THE FARM.
;. ;j . THE BUSINESS" TYPE. JTliose who,..have.looked' ..into- the master intoUigently'-a'greo "that on tho nioHem-i.-sTiccessful .-f arm- thcro---'is- no place for any typo, of . person other tlialf-h'tisinoss-women/' business men, business boys, arid business girls. The sluggard, .tho dandy, or tho shallowpated indiyiduaVmay. perchance find employment in. town; or city; but farmers have no wqrk'sufEciently -unimportant to be entrusted ;to'such. .
Tht>::fiirm womah/.'if she is a business woman, 1 is an. expert in many kinds of work. S'ho- lias mastered tho art of supplying wholesome nutritious food to her growing children and tho hardworking farm hands. The test of her skill in' this line .comes along at shearing and harvest time.
The making and ; keeping of the. country iic-inp is a ilifliciilt undertaking wheii.' compared with tho city homekecper's work;;,- Tho farm women must-provide entertainment for ' tlie family and "her guests'lat home while the city household can. seek entertainment'elsewhere. Tho farmer's wifo must bo far-seeing and anticipate tho needs of her. family and tho possible stranger within her gates; it is not always convenient to renew supplies at a •moment's notice. In, many other ways .'-the farm woman is thrown upon her own resources •'arid - meets! difficulties that her city sister- never encounters.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1994, 27 February 1914, Page 10
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202THE FARM. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1994, 27 February 1914, Page 10
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