COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE LEAGUE. [To yes Canna Or ram "Srscraroa."] Szn,—I
should like to draw the attention of your readers to the Princess Patricia Ranch in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia—a farm started last year by the Colonial Intelli- gence League to enable women trained in the minor branches of agricultural science to gain experience in load conditions, climate, marketing, &a. The farm, which is for small fruits, poultry, pigs, bees, and some dairying, is run entirely by women. An excellent farmhouse has been built, and is already occupied by a superintendent and three residents; four or five more are to go out in the spring. It la hoped that by the end of nextyear (1915) the farm will be entirely self-support- ing, but of the £4,000 estimated as necessary for building, stock- ing, and running expenses for the first two years, only £3,000 has been forthcoming. Another 1.11,000 is most urgently needed. The scarcity in British Columbia of small fruits, poultry, and vegetables, in spite of the beautiful climate, is very great, and the prospect, therefore, for women able to work at such branches of cultivation should be excellent. On arrival, however, a home suck as the Princess Patricia Ranch pro- vides, where workers can be safely housed and can learn local conditions with no expense to themselves, is impera- tively necessary. The ranch is already started, and is well on the way to success. It would be deplorable indeed if for the want of the necessary funds at this juncture it had to be closed down. I earnestly appeal for help to those who see the importance of opening new and promising careers to educated and capable Englishwomen, obliged to earn their own living and suitable both by character and training for life in the overseas Dominions.—I am, Sir, ice.,
36 Tavistock Place, W.C. CAROLINE GROSVENOR,
Chairman of the Colonial Intelligence League (for Educated Woman).
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