Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-15
the FARM ERETTE.

THE FARMERETTE-<
Why a woman who farms should be
called farmerette is more than the
writer can fathom, but it seems to
be the term generally applied to wom-
en- who undertake to till the soil now
adays. North Dakota has number
OF very successful '.faEmerettes" and
from the number registered and who
have drawn good numbers In the re-
viii have great many more within a
year or two. Over fifty per cent II
those registering were women VIII
liam Watterson Of the Louisville Cour-
!, ier Journal writes very encouragingly
Of this occupation for the tender sex
He says:
Among the occupations that lie op-
en- to women with little capital, none
is more practical than farming. Only
{ the exceptionally strong and peculiar
1y strenuous woman will undertake to
begin farming at the bottom and work
+ up to the ownership of land, as young
man may do, and as many young men
4 do, with a view to ultimate independ-
ence. But if bachelor girl wishes to
= follow calling and has the means 20
7 buy even a small farm and work it
II scientifically, she need not, with good
.r1r oSy1n orr t1Ifr ri
look forward to having to do manual
laoo:'. And while directing cultivation
she may proftably engage in poultry
& raising and other auxiliary" farm pur.
" suits that have always been avenues
o. profitable activity for women. Far n
life offers to those who will take ad-
s. vantage of its advantages exceptional
opportunity for longevity and health.
L The gospel of sanitation and vent1!a-
ton, still new among the masses in
& cities, is penetrating to the country
$g& oaken bucket" is not necessarily safe
& because the water it contains Is cold,
4: and that typhoid fever is sometimes
e called a country disease because SAM
Z tary measures have been less thought
+ Of in rural districts than in cities,
u and a "preventable disease" because
# precautions will prevent it. They are
n building better homes than ordinarily
II well-to-do farmers formerly built. Bath
\ rooms that encourage bathing, moi
& merely for scrubbing purposes, but fol
" numerous. Improved construction
81 and often the use of furnaces, makes
it easier: to heat the up-to-date farz
house.
81 The fact that tuberculosis and 9th
Il er diseases of the respiratory system
IS are caused rather than prevented b.
keeping fresh air out of bedrooms
Il and that pneumonia's readiest victims
a. are those who cuddle themselves b.
Y too much heat and too many wraps
{ has introduced sane methods of ven
g. toned theory that enough fresh al
IA gets ii the cracks and crevices, an,
/: fat windows need not be opened fro;:
\ November to April except for the pu,
pose of having something thrown thr1
4 them. +
FL The "farmerette" may live health!
Independent and interesting life, en
u joying the real partnership with nal
ure" that is the chemistry of soils an
D get other knowledge that is needful t
q those who would make the acre do it
4 best The calling of "farmerette' /
certainly dignifed, as remunerative, al
u things considered, and as certain 4
L Ito rewards IS that of the bushes
L woman ors professional woman 1t ma
S be addsd that marriage Is no bar t
success All the case of the "farmerette.
Several 0f the railroads object to tn
woman enapleye on the ground that sh
s cannot be advanced to an executive pc
sition, and that even IL she could be q
advanced her tendency to marry whe
she has become really useful and eitt
Ell quit work or become involved In th
duties OF the household and the sdis
charge Of her appointed function as th
casisinuer Of the race and disquaIif
herself for the daily work ~ an office
Tfe afarmerette z who rnarrtes ma
either fern Il partnership with q farm
or her 0cclpa ton as fh
rife oa Al Iasn otherwise engaged. I'll
duties nj The owner os n farm are no