WOMEN AT FARM WORK.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1063, 3 February 1883, Page 1

WOMEN AT FARM WORK.

President A. S. Welsh, of ihe lowa Agricultural College, in one of his recent instructive letters, referred to that strange thing which strikes an American on arrival in Europe—the sight of stout, rudely, hardy women, in coarse dress, performing the heaviest and rudest of labor, as 'veil on the city streets as in the fields. We feel shocked at seeing any of the sex serving as beasts of burden or of draughts, but at the same time we could heartily wish that our tenderly housed better half of the population might have a share of the jocund ’health and strength that is enjoyed by these French and German mothers. Perhaps some happy means shall yet be discovered combining physical well being with delicacy. Even iu our more trying climate we find woumn who manage, or materially assist in managing, farms with notable success, even doing much of the outdoor work themselvc . Whl ness the following instance, communicated by a happy bachelor to The Ohio Farmer : ‘ I have a sister who is a mod f farm girl. 1 am thirty and she is a little older. We have been partners f«»r twelve years, and own 150 acres of land worth OOdols an acre. This wc earned ourselves, and 100 acres of it cost us 5,000d015. She—my sister—is not afraid to milk. She often helps io pick up a load of corn, leads the horses, to pitch hay, feed the hogs when we get home late, etc. She knows where ah the stock are in pastures, and if any is for sale knows the price, and when sold can tell how much we have cleared on it She is never ‘snubbed ’ for her independence, although we live adjoining a small town, where all the fools are generally found* Now, girls, if any of you want to succeed, don’t bo afraid of'doing all the work yon cau. It is the only;way.”