The Keota news., 1922-05-19
ION EASY Street"
Women "Farmerettss" Make
Money in Western Canada.

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oppsrsVsisy oMsrs6 ~ ths ess.
Tile lsn6 sn6 eias ciimsss.
In many paris Of Western Csnada
sSs TO bs found women owning and
running farms for themselves. and
What 10 more. making thsm pay. Nay
Hssisst. al EnsiiAh girl. who lived oo
. fsrm In the Toaehwood hills. In Has
ksiehs~sn. foe the past four yssrs.
locking after hss Stock and euitivesing
her land. 10 one Of ihss~. Ths farm
vss originally her broshee's homestead
ss which time Nias Hasiest MAS
slsoogSsphss. Her brother was killed
while fighting With the Canadian forces
~ vimy Ridxs. Neighbour sdvised
Mis- Hssi~tt 10 sell the farm. bot she
decided that shs ~ss tired of the
eternal p0uadinx- and became . farm
ssssss.
Nsa Mary J. Blackburn. . piooees
woman fssmss q Alberta. hss Just
sdded lD acres to hes fsrta n~ss
Nsstiissy. cnming fsoa Eastern Can
eds. Nss- Blackburn hom~siesd~d .
quarter section In isc. She had s~o
uo,ssein hsifess . bull. and eis In
essh. She lived In . tent the arss
summer sod In . snd shack In the
winter. Her nsss esop put her. ~
che tells tbs ss.eJ. -aa Easy street.
In ssa yesss shs had . herd Of D
pure bred uoisssin cattle sud ~ss op.
ssstias . PROSPEROUS dairy. 4 nns
rvsadeaee hss suppisntsd The sod hus.
= snllksd my cows raised ny cattle.
cut hay snd stacked u ell by myssif.-
said Nrss Hisekbusn. Il starred "a
bare pssisss with no money. and made
euna. ! worked hard. bot The ssp-st.
enee wes Wuox1sfful-
II hiss ssosssiiy heea enoeesied that
fsrsains IL . sash's jnh. u has ioae
b~~a euasides~d that . ~usnsn's place
m lhs fssm MSS In the house. With .
f~u siseadsnt duties. looking sfyes The
chickens and the garden. Hut tisuss
ssv rhsneins.
bvmuasssstise of lhe present. fesni.
nine Initiative. there are tao yoans
ladies farming extensively snd With
eur-i rsuas Ton. In Western Canada.
xnspe yesss $50 . family located . l6D-
s~re fsrsa In tbs Oak Lake district.
Nsnisohs. Later the father died. leav.
Ias his twu asuxhtess and Sgd wife .
asnstssxcd quarter srrtioa. Instead q
selling the effects and moving Ia town
10 take employment. The girls decided
tn ~ust the place.
While the mother looked after the
hous-h"'d duties the daushtess dtd the
farm ~ufk. They did The p,owias. har.
euwins. seeding. hsytex. harvesting.
ssocklns. feeding aud other fsrsn opss.
stions. Except at thfealslas time. the
getting oal a wood. the help of man
~ss neves spueht. Instead of . 1aD.
srse piacv. with seven hoeses aud ten
cattle. which they started with. they
have = 1.i:nscrv farm. twenty-five
head of heavy hosscs and nearly hun.
dreti head NJ cattle. mostly rure.breds.
Their sarm buildings. equipment and
wr,l.keth fields would bc objects of
ps,de to the owners In any country.
Their accomplishment has not only
tcen profitable hut pleasant. and they
have enjuyed every home advantage.
They are two entertaining and bright
sjsis. ana have all the feminine charm
~ wcmanhood. Their mRnlike occupa.
tioa has not given them q masculine
character or appearance. ~ some Of
! the Older generations might imagine.
Their gallant struggle for success sig.
ninea the truth In the oft.repeated
maxim cf Western Canada. "a little
assistance and the spll, with lls natur.