AGRICULTURE FOR WOMEN.

Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 98, 22 October 1898, Page 2 (Supplement)

AGRICULTURE FOR WOMEN.

The Countess of Warwick is about to make an interesting 1 experiment, and one that is likely, if it meets with success, to have an appreciable effect upon agriculture in England. Lady Warwick's idea is that it would be useful to form sefctjements of women in different parts of the country for the cultivation of the land, and thus enable them to add to their incomes by the sale of fruit, flowers, veg-etables, poultry, eggs, honey, &c, the produce of their gardens and poultry runs. In the present state of keen competition success falls chiefly, if not entirely, to the ' trained capacity ' and organised worker. Those women, therefore, who propose to embark seriously in such an enterprise must first qualify themselves for the work. The Hostel, which Lady Warwick hopes to open this month in connection with Reading College, will bean institution where such qualifications may be obtained. It will be founded for the definite purpose of enabling women over the age of 16 to obtain a thorough training (theoretical and practical) in the lighter branches of agriculture, including bee and poultry keeping, and dairy work. The Council of Reading College has consented to provide the necessary courses of instruction, and to recognise the Countess of Warwick's Hostel as a place of residence for women students. The grounds of the hostel will afford room for practical work. The full courso of instruction will extend over two years, but students who wish to do so may join the short courses and speoial classes.