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house for apples, 140 letters from buyers and sellers were 

 received in one day. Between 300 and 400 cars of apples 

 were sold through this department of the extension divi- 

 sion last fall. Since then plans for the organization of 

 the co-operative bureau have been under way. 



An illustration of what women may accomplish in mar- 

 keting produce is furnished by the experience of a mother 

 and daughter who own 40 acres near a provincial town in 

 the central west. The entire responsibility for the man- 

 agement of the place and the care of the family fell to 

 their lot recently, owing to the protracted illness of the 

 husband and father. 



The following table will show in itself about how the 

 farm is divided as to crops, fruits, pasturage, and the way 

 the work is diversified. The figures represent one year's 

 gross earnings : 



Milk from ten cows $1,400 



Three hundred pounds honey, at 20 cents 60 



Ten hogs fattened, at eleven months 225 



Eggs from 200 hens 240 



Fruit and vegetables 160 



Surplus poultry sold 75 



$2,160 



About $600 may be deducted from this total for wages, 

 groceries, repairs and mill feed ; but their apiary, orchard 

 and dairy herd are worth several hundred dollars more 

 than at the beginning of the year. 



These women have their horse and carriage, and par- 

 ticipate in most of the social affairs of the neighborhood. 

 Their life is not all work, but is strenuous enough even 

 for these days, when there is a premium set on people 

 who do things. 



They say that if they were farther from town, and 

 could not have private customers for their produce, they 



