WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE 



to whom was awarded a scholarship of the Farm 

 and Garden Association. Here is a young enthu- 

 siast in this department of agriculture writing 

 from the farm in New York State where she has 

 been at work. "I do hope you will be successful 

 in raising the necessary funds, I am so anxious to 

 go to school; with the practical experience I have 

 had with sheep, cattle, horses, and pigs, a short 

 course will be a great benefit. Aside from my per- 

 sonal tastes, I think the time is upon us now when 

 women are needed who have both the theoretical 

 and practical training in the various branches of 

 animal husbandry. It is just as important that 

 there be meat, and wool, and hides as it is to have 

 vegetables and fruit." Two of our members have 

 acted as caretakers of country places during the 

 winter; and there is a call now for next winter 

 where the position may prove permanent, result- 

 ing in the building up of a commercial nursery 

 plant and large vegetable-garden. 



Last of all, rural-school teachers are needed who 

 can teach agriculture, living in a community which 

 allows them a small place from which some income 

 can be derived, or who can take charge of agricul- 

 tural work in all schools in a town or county. 

 Very few women are doing this. A few weeks ago 



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