WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE 



stock breeding, spotted Poland China hogs; Mrs. 

 Charles H. Hunger, Duluth, Minnesota, farming; 

 Mrs. D. W. C. Ruff, St. Paul, Minnesota, phlox, 

 gladioli, peonies, dahlias, has published. We have 

 a member in New York State who raises willows 

 for baskets; we have goat-farmers, chicken-raisers, 

 sheep and cattle experts; we have women truck- 

 gardeners, whose work has been conspicuous, and 

 many women landscape-gardeners and fine flower- 

 gardeners are among our members. 



Perhaps, however, I should bring to a close my 

 panegyric on the Woman's National Farm and 

 Garden Association, and proceed to discuss in de- 

 tail the effectiveness of its relations to vocations 

 for women in agriculture. Since one of our activi- 

 ties in the association is the providing of a bureau 

 of information for women's agricultural interests, 

 what more natural than for the society's president 

 to turn thither for help when considering this sub- 

 ject? Miss Webb, the executive secretary, has 

 given me the following facts, which are here re- 

 peated as received. 



"My experience," writes Miss Webb, "shows 

 that opportunities for women in agriculture have 

 increased in recent years at least as rapidly as the 

 supply of well-trained women. The number of 



