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partment of Agriculture — an admirable publica- 

 tion of which anyone disposed to introduce an 

 additional interest into the daily life of farmers' 

 wives and daughters in England may be strongly 

 advised to beg a copy from that Department. 



From two of the papers contained in this 

 volume I should like to give a few lines, as 

 illustrating the particular purpose the movement 

 is intended to serve. Writing on " Women's 

 Institutes," Miss Blanche Maddock (Guelph) 

 says : — 



If a woman is to rule wisely and well in her own home, 

 it is absolutely necessary that she come in contact with 

 others, that she should keep in touch with the great 

 outside world. . . . Since the formation of Farmers 1 In- 

 stitutes farming has received a new impetus. Men are 

 now becoming proud of their profession, and the old cry 

 of " drudgery " is not so often heard. However, this cry 

 is still heard in the farm home. Statistics prove that 

 more women in the country go insane than in any other 

 class in the community. This is not so much from over- 

 work, but because of the monotony of woman's work on 

 the farm. The same work is done day in and day out, 

 with no other thought than getting one thing done to get 

 to the next. The well-known line, " The daily round, the 

 common task, will furnish all we need to ask," may be true 

 enough if we could realize the wonderful forces in nature 

 with which we are coming in contact in the daily round of 

 work. . . . 



At the meetings of the Women's Institutes all subjects 

 for the uplifting of the home and the bettering of house- 



