A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



women who are taking up agriculture as a voca- 

 tion is increasing more rapidly than it would have 

 if women had not gone into this work for patriotic 

 motives during the war. Now many of these 

 women are not content to work indoors, and are 

 fitting themselves by training and practical experi- 

 ence to take up some form of agriculture as a voca- 

 tion. These women are successful as assistants, 

 but have not had suflBcient experience to fit them 

 for the better positions. 



"In spite of the greatly increased nimiber of 

 women workers, there are not enough women to 

 fill the demands for assistants, and there is stUl a 

 lack of well-trained women for the more responsi- 

 ble positions. Farm units in fruit sections are still 

 made up largely of inexperienced workers; farms 

 and estates sometimes will take girls with little or 

 no experience if it is a choice between these and 

 no help at all, but the general call is for women 

 with suitable qualifications, as follows: 



"1. Physical strength to work eight hours a day 

 without becoming exhausted. This means, as a rule, 

 that the girl must have done this one or two 

 seasons, and has her muscles in good condition. 



"2. Experience in ordinary farm or garden opera- 

 tions: planting, hoeing, weeding — in some cases 



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