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AGRICULTURE 



Post-Office opened its doors to women, an< 

 though the examinations were stiff, the 

 work monotonous, and the hours fairly long, 

 yet the assurance of a pension in middle age 

 proved a great inducement to many to seek 

 such a security from Government. 



As a natural consequence the girls of the 

 next generation found themselves in a much 

 better position, that is to say the agitation 

 had created a demand for trained workers, 

 and with the demand came a supply of 

 Necessity for workers for the most part untrained, yet 



training . 



realising ever more and more acutely the 

 necessity for training. So it came about 

 that parents at last awoke to the fact, that 

 if they would have their daughters to be 

 wage-earners they ought to receive as good 

 an education as their sons, and be properly 

 trained for whatever work or profession they 

 took up. Each year this necessity for train- 

 ing becomes more and more evident, because 

 competition is now so keen that only the 

 skilled workers can possibly excel. 





