The Huron E.xositor is informed, of a woman, the wife of a German farmer, in the township of Colborne in, that County, who, last fall ploughed seventeen acres of land. This season she mowed with a grass scythe,, for six days ;■ she raked ten acres of hay with a horse.rake, and did the wo«k with a three-year old colt which she '•' broke in" herself, she haying been the first to put harness, on the animal ; she loaded, unloaded, and teamed all the lime and sand required for anew house 20 by 30 ; she loaded and unloaded all the grain and, hay grown on her husband's farm this season besides much, other sjmijar work. This outdoor work was done in addition to. the usual house work, including the milking and caring for the milk of seven cows., ""
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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 10, 2 May 1877, Page 2
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