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was singularly successful. Her products obtained 

 a high reputation, and all that she could make was 

 readily disposed of. The business was profitable, as 

 was shown by her making repeated payments 

 toward freeing her farm from debt. When the 

 great army demand for blackberry syrup sprung up 

 in 1861, she supplied vast quantities at high prices. 

 This demand increased yearly as the war continued, 

 but she enlarged her supply, obtaining higher pri 

 ces each year, until, in 1864, after seven years of 

 energetic devotion to her farm, she paid off the last 

 dollar of the debt by which it had been encum 

 bered. This woman now owns an unhampered 

 homestead, and is carrying on a highly profitable 

 business, made up of items which the majority of 

 cultivators consider of no commercial value. Hav 

 ing the sagacity to discover their availability, and 

 the skill and energy to develope it, she has had an 

 abundant reward. 



There are numerous cases of American women 

 who have been, and who still are equally successful 

 in the management of farms. In England, the de 

 votion of women to agricultural pursuits is even 

 more general and thorough than with us. Mr. 

 Holcomb, in his address before the Maryland State 

 Agricultural Society, relates the following incident 

 as showing the thorough knowledge possessed by 

 some English women on these subjects. 



&quot; I cannot but relate a casual interview I chanced to 

 have with an English lady in going up in the train from 

 London to York. Her husband had bought a book at the 



