MARKET GARDENING n 



of Lady Warwick's future great work for 

 women in connection with agriculture, and 

 it led to the founding of her Hostel in 1898, 

 and to the Agricultural Association for 

 Women a year later. 



There are many reasons to induce women Reasons why 



. women 



to take up Market Gardening and other should take 

 Light Branches of Agriculture. First, be- occupations 

 cause if they are fitted for it the life is a 

 most healthy one, and improves their physical 

 condition enormously. Second, it can be made 

 a means of livelihood, and those who go in 

 for it heartily under the present and future 

 advantages to be offered in Small Holdings, 

 may in time become possessors of their own 

 homes and freehold properties. Third, they 

 will help the country and add to the revenue 

 by producing for home consumption those 

 things which are now looked upon almost as 

 necessaries of life, such as eggs, poultry, 

 butter, cream, cheese, fresh fruit, vegetables, 

 jam, bottled fruits, etc., etc. 



Furthermore, the advent of cultivated 



