i8a THE NEW AGRICULTURE. 



by breeding, the prospects of success would seen to be not 

 only fair, but flattering. 



The art of distillation is simplicity itself, and the process 

 of maceration and enfleurage may easily be learned. To know 

 what flowers to grow in a given locality and how to grow 

 them would, of course, require experiment, for indeed there is 

 a great variety of flowers which may be grown for their yield 

 of perfumery. People of small means deriving their sus- 

 tenance from other sources of income may, especially in favor- 

 able localities, wisely embark upon the business in a small 

 way, looking to the enlargement of their operations later on. 

 A woman might farm for perfumery when no other occupation 

 was available to her. 



The cultivation of the opium poppy and other drug plants, 

 the growing of chicory, of limes and of nuts, forest raising 

 for timber these and other interests suggest themselves in 

 connection with the present discussion ; but enough has already 

 been said to indicate the breadth of new opportunities which 

 still await the pioneer, if pioneer work be the kind which ap- 

 peals to the taste. Many of the interests suggested may be 

 inaugurated and carried on in connection with general farm- 

 ing, and one, the production of perfumery, should be widely 

 undertaken by the women folks of farming families. 



