CHAPTER VI 



WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENTS 

 IN the preceding sections the work which The housing 



., ... . r .. ,. question 



women can do, and the possibilities or liveli- 

 hood, have been discussed at considerable 

 length, and now in conclusion it is but right 

 and proper that the question of housing 

 our agricultural sisters should occupy our 

 thoughts. They must live close to, or 

 amidst their work ; and it is certain there- 

 fore that cottages will have to be built for 

 them, since already in the country these are 

 all too few for the present population, and 

 many of the existing ones hardly deserve 

 the name of a living place. 



When the Lady Warwick Agricultural Agricultural 



Scheme for Women was first initiated, this 



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