Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-23


does that concrete mobilization OF all
women capable of farm work must be
made at once in order that we be pre-
pared to take charge OF the crops OF
1918. it seems wise to me that the
American women as whole ought to-
study this question from the same
angle that we as individuals are sur
veying it.
Any woman Who can row, play ten
mis-. golf or swim, or do other ath-
letic sports can WELD a pitchfork. or
hoe or rake, she can pillow. prepare
the seed bed or sprinkle fertilizer over
the emih. II is no more fatiguing
than any one of these sports, only one
must have a vision and interest in the
work. This interest will come in the
knowledge of the extra production
their work is going 10 add to the ma
tons stores There is no difference
between work and play in life When
we analize the difference between
work and play we find that 1t is only
when the interest is left out of play
that it becomes work. It makes. no
difference what kind of pillow is used
any woman with very little knowledge
can pillow. / have seen girls from Is
to 16 years of age pillow the great fields
for the wheat producing states of
North and South Dakota, and Mon
tana. This work is largely done by
tractor engines. However, 1t is MT
advisable to use much power on small
farms. and the women will be called
upon probably to use the gang or
three horse plow
There is nothing about the plant
ing. cnltivating, or picking of corn
crop that women cannot perform.
have seen girls from IA years of age
on to womanhood caring for the en-
tire process of the cultivation of corn
to it's fruition. On the corn crop of
this nation depends the future of this
country for we depend upon stock and
there can be no successful stock rails
ing without corn.
| would that l had the brush of an
lnnes or the gift of tongue that l
might paint picture Of the garner
ing of a hay crop in the golden days
of September; first, the moving down
of the purple sweet scented clover
the very atmosphere ladened with the
drowsy humming of the bees. crickets
and grasshoppers, the singing of the
moving machines os they rythmically
cut the wide swaths of grass SO fall
of nutritious juices-the golden rod
and the purple astors are adding
beauty to the languorous scene. Any
girl or woman who has a germ Of
poetry in her nature will be influenced
by the hazy atmosphere which covers
No haN ti,,c.
1t is an art that women can perform
from the cutting, raking, making into
haycocks to the storing away for win
tcr's use. The garnering of the cereal
crops whether done by the old fashion
method of .the binder, or by the new
combination machinery can all he
comprised by women. Take for in
stance the threshing of the grain--out-
side of the engine manipulated by
skilled workman there is no part IF
the occupation / have not seen ac-
complished by women, and, before the
conclusion of this war women will
have become skilled engineers Already
they are operating motors and run
ming ambulonces.
KNOWLEDGE OF MACHINERY
There is so much interest in the
technical knowledge of machinery that
once a woman enters and graduates
from this profession and demonstrates
her ability as a successful engineer
others will follow Already the rail
roads are demanding that women take
the places of men in so far as they
are trained. | have seen a woman in
control of an irrigation canal sys-
tenn. She had fun charge OF a corps
of men digging bitches and putting in
concrete dams. In conversation with
a contractor who had watched the
work. he told me he had never been
able to get as much work out of the
same size crew of men in one day as
that woman accomplished. The secret
of that woman's success was the thing
that all women must learn. She had
made those men forget her sex.
The time is ripe when men and
women must no longer think of each
other in sex terms. Women have been
over sexed. Men made them so. To-
day the world demands that we be
part Of great whole working all for
each, and each for all. There Is no
reason why women should not find
successful vocation in animal hus-
bandry.
1t is a natural place for women. The
mother instinct lying dormant in every
woman fits her particularly for this
vocation. 1t requires patience and de-
tail to raise stock and women are par
ticularly trained in these virtues There
is great shortage of cattle, hogs and
horses, in this country. II is a matter
of great concern to our government.
Let us in charge of the young women
OLD VISITOR
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