The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-07-15

Many Farmt. Inv
Walking 49, miles n year 20 get wa.
ter for her famiiys use II ID, record
Of one New Mexico woman. a. revealed
by survey ~ farm home conditions
made not long axe 10y the United
States department Of agriculture and
the state extension service. In add
ton 10 carrying r. tons ~ water.
which II minimum for family ~ six
20 use In year. she did all the house
work and helped with the field work
and care OF the live stock. Here il the
story she tells
I'VE live on farm Of So acres 10
Gated one and a quarter miles from a
small town. We have no automobile
hut use horses and wagons as n means
~ transportation Ia town or elsewhere.
We live In sixroom house which j.
lighted by lamps and heated by stove
have no labor.saying devices, except
built-in kitchen cabinet or cupboard.
sewing machine and washing ma.
chine run by hand power.
There are six members In the fam.
ily. including two children between ten
and sixteen and two under ten wears
81 age During harvest. silo filling or
ihrnshlng we have eight extra helpers
have no help In the house except that
81 three children In carrying wood and
coal and running srrands. During the
first six months 81 1919 FIVE members
81 the family were IN In bed total 81
twcnty-three days.
Why Farmers Wives Grow Old Early.
II do the washing and ironing for
the entire family. make my own outer
garments and part 81 the childrei =
clothing. and bake all my own bread.
The water for household purposes
must be carried distance 81 4fo fr' ?
and this II one ~ my daily tasks a.
well m the care Il ~ chickens. The
eggs from this flock are marketed AZ
the nearest store and the money l.
used for general housekeeping pur-
poses.
II help with the milking Of 20 cows
and wash the milk pats and separately
The cream i sold and used for general
housekeeping expenses. During eight
monihs a. the year ! help with The
farm work, care for the vegetable gar
den and help care for the live stock.
In the summer rise NJ five O'Clock
and my working day ends at 3 30 p. m,
with no time free. In winter the day
begins az a. m. and lasts until : ?. m,
with no time on. | work on an aver
age 81 fifteen and = half hours a day
three hundred and sixty-five days In
the year. with not even my noon hour
free"
Survey. blanks were filed out by ga
New Mexico farm women. and about
onehalf Of them reported water
brought by hand from n distance az
800 20 400 feet The average was AZ
feet. In over ca per cent 81 the case
the housewives did the carrying.
One gallon Of water with a bucket
weighs at least sis pounds. one WON
an who lived on n farm and carried
water for a family 81 FIVE. which sta
tistics show 20 be- the size ~ the aver
age American family, reports that II
takes six pals 81 water for the Ordi-
nary day. and she has counted many
times the ~ pals required for the fam
ily washing. Sin pals ~ water 3Gh
days In the year make 2.ia0 pals 10
pals for the washing 20 weeks IN the
year. make S32 pals. or a total ~ 3O22
pals 81 water for family ~ i've In "A
year. Taking this as the usual amount
81 wnter used and the a. feet as the
average distance carried the distance
travelled In one year II 80 miles.
Woman Carries Water 4s7 Miles.
Besides travelling this distance ne
must bear the weight ~ the water.
Ordinary pals contain from 2ih 20 3
gnllons 3.O22 pals o. pa gallons viii
equal 1885 gallons Using sis pounds
which II low estimate, A. the weight
Of one gallon Of water and the con
tniner, Mrs. Average Farmer In New
Mexico carries In one year GAIT
pounds or 32l tons, Thls n not all,
for the water she carries into the
house must all be carried out again.
20 she lifts another 32.i tons In car
rying Il out. which makes "a tons car
ried In a year.
But That's Only One Item.
The woman who bears children and
cares for them, their father and the
hired man. cooks for them, does the
washing. ironing and family sewing,
does the housekeeping. cares for the
chickens weeds the garden. travels