LAND GIRLS
HOW THEY ASSIST
In making an application for the release from military training of a Christcliurch farm hand, an appellant before the Manpower Committee said his yearly supply of milk to the city Avas 61,000 gallons, be-» sides 8488 gallons cf cream. Besides tliis, he had to producc crops, including lucerne, which was cut live times a year for hay and ensilage. This work Avas done with the help of the reservist and tAvo land girlsL It Avas essential, he said, for ■ land girls to have male assistance on a farm. Though they were competent to do many jobs they could not be expected to handle cans of milk or the many heavy implements that were used on a farm. The men iii the district avlio would otherwise have been available had gone to> work at Belfast, Avherc the money; the} T earned Avas more than he could afford to pay. The girls commenced Avork at 4.30 a.m., cooked their oavji breakfast, Avorked till noon, and were free until 3 p.m., .Avheti. the afternoon's milking Avas commenced*
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 74, 6 July 1942, Page 5
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179LAND GIRLS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 74, 6 July 1942, Page 5
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