The sun., 1901-09-04
woMEN's WORK ON TaE FARM.

One OF the notable things said IN the
article about truck farming, from which
we recently quoted Is the following,
credited to u successful farmer. lie
snid:
"Ou women folk don't have ns hard !,
time ny farmers wives generally do.
We don't board our help"
We mr.. very sure Tint this feature "f
truck farming. IL II attnins here. and
we do not know why il should not will W
appreciated by the wives of the farmers
of this county and State. IN whit has
come to hc termed "ol,l fashioned farm,
ing," II great dcnl Of the hard work fulls
Ia the lot uf the farmers wives. And
far the most pnrt II Is disngrcenhle work
TINT has tu he performed under adverse
conditions. what we have quoted rr.
wives memories OF the harvest time hurry.
when the number of men employed, must
he greater thMl usual. and when pruvid
iis fond for them converts the TarnihnuS"
into u great hotel kitchen when cooking
begins before daylight and continues I'M
iii late ut night. Help In this work may
apparently hr plenty and competent. hut
for those who haNc charge OF II there
inIst always hr the strain nf serious Ne
sponsihilty nnd long continued lahot.
Another thing about Il is that the farm
rra wirr Il more intimately associated
business pnrtlnrr uf her husband thrn
nrc thr wives sc hus,rss men gcnerly,
The house IL part of the farm establish
mont M essential part that cannot IN
any Way W regarded ur treated ilS u sop.
nnttr Affair. Fart Of the work or ihr
farm must lie laur thrrr The long hours
sprm in tho fields 10y the men folks,
forces the women "a assume duties Which
while they hr about the house, are NO
strictly house work The garden, thc
poultry Nard. and the dairy. in arg,
measure dopcnd upon the MonlAn'S IN
luslr> aud ability Il is thr>r thinSt
which, we understand. arr taken AIt ih,
women folks share nf the labor in truch
farming;
Eut the picture ,lrawn is not cnmplci,
in this r"lirl ot the FARMERS wives, III,
truck tnrms ah"mt a large city alln'
employment 10 large muthnr nf wnmcl
nna Rrr~ and il thr earnings of thrs'
are correctly quntrd, the farms open
new hrld I'm Momcn's Efforts. We quot
this:
Polish Women aua children ln most i
III harvesting, They pick beans and pea
Il, tia hu>hcl geitm' ia,s cents e.
largc prN~ and II urutS tur Small oncN
Sumc d ,l'rm mtkr $i.lo thoSr llttl
Girl~ that Nuu'Nc lust photosr,lhSl VI,
make $t2n fer their days work in th
hoNuS,
Sonr pt these conditions attain, ~ III
lower counties II tlr state where n
fr,nt aud vegetable cmuerie> arc mratr
lm wr have ~ Nirw truck tarmS mn
whi,h thr proluyt j. soil ljrrrtly q III
rm>uNrt There j. m,rc tnr thr tlrm,
nl nan, t,r hi> help,r> IL th,> di>p.'>
lion y his products \ NrrN arsr pa'
or ihr tarm pr,in,t> srld III ihr ler!
m.akrt i ~ pnAn,,l ana >ata hut st
h,al> hnmhrl> et thert romc CIV
points tar aw4r nrN VI rar Instance
n. thnk. y ,t,> ue,ee>}I4 rhe~. w
,tat>as.,> X a,y,> y, upyuuNatcl im
Mans WituatJ II tl5i> ,tty Nl 'E>t Hl
III thy ffr Wseln,i> a,yyl,A m@t i n
spN,n ", tNt>s moves Ma o. mt uiln
>tuWl rhr ymnat6 ard ,Nr >al hr
j. >uyl> ~ 4,ssl ~ Tins hu>'n'>, a>
i oil l.ooe l>ltud ani tuelhyr uaw
laah, tl.,>t r0ndjtNnl>, Mi> >hnn,d NJ
p,,Hl hprM ntou a,hrrS tar whW No.
mal uruh,atly ly rrNiu,c t1r lhom.tlNc>2
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