MONEY IN HERBS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3276, 26 June 1917, Page 1

MONEY IN HERBS.

I Melbourne, Juno 14. There is in Victoria a niaii wh; makes a, profit of over £600 per an mini by growing the thyme, sage, am marjoram which :is used to novoir sausages, black puddings, and otht- " commodities of the kind. This irifor ' illation was given yesterday .afternooi at a meeting of the Housewives' sociation, the members of which hai met at the Town Hall with a view <. , supporting the thrift campaign and tr ' receive suggest ions as to how econoni. in living could be studied. Aecordir. to Miss Evans (Balla.rat), who d- , scribed the herb farm kept by i\! Morgan at Napoleon, near IJallaia• the culture of herbs would, in tli< hands of capable women, be a fain' lucrative one, and, considering tlu , . ii was an out of door industry, i would not entail much demand <■■ one's strength. Mr Morgan practically commands the herb-growing ii Justry of the Commonwealth, and ]i. leelares that he cannot supply any thing like the amount of thyme, sag: , iind marjoram which the butcherin,'trade alone demands. Thirty year, ago he was himself a butcher am ! grew such herbs as lie required in hi. own business, but he found there wa • more money in his garden than in hi. ■ shop. This successful grower, sak Miss Evans, considered the industry one peculiarly suited to women wht are equipped with brains, patience/ and energy. Not much land is reqnired. and it need not be rich, and on< acre would probably be found to yielc a fair return.