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edged butter, what a step that would make in the progress of 

 civilization ! 



Our farmers' wives and daughters, as a class, are most earn- 

 estly opposed to the liquor business. They help earn this 

 money that goes for intoxicating drinks — if the husband and 

 father is a drunkard they earn most of it. But the wasted 

 money is only a small part. Now who says they have no right 

 to want to vote the saloon out of existence? 



Perhaps there is no other vocation where the need of equal 

 rights is more plainly to be seen than on our American farms. 

 As a rule our women on the farm work just as hard as the men 

 do. This is one of woman's undisputed rights ; it usually does 

 not discommode nor interfere with man's comforts in any way 

 to have a woman work as hard as he does. Woman does not 

 find fault about it either, as long as she receives equal pay for 

 equal work. All favors gratefully received. 



A woman has just as much right to work for a living as a 

 man. It is as disgusting to see an idle, aimless woman as an 

 idle, aimless man. A shiftless farmer's wife is as bad as a shift- 

 less farmer husband. But isn't it unfortunate to see a shiftless, 

 good-for-nothing man married to a good, thrifty woman, and 

 vice versa — two houses spoiled where one would be enough. 



Farmers' wives and daughters are necessarily hard workers. 

 A large share of our farmers are debtors, and many homes are 

 to be paid for by practicing the strictest economy. Good help is 

 scarce; children have to be fed, clothed and sent to school. The 

 tendency is for our women to over-work : 



" Does the road wind up hill all the way ? 

 Yes, to the very end. 

 Will the day's journey take the whole day long ? 

 From morn' till night, my friend." 



This is the average woman's work poetically expressed. 

 It means that that she works bard physically and mentally — yes, 

 mentally we say — for a woman who takes care of a house, 

 washes, irons, cooks the food, looks after the dairy, sews for a 



