Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-20
THE LADY AND THE LAND
By Sarah Comstock. in Golfers

When the farmers of Illinois gath cred last winter at the Farmers In stitntes of that state, a surprise awaited them UnsusPecting, they arrived in buggy, carryali and auto mobile. Leaving their spouse trusttully waiting, they entered the halls of learning, doubting not bus they should hear the accustomed dis course from sage agricultural ex perts of their own sex. The surprise that awaited them was in the form of a woman, and the ball with which she bowled them over was the state ment that in 1909 she had cleared S1l,yS2 from her farm; and that every dollar of this, except for some minor sales of hogs and corn. was made from here herd of sixty Ho;- stein and Guernsey COWS. To theii spouses in wagon and auto the far mers returned, a sadder and wiser group.
 If Mrs. Scott Durand had left hei S1l, ,S92 statement where it stood doubtless her hearers would have as- sumed the creek on her land and dismissed the matter. But she talked for a considerable length of time, and as the truth gradually dawned that her profits lay in the uprightness oi ner noble band of COWS, not in a diluted code of honor, the audience waved intent. Before adjournment Mrs. Durand had showed the farm CTS what a modern, model dairy, run on a scientific and sanitary basis is, it appeared less whimsical tha= just that Chicago ioyfully gives if teen cents a quart for Mrs. Duran6's milk.
 Mrs Scott Durand of Illinois, pro gTessive, enterprising, prosperous, is significant example. She is bul one of an army of women who are tussling with the so,, from the ir rigated apples of Oregan to the rock- bound potatoes of Maine. The- lady is taking to the land. Here she pets and pampers a crop of corn until 1t ears out, there she wheedIes a flock of hens into laying, agaIn she eoaxes her bees to hive, or tempts her pigs to Christmas plumpness. Perhaps who knows ?--it is to be the hand of the lady which shall eventually lead back to nature this soot-staineds ledger chained world.
 Agricultural colleges the country over are noting the movement. At ,s--. ,har. r-aro ,.o rr,npnap ctt1daufg gradually they crept in by twos and threes; now large numbers are ap plying for admission. 4 pTiyat school of horticulture for wome $ opening this year in Pennsylvania. offering courses in the growing 0 vegetables, fruits, and flowers, the raising Of poultry and bees. and much to the point. the marketing of produce. For it has been said that although woman can produce sh cannot market. Mrs Durand and her SI1Sg2 is a bomb beneath that the ory. The last census showed 307,706 women farmers in the United States, and there is prospect of large in- crease when the Lew statistics come in.
 Called the conservative sex, sne is displaying anything but conserva- tism in the way in which she seizes upon modern methods in her farm ing. Take Miss Jessie Nicholson for instance. Her father ran his New Jersey farm on good old lines tc the end of his days; the daughter assumed charge of it thirteen yearA ago, installed new devices from time to time, and has accomplished more than he ever did.
 T used to say: Father, thee Knows there is more profit in specializa- tion," she told me. And he would say: Yes. I do know it, butts too late for me to change
 We were at large in her z25 acres Of gTeen-fluted meadows brushed by the white of June daisies. and dozen or so pongee-clad GueTnseys were nosing about as jealous for word and a pat as so many aIec- tionate puppies. Here and there at a distance the sharp black and White