Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25
ENGLAND To USE
WOMEN ON FARMS
Attempt. kos 0nly to Maintain
Agricultural Production, hsis
To Increase II.
PLAN To OBTAIN VOLUNTEERS
&@sf ssass EsasnirasEes es ts Ahsasss
40 Enasse wesA~--s sser Uaaaatsf
Undertakes ssax seer gse~asss.
es With Live gsa1k.

Sresf Britain ssas atfetsRtssf. on as-
eeuas ef tire submarine warfare. asst
only tss tsaInsala tssr agricultural pra.
fsucftoss fsls 70 inersasa Il. To do tffsa
no nrfive esssngsasra w-ss undertaken
To place @egBen nu sAe laGa This
~avk ls carried On sander ss# sasFess
supervision ess tisssr aassanaI hoard ns
agriculture. The organization ~ sassss..
what similar 80 sfsat foonsl Ia osYr
enaafy ageis, orgaaExatsan. shsre kessgs
district agents, rosasatg eafnfuunsty
With 4 eoamGy organizer and teeaf
sgefsts In every county. The functions
Of the local organizations are. arst.
30 secure women land workers: see-
end. 30 train thefa. ard third. 10 fisls
FARMS for then. 20 WORK On. The wprk
et atstasafng volunteers has beers ear~
rtrss on by means ss posters. r.eyreaai
visits. meetings. competitions. and 50
ac
An Soon as wosssan Indicates her
desire TO take up work on she hand.
eiSe must submit 20 physical eSasns-
nation In order tsist the committee
may be snre that she Is physicHfiy fls
TO endure The strain OF farm work She
IS also examined AS to her fsersonality,
Ia order 10 determine whether sha can
get on wist farm conditions.
Types Of practices Faryts+
After she has been accepted. she is
ssut to ons of the practice farms.
These FIRMS are of various types In
some instances they are agricultural
colleges that have bean turaed over TO
the training wemes. In other sassar-
GEES. the women are gathered together
ia home and sent out 10 the neigh
boring farms to be srninea by expert
sueed farra workers. In stili other I'M
stances snesessfn farmers have turn
"a their farms ever 10 fhe coants or
ganlzaSiens to be used 10 training wom-
an, the women living on The farm ard
participating In all operations. During
the training period the workers are
without any expense as far as their
living is concerned, and are furnished
with complete outfit, consisting or
boots, clogs. iegginEs breaches. hat.
ard two pairs Of eyeralis.
Work UnderfAkr,Ss
TTse moss usual types OF agSteuitnr-
III labor undertaken by the workers
have been tlsasa connected with live
stock aad intensive farrnilsg, such as
growing snangei. raising CALVES. tulik-
ing. care sf live stock. etc. The period
II training generally lasted fnnr weeks.
II. st the end OF this ffne. the students
showed sufficient skIll. they were listed
and efforts were made 20 place them
on farms However. before any of the
women land workers were allowed 10
undertake farm work. the farm Was
inspectssa and suitable quarters were
fDund for the workers. Their expert
snse seems 10 sho~ that II is impfAc-
sirahic 10 send the women out 20 work
a. individuals. but thar they must be
Kept together. An result Of this ssta-
sticn, nsuatiy one member of the xroup
becomes mnsxun Of tho psrty and Ken-
~ral ehaperoa. Another. more skilled
fhHn the rcst. keeofncs group leader or
forewnsnnn Although many uf the
workers were from the weil-fo4io cl$ss.
~. thry were compelled 70 accept the
prevailing wage Ia tho cofnlnunsty ss.sd
were required TO do M much as the rek.
uIar agricultural workers for the same
pay.
Iii order to increase the demand scr
women workers. aud TO add interest In
this kind of. work. competitions have
j been held throughout the country.
THE cnnnpefafora were Judged upon