The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-08

Women viii Find
Advantages N0w
in Life on Farm
BY SOPHIE IRENE LoEs.

A few days ago in Albany | talked
with Henry WeitnG Of the Commits
sion Of Three. appointed to carry out
the new food law Of the state Com
missioner Weiting Is Il farmer. He iY
rcputed to be "a most efficient farmer
and keen student of farm life.
u don't know what we are going to
do If we don't get more people Oh the
| farm" he said "That is the big prob,,
lem that cVnfronts the production part
Of our work. Labor is woefully lack
ing. Our big efforts will be directed
toward making people so 10 the farm
! for work
Now number Of people think that
all one needs TO do is to bring lot
OF city people to the farm at a certain
period and the problem is solved. This
! is all wrong. Unskilled worl<ers on the
farm are Just as detrimental as IN any
other field Of cndcavor
but there are thousands Of good
farmers that are not Oh the farms.
! These are the people we want"
I ! pointed out to Commission Welt
ing how. in the congested areas OF our
! city. there are many foreign families
who, in their own countries, We're
| farmers all their lives. Z.
These are the people that will prove
Of great value" said the commissioner.
They are trained to thc soil. Their
women folks understand it Also. and
all could work together, Every en-
enlargement. every effort should be
! made to urge such people to work on
the farms.
| Also there is great work FOR many
| women there
The commissioner is right There is
"a great avenue for women on the farm
For example, take Sadie. my helper
Sadie has put up more than 800 jars
Of fruits and vegetables She could
do great deal more-enougA to sup
ply small community. Neither does
she hesitate to load a wagon of wood
when the men are not on the job.
Up early in the morning and until
ut night her task is never unintcrest-
ing to her She appreciates the blue
sky and the lovely country scenes and
gets into the spirit Of the seasons as
! they come.
She looks with amusement at the
city jewellers and their feeble attempt
at work in the country. She is slight
but healthy and strong and the outdoor
life is one of joy to her.
| She produces produces. produces
and has pleasure with it. II don't
know why women can't work on the
! farm" says Sadie. "Hundreds Of
women with their education and intel
ligence could learn the various kinds
of work OH the farm and, be inde-
pendent as money makers. A woman
could make specially of certain prod
ucts and send them to the city by par
eel post and quickly secure a small
circle OF customers. You just have &c
get into the spirit Of the thing"
! All. there is truth to get into the
spirit of the thing" Country life il,
the United States is Just beginning
to get popular. The city people arc
awakening to a realization of the great
joy of being in the country-all the
year round.
Hundreds OF families of moderate
means could, at this war time, 70 tt
the country. with great profit. Labor
| is very high and iif every communit,
IN the country it is scarce. And while
! the husband could get work the famil,
might be adjusting itself to farm lif,
and looking forward to- expanding it.
work in this connection.
| | know very poor family who wen
ITO New Jersey. They could scarcel,