WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE 



kinds. Briefly summarized, the statements made 

 by these farm women show the following as offer- 

 ing special opportunities for women: beekeeping, 

 dairying, horticulture (including both flowers and 

 ornamental plants), truck-gardening (either general 

 or with specialties such as asparagus, etc.), small 

 fruits, hay, and seed. "Several women," writes 

 Miss Hirth, "strongly urged general farming; a 

 number urged quite as strongly against it. One 

 woman stated that she could never have made a 

 success of general farming if she had not at the 

 same time carried on one or two specialties which 

 kept the general farm going during the lean years. 

 In general, they point out the fact that the type 

 of farm must depend to a considerable extent 

 upon marketing conditions, source of labor, sup- 

 ply, and other factors which have little or nothing 

 to do with the actual ability of the woman herself. 

 The chances of success are good in all the lines of 

 agriculture mentioned above." 



In that report, published in May, 1919, out of 

 forty-six pages it is interesting to notice that three 

 are devoted to library work, three to scientific 

 work, seven to social work, while agriculture as a 

 vocation for women has but a page and a half. 

 More than a year has passed since this report was 



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