WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE 



thrifty enough to save on the small scale. A 

 woman does. I have taken pigs that would have 

 been killed because they were weak and raised 

 them without trouble — only patience and a little 

 fussing over. A calf supposedly dead was nursed 

 along to health and is now a splendid cow. My 

 father had sent for the skinner. I found the calf 

 before he did. I have done much work with cat- 

 tle and know it takes patience, which is indeed 

 lacking in most men." 



From Mrs. H., former executive secretary of 

 the Women's Land Army of America, now dis- 

 banded, comes the following: 



"I would say without hesitation that the lines 

 in which we found women most successful during 

 the Land Army experiences were dairying (includ- 

 ing all the operations, both heavy and hght), truck- 

 gardening, and fruit-picking. I believe that poul- 

 try and bees should be added as offering splendid 

 opportunities. I am experimenting with bees my- 

 self, and it seems to me it provides a most suitable 

 occupation for women. My work was primarily 

 the placing of green labor — for which reason it is 

 more difificult for me to judge of the possibilities of 

 professional farming for women. But I believe 

 that every year increases these possibilities and 



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