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7. Income: The earnings of the occupation are very uncertain, 

 being large at times and perhaps very small or nothing at all 

 at other times. Men employed upon fishing boats usually share 

 pro rata in the profits of fishing trips. 



8. Effect on the worker : The fisherman usually becomes bronzed, 

 hardy, and self-reliant, used to exposure and privation. 



9. References: 



Bishop, A. L., and Keller, A. G. Industry and Trade, chap, xii, 



fisheries. 



Giles, F. M., and I. K. Vocational Civics, 55-58, fisheries. 

 Gordon, Mrs. Ogilvie. A Handbook of Employments, 8089, 



fishing industry. 

 Kober, G. M., and Hanson, W. C. Diseases of Occupation 



and Vocational Hygiene, 689 and 690, the fish industry. 

 New York State College of Agriculture. Farm Fishpond. 

 Smith, J. R. Commerce and Industry, chap, vi, fisheries. 



5. THE FLORIST 



1. Importance: The term florist is used here to mean the pro- 

 prietor of a flower garden or greenhouse; it may elsewhere 

 mean a dealer in flowers or a shop keeper. Besides the great 

 pleasure that the cultivation and use of flowers have always 

 given, their culture has become an industry of high social value 

 in recent years, thousands of dollars being spent annually for 

 them, especially in the cities. 



2. Work done : The work of the flower gardener is much like that 

 of the vegetable gardener. It consists of studying soils, ferti- 

 lizers, seeds, and scientific methods of floriculture; planting, 

 weeding, watering, spraying; gathering flowers, packing, mak- 

 ing up orders, and preparing floral designs; selling to dealers 

 or in one's own shop. 



3. Advantages: The pleasures of raising flowers; the benefits of 

 an out-door employment; the light nature of most of the work 

 of the flower garden; the large profits possible in large com- 

 munities; the permanency of employment for the skilled 

 worker; service in an occupation that brings so much happi- 

 ness to people in general and especially to the sick in the home 

 or hospital. 



