP
parently by the thrifty management Of the
head drectress and her staff. the board OF
the pupils and the general maintenance are
covered by the board and tuition fees. The
school earnings are, however, not vet paying
the salaries Of the S0000-which
amount has to he raised. together with the
interest on the mortgage and loans, which
total $50. 1000. 1t looks as though the trus-
tees must have to raise about $4,000 each
year to cover salaries and interest on loans.
At present about twenty pupils and the
faculty can be accommodated in the school
buildings. | should say 500 would see a
student through the year-say $1,000 count
ing working clothes, pocket money and
board. tuition and laundry and carfare there
and back If she has any talent for the
work she ought to get more than that the
first year she starts out on her career either
as worker or teacher or supervisor. That
is. she will stand better chance at better
paid job than most clergymer. many teachers
and some clerical workers.
TIME slogan. Back 10 the land" is A
| n,ucL more nroct;col ono for rop,or
ih,n Il corId harn bcon beforo tbc days of
eioctric;tv AND Fords and sncSiaii1ed crons
and Intensive ruItivation and canning
Litcbons ''
II is nerfcctIv nossible for n womo, n
n,ant ord 70 crI,ivote md to utiIizc hcr
own vcretohIa GARDEN Woman cnn grow
and liz and csn small frnit crons.
herrias currants cberries ncarbes otc
Womcn can raise nonItry and keen bces
ilhcE can MAKE grpaI DuSiHess OF green
.o"su .u.tulc WIN tn'pao!Su "ooi anu az.
"iooor ~ ~ tLi 49,. , " p;oi
a,ro;n ;rbo tiIiino ,hinn 49,. ..bnssi, a.
Al. Io.l,' r., ,,,,,.,ao r.. IL. =.
oioan bo daint ~ III, t"S
hnin so,n' o,i tha "tns
nbiidro, ond .orL;nn 20 tbo ,,orItvr ,oro' "
,ahIn ardam ord ,n;n hos;do Thas -,
f"Ins th ,, umu 81 psS '',I 49, u1 not
n,on ,.on,on Io No. do n,onr of tIo,, 49,,
moro have n drag woter in iron, n weli ar
stoon nvor butter.matino In snr;rshnrso
~, a,r,h Loorr o,nthos h",Ip n .La;.
motbcrs did bn, even wiz e,"ctr;c wosbers ,hers
and cburns milk sonorators and inIoor
daughicr ,o follow in ber footstcns even for
love II can bc made eosier br inst sncb
schools as this at Ambler, where the raising
of crons thar can no made 10 nav without
breaking tho courage is nracticaiIv tamsht
great art of 20 opcration Is made an erery-
day object lesson-a canning kitchen Tor
the whole neighborhood. A migratory neigh.
borhood harvesting or planting croup' a
tive selling and purchasing ocencv a com.
munity laundry. n change Of meal hours
with a put-up lunch Mt midday and the
heavy meal after The heavy work is done
such as most continental agriculturists have
always had
T WAS talking to some Chester Valley
= people out near Downingtown TODAY
The wife OF one farmer told me thev wcrc
getting six cents n quart for milk wholesale.
been feeding their calves 10 sell for veal. but
veal wholesale on the hoof --- brought in
only twenty six cents n pound. although in
the market il was nearer sixty right up there
in Coatesville parkesburg. etc | thought
well, there is one way' madam that Won
have NOT improved on your grandmotber'
Those calves would have been bmtrhereJ On
the farm and she would have gone in to
behind staIl and sold her eggs and hmt,cr
and cheese While he sold the veal ''''''
VENTURE 70 say that a graduate or
,n,h,or wor,d do ,hat v.i,, H." ''".r ..no.. y,
.imnIirjtv and cpiovment bav;nv ; ftS"t"SI ionrnHJ
bm"incsY os relI ne thc art of oro,|;n ,i, ",u
%Irims hcr corrsc II strikos so ,boss mIgs
IN that school and in The bovs' snbnnI mT"oS y,
"a Una" S,"oU, nd anu ~ n,hor =. ,me T''S hchool al
,ho",h '' ns rct beIjeve tbere ora E,n'-
tbo;ne r;nd n,orov ,vel, ;nHos,"d iTM ol
.hhe'' .he .nnhior Schnn, is oh,e soo. nope nope
ane Hn.D' n. s 80 ,,'o.t,.no Sy I'm ~ hIoole
h"as Pai VI icr nv ihc NCiplhe Tor