CHANCES FOR WOMEN COLONISTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 130, 3 June 1891, Page 4

CHANCES FOR WOMEN COLONISTS.

A London oprrespondenfc of the National Review give* some' ''hints' for the single Somen of the United Kingdom," by point* g on* the openings that there are for them In the oolonies, , In no great industry is the jp»pi<sity» fpr detail, distinotive of ihe female sex, "jnpre jequlred than in the cultivation, preserving, and . packing of fruits. Profits are. large, and the work by no means labojftWj'ds long is the horticulturist is oonteht with an orchard on a small soale, which, we prattle, would be the aim of sensible women, who' are not likely to ruin themselves with great undertakings, like tho mile sex , havo so often done. As in farming, a piece of land from 10 to 40 aores is a source of greater profit and pleasure than a blook Sf MOiotes. Tbere are 16,000 women eng&gaU'ia thb industry infthe United Btates. some tf them British. Why should not the same proportion exist in the British Empire r The field }6 praotically open, for the opposite sefc has shown little enterprise In the matter of horticulture, except in thcvcase, of jviticulture in New South Walw and viotoria, ? h ? r ? .V»* "W ftulfoannery in the whole of New Zsaland, ifor " have we heard, of any ih Australia. There are a few firms who put up jams and IsßleS, but .none who bottle or oan fresb / tfttitt.' Asfor drying apples, apricots, figs ' (prunes uio not oultivated)i no one has yet attempted it on' a large scale, It is the boast of California that she supplies Australasia with oanned fruit, ramus, dried fruit, snd actually honey, when Australian wines aw superior to Californian, and when frnit, as line ns any in the golden State, rotß on tbe ground. ; ; -Another industry that could be wellpushed Into greater promiuenoe is ohioken-raising. Theie may be ebicken farms in Australasia ; but we havo not heard of them. Little capital is required ih thie business, and, as in horticulture, attention to details ensures suooess : but there is not the long waiting for reshlts,as in the cultivation of fruit. The warm climate and equable temperature Of tbe«reat colonics of the Southern Ocean are'very favouradle'to the raising of poultry In 4nite a large Way. We hope that women will not embark in the rearing of ohioktns with the absurd idea's of some of the male sex, who entered the business with the idea thai fowls, like Topsy, " growed, .or something so nearly like it, that the eaid chickens died by the score.' „ v , a (The Tbmato id a vegetable which is extremely healthy and fresb, audi when oanned, flos seasoning for Bpupß, and stews. Bptall the preserved tomatoes used in tbe coloniea 'dome -from America* because, : Australasians <*re so baiy crying "bird times'! or "no work " that they havs no opportunity to put Sp;their pwq fruit and vegetables, or to eeenwy supply their own markets with the freih. It Is either a felul or a dearth. The ; tomato ii easily cultivated, the prop Bure, and always in demand, In adition to these "avauues of labour, and in tbe same line, may ;sMolUY.atps fruits, whioh give moat profiu able returns, on account of the grower confining herself to obe variety, and is a method fobnd tb work very well in California. For Instanoe the strawberry ebonld, with oare, temiitt in season for at leaßt six months in thiieaf, instead bt scarcely two. as at.p«»em ; and it is a frait' that will always sell. The aprioot, apple, and pssch are each a profitable nop. as tbey are equally fresb, oanned, or dried. Tb6 possibilities of horticulture are endless to women who will learn, and who; are inventive and energetic.