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scriptions to the capital stock of the Publishing 

 Company "came across" most heartily, so that 

 from that day the farmers' paper has been on a 

 sourid financial footing. 



While the paper was receiving its share of 

 attention, another equally important move was 

 under consideration also. For several years it* 

 had been evident that, to obtain the best results, 

 the women of the farm must be more closely 

 linked up with the movement. In almost no^ 

 other industry are women so dependent upon 

 the men of their homes for assistance and com- 

 pany, if they wish to go from their homes to 

 visit friends, or to attend meetings. Very 

 frequently therefore, they go together, especially 

 if their journey be to attend an entertainment or 

 a social evening. The farmer's club is essentially \f 

 a social and educational institution, and on that 

 score the presence and co-operation of women 

 was desirable. But more particularly, encour-^ 

 aged by the democratic ideals of the movement, 

 women were demanding and men were request- 

 ing that women share in the discharge of the NT 

 affairs of State, and become members of the 

 association. Equal responsibility presupposes v 

 equal preparation and activity, and so steps were 

 taken to bring the women actively into the 

 U.F.O. Not many weeks after this convention, * 

 a meeting of representative women of Ontario 



