do the men: Shall I spend this money? Can I afford it? and so 

 on. However, if either has to hold the purse, that one is the 

 wife, for several reasons; generally she is the more saving; she 

 is almost entirely free from the use of intoxicating drinks and 

 tobacco; she is not expected to treat her neighbors when she 

 meets them on the street in town. If a man had to ask his wife 

 for every nickel he spends in drink and tobacco for treats the 

 treating business would cease before many years. 



Another place on the farm where equal rights are needed is in 

 the remuneration for work among boys and girls. Usually the 

 farmer pays his son at least the wages of a hired man when he 

 is able to do a man's work. This is right. John is learning 

 something of what it costs to live, and the earlier he learns this 

 the better. 



Daughter Jane is needed in the house as much as John is 

 out in the field. She works long and faithfully, often adding 

 outdoor work to her many indoor duties. But, how often do 

 we find Jane receiving anything more than board and clothing 

 for her works. If she wants money she must hire out, teach, 

 clerk in a store, sew, or do any other work that brings a salary. 

 Jane's life on a farm is a very independent life as far as work is 

 concerned. 



The boundary lines of woman's sphere are very indefinite 

 indeed. Our farmer girls are expected to be good housekeepers 

 and good house women. They can be good musicians and good 

 dairy maids. They can be good artists and take care of the 

 poultry, cows, the calves, and the pigs. They have the right 

 to do any farm work that duty or choice demands, and strength 

 permits, and they have as much right to demand pay for their 

 work as our farmer boys have. 



We need refined, educated women on the farm as they are 

 needed everywhere. There is no more need of Jande leaving 

 the farm to engage in teaching or any other profession in order 

 to make use of a good education than there is for John to leave 

 for the same reason, provided it is where she is needed, and it 

 is her choice occupation. 



