| Show THE WOMAN IN THE ORCHARD The Following Paper Was Before the Utah Horticultural Convention This Thil Wack by Mrs Sarah J Konold of Springville r 11 never nevet been mr toI to I tinny III woman who had Aid yr ever run I h or emu t It poll a tle nl to In do en M What hat Uti Ill I can live alone aon thi line Ilan Ie 4 frOm my 0 own sa t the spring of 1100 It w was my mie mierl rl to be edit to battle battla In this 1 for tor and three ot I 1 L Of I nl one of 6 Mad and a IUD f I y yere of see I 1 WM was left Ift with t rAble 7 which It Ir 1 would w Uld enable mf me to tn tIe care for forI I bursae my mr and hv have am amI arse n for tor old age hut but If not ju JIt juI pL I I i ly invested would mean man a hard hardI I u us aU all aUr allt I t of r my bend advised m me to put at e lid UI II but I I could note not Ie how bow I 1 could w 11 v 1 easy street treet and nd jive my chU 01 II advantages I 11 was desirous of on Oil w a month II 11 r I do not t takes all n of the one ON J Len I for my adventure J f my mr plan and promised ir i I land h b would ooin t and lid tk harge of It for tor me although he heInl tet had had bad any experience along t 11 P line hating been a man maa kaa new to him himI I II a little more fortunate lm I tiro 1 care are of a small orchard or of ahl h It three 1 ace until It w was three thAle iI old thereby obtaining an In Into tb the work ork 1 huband had hadt t n 11 in 11 th the employ of the slid MId MIdI I a al 1 I very little through tin the hour so It fell to me to Me Ise that car I attended to This of great t value to me In lilY my new venture III n Ih tall of 1 1100 against tM the et d and rid all kind of evil io h of nf my many dear friend I de del lid Id to purchase e the farm fann known a arunm aa aaI l I Farm situated on the thea a two and a halt miles i nn the town n of It oon h d i ot of ao 30 aae of farming Id and lid hill over 10 acres acrea of f young orchard i HI ri HI r It Ju Just t starting to bear bate Un fJ the orchard spa 11 of the thO dd there bang about D l rt run and lid pear r tr trees L nr very soon that the WU was In 10 light I and nd but bot for appl apples and lid pears N Ihen 01 beng beille considerable lime stone atoll hale hal in the h orchard ground bUt for forI I rhea J I du 1 not think It can catl be sure ur urMy My leaches this year yearn n 0 per rl rent extras tin color tor and d Man an being very uniform and the orchArd Thoroughly of this fact tet I Ius us nry c ry de desirous of making It a Mae md orchard thereby enabling t I hI In carload Iota So o In 1914 1804 decided to make mak the change and pW t out nut all of lh the apples and lid pears 1 lau with tt 1 now pronounced ins reedy rr f t If I the infirm u Th 1 h that are neUTeR natives of ofu u h r did me a gnat t deal ot of d i L c th the first two yea year and Roo the rear the which the thet t r for the farmer oon m my aai 1 r right causing me a lone tedious ou and lx neiVe law suit At this U UI time timen I n n inde urged me to sill for lor what I mid 11 t before rore t i lost everything but buty butI I a y or I another I 1 could not Dot quite quit quits s I It that way Although terribly tile dla ago iiI at I till still pushed on 1111 for better result In the near lIr f num 1 t 1 won out on my water ash 11 I he things ben began to Wear a outlook td by Mother left kit Ih the farm the taU fall of Joe 1 Y I then hn took things In my own lewd the tY h hIi HI netted In 1 1909 over the themo mo running expense of tb the farm I 1 un here say y I plAid paid 6 1901 tot tor the I r funi put PUl about 2000 worth or of Imon Im ImI I on It and laet I Ii 0 I k ked it If 1 would not take for fortI tI My y friends now think Uw k In my 1 was a vry wlee wl One lat hat I 1 was wa a little not to seU MU heu I 1 had bad such uch a good but I amt 1101 that I want to re reap p same of the I h benefits or of my mJ long In Inn two n years au more tM the whole or of my or hard chard of et about 19 11 acre numbering K It I Get ow peach h tr trees will hi ho hear 1 In That will decide the W Nha I 1 or not Wow Mow Come lb the question I 1 It bl his for a woman tv to run nn An oba t t i ianswer answer I c yea I knew mw it IL Can oan be done don must and work no gnat t h on them There lir are e a few faw very to success Among them are the proper lo nd Id kind of soil for fruit desired and a good water right Th The ground mutt must be b carefully plowed and Tour lour stock toelt of tr t purchased pur chased from some om reliable nursery end nd carefully planted according to dl that corn com with same Ama you must mut study the habits habit of the t trees learn Im how bow to prune so 0 am to ah shape the the tre tree and make malto It not only a thin of beau t ty but have hava strong trong limbs to carry the burden of U tha harvest without break ing thereby ruining It for future service learn what pests pelt the they are sub Jert to and lid what will destroy tb those without Injury to 10 the fruit or tree and nd last lut but not Iut how to park and got get your Our fruit on to the market In first cl class shape with the tho least leut bl ble waste at and expense some will say ar it If we e all II knew this any of u could run an orchard They I Is learned I have found any 11 number ot of successful fruit grower row who are re always alway and glad eld to give elve any Information that I asked for also allo any that thy they thought would be Ii a benefit beDet to me Then there ther Is the BC Experiment t station where you can 11 pt get any amount of Information for the asking kine You will be lur surprised how quickly you will full lall In line and nd as the different thin things come orne alon along to tobe tobe be attend attended to you find Dd you are able to 10 meet th the demand Some may think It takes consider