WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE 



lished in 1919, says concerning women in dairy- 

 farming: "The committee are of the opinion that 

 this industry specially needs the assistance of 

 women in order to reach its fuUest development. 

 In particular, their assistance will be required for 

 milking, rearing, and care of stock and cheese- 

 making." 



The excellent pamphlet by Mrs. Roland Wilkins, 

 "The Training and Employment of Educated 

 Women in Horticulture and Agriculture," should 

 be read by persons interested in the subject 

 under discussion here. Published in 1916 by the 

 Woman's Farm and Garden Union of London, it 

 applies to the present, with the exception of figures 

 concerning cost of training and so on, all of which, 

 Mrs. Miles Benson writes me lately, should be 

 multiplied by three. Mrs. Wilkins's impartial pen 

 sets before one clearly the whole question of pros- 

 pects for women in out-of-door occupations. She 

 paints the disadvantages, the drawbacks of farm 

 life and farm work for women, yet insists that in 

 these lie for many women values that money can- 

 not buy. Also, a thoroughly readable, authorita- 

 tive, and informing pamphlet is that number of 

 the "Journal of the Farmers' Club" (England) by 

 Mr. T. C. Newham, called "The Future Position 



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