70 OBSERVATIONS OF A RANCHWOMAN 



by consultations with small ranchers, led me 

 to this conclusion. More especially is this 

 true of early vegetables to be shipped to 

 distant northern points. The cost of trans- 

 portation as borne by three persons instead 

 of one the high prices obtained for the pro- 

 duce these are self-evident facts. There is 

 comparatively little hot-bed work done in 

 this neighbourhood at present, and the early 

 vegetable culture, which should feel encour- 

 aged by the perpetual sunshine, languishes 

 without fitting excuse. 



But here, lest love of my profession should 

 lead me into discourse suitable rather for a 

 Farmers' Institute than for these pages, I stay 

 my too ready pen. 