considerable able abl means meana to start such lIuch a proposition Uon tion th this of cou course depends largely upon the size Iee of the orchard An or orchard chard bard of three cre properly eared for will bring In a nice Income It will take about 1160 to Purchase three acres and set It out III this sum lum remember remember ber would only brill bring yoU 16 a year It if loaned out at 10 per cent PrIor to last lut year I have only had three acres c beu rl and nd In 1901 10 I had a full tull crop rOI and nd the net returns return were 1000 Laos 1 a third of a crop which netted 1676 and In spite of the great reat financial crisis ot of last It year on a little II less than of 4 acres erell I 1 realised about aboul 11 1 ro t per acre or a little Ie lees then than 10 50 a month for the year There are many wo women n who ho like myself have been n left With 1000 or more who have gone one Into the city where taxes IUN and ancS living are high and Invested nearly all U ot of their means mana In Ina a they have taken In orders ur or roomers when wb they are Wed tied from one week end nd to another over a cook serve or confined to sweeping wet pin 11 dusting and making beds within four walls wall And how bOil mallY young women alt It all day In some Ome office others over a sewing or stand b be behind hind some IOme counter until too weary wary to walk home bome Feeling that life is not worth the Ibe th crawl to their place or of ret rest too W d r in III mind and allI body to lo even ven enjoy enjo good sound road They ber me dead to the beau beauties u ties of nature and the only thing left lert UI to aPPEal to th them is III dress ant an this they must have bave even eYen If they Me have to the tbt body sad soul loul to obtain It All or of Ih this hard work what Hardly enough enouch to net get alo aloon along on from day to da day A day boat to them means meana aday a days pay pl I lost alas Iao Then the crisis worn or out physically and all mentally they most t with some 0 on they malT marry for tor love you say MY Sometimes but how wrY often for tor a home end ancS find out only too late their sad d mistake self sup supporting up porting independence on the th tart of women omen H one of the mot most nUal requirements for the betterment of the home and future or of the tho nation Any women men who can demand a salary of no 0 to 76 a month could In a few Y yam he independent and enjoy nJ lib In Its ItA t truest runt sense For a woman who has h children de depending pending U upon fm her rural life lite I Is th the ideal one fIone just near enough to a toW town lc 10 get benefits but not M 81 near that all 11 the children have to do U to slap t and are open tile the Street to 10 disappear Und God Only knows know white whre fN gray hair and many ny night up Ul in the vry rJ eutI become of nature It Is full tull of In to 0 them tied In return mm It gives color coltA to 10 the tha c cheek k strength to 0 tI the bod body find and above all purity to the lite mind and hd soul Willie I have always hired my at I hI enough 10 k know w If a woman women s 0 ode de I sired I d eh can do all the work except t sad 4 spraying In an n orchard of from I 9 to 10 a acres I until tour years old ohl then the pruning becomes ratter heavy As A for tor little an any woman can I learn to tift drive n tam and ride rill a cultivator or sulky I plow It I work one OliO grows OWl to 10 lo love I you Ou become ma as Interested in III the growth of your tree as yOu do In your Our child en I It Il Y to U the Ih that r rt re t seen I mevert IM ante act t the t real Il t t le it II hank ak for fOt a inn ItIn mint Instead In of living lit he II life I h hk here k hers you hi 10 out In the seat ol el tit ties me r eh ig tall lake k b tide ride on the Uti tot where you ou tIn ran enjoy ute the pure air see ad enjoy the beauties of et M nature titre eat every heAr the h sweet t tf song f el t Ute led birds and nd at t noon trout mUI yew ore aN reedy to enjoy your foUr meal IMI though fI ewe se plain to tn It rull ex Itt tali I yea may U tired but each rh weariness only 1 brings I sleep In U the DUh nn comes m the harvest th returns fur tor your labor there a w wn men nun nan lie do st many thing thin even n bete t ter than a II min then ta the th end aM grading and inspecting all very 1 sad vary T to 10 au sue cost No ro nuttier how nice your Our fruit It must be J graded and packed or your labor will avail I you I M have overseen Iha th In ot of am peeking done In my let tor HWn ears now p to doing this lear I J I will h here my I to prune prun toy lilY hUll hue band would lid of Mt net t until h he taught reo mn how and I an truthfully ay y t 1 a It With a 1 capital backed by careful j push puh and a deter I to he have nothing but the beet n u U there I is no rM reason why women should auld hot nl rank with th man I hi ful fruit Thor le III no real al 1 work to It ss to n nIh Ih the work that the lIMo avera average woman Who earns tn her own livelihood tM hits to sin 40 sinthe the work only lasts II bout about one or of the year r ue lad It Come eom at t intervals If the work ork is III hind dons must know when a Ial is done right rIh I bout about a the Ih time Ume It lN t to la lake to It and d he bel aide Ie to plan hl nand end Jd glee err ot Ire deri so IIO tie to blithe th the beet u use or of ofa a hiNd mess the Una Th The a man thinks woman II ell ca ellhIe hIe of an and training Ih the child and where will you and a 1 mom 0 Ie ten tender Ir der pistil on one that is II mUff more IWI l to tn dl slid pests that nerds M mo more candor and uld cant It ta takes a great deal more Intelli genus pata patience and perseverance It ItI works I greater er hardships both espy and nd mentally to III bring up UI the I hillS child It te mails I a leIa eft I |
