Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-06
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Women ON the Farm.

There is in recent number of the Prairie
Farmer an excellent article on this subject,
which we would reproduce were there room
at our command. 1t is very much TO the
point and ought to produce good effect.
We do not, however, agree 10 all that is ad-
daced in behalf of women taking upon
themselves the business of farming as a
general pursuit. There are comparatively
few capable of doing this with success, be
sides the capital required is large. But
qualified woman ought to be able to super |
intend the operations OF farm nearly as
we'll as man, and with the system she
would maintain of economy, temperance
and persistent industry, she would quite
equal the other sex in results. There are
few women, however, who showed them
selves capable of such an undertaking, IN
less they were repulsive in person anti man
ners, that would not be Immediately scc,r red
for wives. And they would surrender.
Whatever might be their determination
when their course of life was laid down,
and intended resistance to the approaches
of the masculines, it would prove to be as
rope OF sand when the right one came along
and offered to relieve her from the laborous
operations of the farm. Yes, She would
surrender But having done so, what n
glorious hep-meet she would be to Il good
man who might thus join her in her own
chosen business II would operate with
magical effect.
There is another and wc think the most
important point oil view in which We desire
to look at this question. 1t is the frcqutlti
instances in which the wives of farmers arr
left widows with a family Of children. Whul
in many cases does she do--in reality com
PEELED to do--for want of Il knowledge y
her husbands out door business: WINS. !,
sell everything and 90 back TO iitt i'liHHi!
or relatives or anywhere, and lap Y -
harder for the support Of herself Hrd cni
dren than she ever did or would lave had I
do were she capable OF conducting thu farm
And why was She not capableY Bet;,us
she had learned nothing ahyut the bushes
from her father, or was not ae ustamcd L
4 wife, to know anything OF i1t operation
of the farm except that which MAS couhgele'
with her household duties. II farmers
wives were to concern themselves with a
the details OF their husbands affairs, whic
are by no means intricate, they would fin
themselves differently situated when throug
the dispensations of Providence they ar
bercayed Of their partners. Many tamil,
scattered to the four winds, could be kel
together, educated, and brought up properl
and uscfully on the farm, by the moht
under the circumstances described. Esp,
cially where there are well-grown boys an
girls, whose assistance would be valuabl,
would success be guaranteed, and the ioui
daton for n useful life for them permanent
laid. We have ourselves known Of instance
where widowed mother has continued u
farm with eminent success, SO as not on
TO afford cherished home tor the childre
but where considerable money was mad
other farms purchased and sons well-esta
. Tho dhllUlitprg brought nm wi
care by such mother were soon sought t
in marriage by respectable and well to-,
Young men. These experiments or ratll
occasions were so marked as to attract mu
attention and favorable comment.
'sWomen on the farm, particularly unt
these circumstances, are blessing to "a
reAyed family and an honor to the sex.