Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-05-18
ION EASY STREET.
Women "Farmerettes" Make
Money in Western Canada.
MANY Arc Taking Advantages Of the
Opportunity offered BY the Fer
tile Land and Fine Climate.

In many parts of Western Canada
are to be found women owning ana
running farms for themselves. and
what is more, making them pay. May
Hazlett, an English girl, who lived on
n farm in the TouchwOod hills. In Sas-
katchewan, for the past four years.
looking after her stock and cultivating
her land, ia one Of these. The farm
vas originally her brothers homestead.
at which time Miss Hazlett was
stenosrapher. Her brother was killed
while fighting with the Canadian forces
st yimy 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 100 acres to her farm near
Hardisty. Coming from Eastern Can
nda. Mrs. Blackburn hOmesteaded a
ouarter section In 1902. She had two
HolsteIn heifers, bull and SIT IN
cash. She lived in tent the frst
summer and In n sod shack In the
winter. Her first crop put her. as
she tells the story, ION Easy street"
In ten years she had Il herd OF W
pure-bred Holstein cattle and was Op-
Grating IL prosperous dairy. A fne
residence has supplanted the sod nut.
"I MIXED my cows. raised my cattle.
cut hay and stacked 1t all by myself,
said Mrs. Blackburn. II started on
bare prairie with no money. and made
good. l worked hard. but the expert
snce was wonderful"
1t has generally been conceded that
farming is mans job. 1t has long
been considered that n woman's place
on the farm was In the house. with a
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 100
acre farm In the Oak Lake district.
Manitoba. Later the father died. leav.
lng 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 nfter the
household duties the daughters did the
farm work. They did the plowing. hnr
rowing. seeding, haying. harvesting
stocking. feeding and other farm oper
ntions. Except at threshlng time, the
getting out OF wood. the help of mar
was never sought. Instead of 1GO
acre place. with seven horses and tel
cattle, which they started with. the!
have 1.12O-ncre farm. twenty-five
head Of heavy horses and nearly a hun
ired hend Of cattle. mostly pure-breds
Their farm buildings. equipment ant
weIl-kept fields would be objects o
pride to the owners In any country.
Their accomplishment has not onl
been profitable hut pleasant, and the
have enjoyed every home advantage
They are two entertaining and brigh
girls. and have all the feminine charm
of womanhOOd. Their manlike Occupa
ton has not given them a masculine
character or appearance. as some o.
the older generations might imagine
Their gallant struggle for success sig
nifies the truth In the nft-repeatet
maxim Of Western Canada. "a LITTLE
assistance and the soil, with Its natur
al richness and Gods sunshine vii
soon pay for the land itself"
If you wish to learn more of what
Western Canada can do, write for 9
copy of Canada West" which will bt
mailed to you free by your nearest
Canadian government agent.-Adver
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