Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-18
UNREST AMONG FARM WOMEN.

UNREST AMONG FARM WOMEN
 The Secretary of Agriculture setting himself to the task of quieting the unrest among farm Under the smithLeyer Act there is provision for extension work in agriculture and home economics. Just how to apply this to the best uses is the big problem.
 statement issued by the Department of Agriculture says the chief objections Of country life are, usually the generally small returns from farming, the drudgery of farm work and the social isolation"
 Perfectly just objections they And if the "un- rest" is due to them the more the is stirred the better
 Unrest" isn't a bad thing, anyway. It differs who'll y from restlessness" which energy gone to seed for lack constructive purpose in life Unrest is merely another name that devne dscontent which is not satisfied with existing conditions pushes ever onward to improve them.
 The object then of any attempts to cheer the farm women on their weary way should be the unrest as strong force toward making the way less weary Queting the unrest means doping the symptoms What is needed is to remove the cause.
 The teaching of home economics as now begun by means of meetings movable schools and through wom ems clubs, is undoubtedly needed step. The syste natizng of womans work the farm will help great deal And the efficiency studies which come along wNl this are important There is probably more backache among farm women because Of the step or two down from dningroom to kitchen and up to pantry dairy than from any other cause. Climbing up or down
 flight of stairs three times day is harmless act But the constant adjustment of motion to those two or three steps and through long hours enough to drive any through the strain hel back to that nervous derangement which leads to con stant misery depression where it doesn't lead to the operating table the insane asylum or the grave
 There's seldom need for a to carry water any more. Simple plumbing and vapor engines supns ngIy cheap-tbey cost much less than the wear ana tear on a woman's framework. Introducing business methods to an extent which will make the farm mer realize this and few other facts machinery hu man and otherwise perhaps the most necessar! thing to do Teaching farm women how to feed thei families, how to utilize waste and turn byproducts int money is another useful work being initiated by th Department
 The farm woman's problems aren't different, funda mentally from those the city She needs nor time for herself more leisure which to think to keel well physically and to grow mentally and spiritually These she can get only the city woman is gettin then-through the introduction of machinery which vii take some Of her activities of her two hands through cooperation with neghbors which involve better transporaton and through putting business e nciency into the running Of her home.
 The chances that most Of the unrest and dissat' faction spoken Of in connection with women the iarr are due to the fact that have walked up to tn sense that the old hitormss ways wrong and the results are unnecessary. If they just hang on that unrest and inocuate their menfolks with goo proportion of t h won't be long until farm condition are improved that the tables will be completely tuu ed Then the city dwellers may take their turn al ha' ing their mental states investigated by paterna go emment And maybe in those blissful hays it won't b too much 10 expect that cities may require one wndo 10 every room!