238 Business Training for the Country Girl 



of the farm is alluded to, although it may be that 

 she is included, in a general way, in the great amount 

 of literature concerning her brother. But, take it 

 from the farmer girl that she is a live one, and unless 

 money is coming into her pockets, unless she is 

 comparatively independent and has some interest 

 to keep her awake, she isn't going to 'stay put,' but 

 will get out where she can earn some money of her 

 very own, to buy the little things so dear to the hearts 

 of girls ; and she will not be questioned and lectured 

 and scolded over every little expenditure. 



"Oh, the girls on the farm have minds and pride 

 and ambition just as big as their brothers' too ; and 

 in many cases they are not given half a chance to 

 realize one iota of this ambition. It is then that a 

 career off the farm and away from the farm home 

 appeals to them. Then the thought comes that even 

 though the salary to be earned may be small, still it 

 is all one's own, and there is no fear in planning 

 where and in what it shall be invested." 



Likewise, Mrs. F. L. Stevens, writing for Pro- 

 gressive Farmer, says : 



"How often have we seen young girls leaving com- 

 fortable farm homes to go into typewriting, clerking, 

 or bookkeeping, in order to have their own money. 

 An allowance for personal expenses in the beginning 

 would have solved this problem. But the father has 

 not seen it that way. 



"It is not necessary that the daughter be given a 



