and some in the farm house. All arrangements are planned as nearly 
as possible to reproduce the conditions, not of some magnificent 
farm de luxe where unlimited time and money have been spent on 
the equipment, but of the average farm with fairly primitive arrange- 
ments, for it seems to be generally conceded that the modern farmer 
spends money on his barn, machinery and "critters" first, but on 
plumbing, Hghting, and things which ease the domestic machinery 
only when the account sheet shows a comfortable balance on the 
credit side. It is because of this that the domestic science teacher 
and the girls who take, each of them, a fortnight's turn at the kitchen 
and housework, are taught to use coal, kerosene and wood stoves, the 
care of lamps, and even learn how to make cistern water safe and 
usable if there is a temporary breakdown in the pump. 
The farm is fortunate in having an artesian well on the premises, 
and several of the girls are competent to manage the Httle engine which 
fills the tank on the roof. The comfort of the shower baths in the 
basement is so greatly appreciated by the workers that the filling of 
the tank is usually one of the jobs of which the girls need no reminder. 
After the midday meal (which is dinner, in true farm fashion) the 
girls have time for rest and recreation, and often at this hour they 
have lectures by speciahsts in various agricultural and gardening 
topics. The girls are encouraged to take copious notes, and will 
receive credits on this work as well as on the practical outdoor em- 
ployments. One of the scholarships, recently started by the Woman's 
Farm and Garden Association, at a conference of some of the Land 
Army members at Mrs. Francis King's, in Alma, Michigan, is to be 
offered as a prize. These scholarships are for short agricultural courses 
at some reliable college, to supplement during the winter months 
what the student has learned at the farm. 
It must be borne in mind that the aim of the Training Farm is 
not merely to train farmerettes, but to prepare leaders, young officers 
who will be ready to manage units of less skilled workers in the 
summer of 1919. To get the girls used to working in group squads, 
they are allowed to work, from time to time on nearby farms and 
estates, haying, weeding, berry-picking, etc. In this way they also 
learn adaptabihty to other conditions besides those under which 
they are trained. 
This report may soimd rather formidable, as though all work 
and no play might make Jill a very dull girl indeed, but the visitor 
to the farm will hear plenty of laughter, and fun, and an occasional 
outburst of some popular song to which local words and allusions 
have been added by some of the students. She will hear the same 
sort of good-natured raiUery and chaff that goes on in a camp of 
