Middletown transcript., 1922-05-20
ION NEASY STREET.
Women "Farmerettes" Make
Money in Western Canada.
Many Are Taking Advantage Of the
Opportunity Offered by the Fer
tile Land and Fine Climate.

In many parts Of Western Canada
are to be found women owning and
running farms for themselves, and
what Is more, making them pay. May
Hazlett, an English girl. who lived on
q farm In the Touchwood hills, In Sas-
katchewan, for the past four years.
looking after her stock and cultivatins
her land, Is one Of these. The farm
was originally her brothers homestead.
at which time Miss Hazlett was
stenographer. Her brother was killed
while fighting with the Canadian forces
at vimy Ridge. Neighbors advised
Miss Hazlett to sell the farm, but she
decided that she was tired Of the
"eternal pounding" and became farm
erette.
Mrs. Mary J. Blackburn, pioneer
woman farmer of Alberta, has just
added 160 acres to her farm near
Hardsty. Coming from Eastern Cam
ada, Mrs. Blackburn homesteaded
quarter section In 1902. She had two
Holstein heifers, a bull, and SIT In
cash. She lived In tent the first
summer and In sod shack In the,
winter. Her first crop put her. as
she tells the story. ION Easy street"
In ten years she had herd Of go
pure-bred HOlstein cattle and was Op-
Grating prosperous dairy. fine
residence has supplanted the sod hut.
II MIXED my cows, raised my cattle.
cut hay and stacked 1t all by myself"
said Mrs. Blackburn. 81 started on
bare prairie with no money, and made
good. 1 worked hard, but the expert
ence was wonderful"
1t has generally been conceded that
farming is a mans Job. 1t has long
been considered that woman's place
OH the farm was In the house. with
few attendant duties, looking after the
chickens and the garden. But times
are changing.
Demonstrative Of the present femi-
nine initiative, there are two young
ladies farming extensively and with
good profit too, In Western Canada.
Some years ago family located 16O-
acre farm In the Oak Lake district,
Manitoba. Later the father died, leav-
ing his two daughters and aged wife a
mortgaged quarter section. Instead OF
selling the effects and moving to town
| to take employment, the girls decided
| to work the place.
While the mother looked after the
household duties the daughters did the
farm work. They did the plowing. har-
rowing, seeding, haying, harvesting,
stocking, feeding and other farm oper-
ations. Except at threshing time, the
getting out of wood, the help Of man
was never sought. Instead of a 100
acre place, with seven horses and ten
cattle, which they started with, they
have a 1,120-acre farm, twenty-five
head of heavy horses and nearly a hun
dred head of cattle, mostly pure-breds
Their farm buildings, equipment and
well-kept fields would be objects OF
pride to the owners in any country. -,
Their accomplishment has not only
been profitable but pleasant, and they
have enjoyed every home advantage
They are two entertaining and bright
girls, and have all the feminine charm
of womanhood. Their manlike occupa
tion has not given them masculine
character or appearance, as some O
the older generations might imagine
Their gallant struggle for success sig
nifes the truth In the oft-repeatet
maxim of Western Canada, "a littl
assistance and the soil, with Its natur
al richness and Gods sunshine will
soon pay for the land itself"
If you wish to learn more of wha
Western Canada can do, write for
copy Of "Canada West" which will b
mailed to you free by your neares
Canadian government agent.-Advel
| tisement