WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE 



more is required, as handling a team, mowing with 

 hand-scythe, potting plants, pruning, caring for 

 shrubs and lawn, etc. Farmers and superinten- 

 dents are willing to show the workers to a certain 

 extent, but not the simplest kinds of work. 



"3. Good character: The girl must be of good 

 character, reliable, and able to take care of herself, 

 as she goes out as an individual worker, not under 

 a camp supervisor, as was the case in the Woman's 

 Land Army camps. If she fails in this respect she 

 gives a bad name to all other women workers, and 

 the good workers suffer. 



"4. Special qualifications vary with the position. 

 The list of positions which women are now filling 

 will show some of the special qualifications neces- 

 sary. 



"WTiether the demand for women workers will 

 continue or increase depends entirely on the satis- 

 faction that the present workers give. In sections 

 where women have done well, e. g., Bedford, New 

 York, the call for workers is always greater the 

 next year." 



Returning for a moment to the association: In 

 war work, in marketing, in special information, 

 this association did, and is doing, very active and 

 effective work. Its scholarships are distributed 



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