The Idaho recorder., 1922-03-03

lamD and Its mother on Miss Halls ranch have in-
d'yidual and careful attention.
Up In Kansas again you might have found for
soodly number of years past Mrs. Theodore
saxon or Topeka She was not college farmer.
put having run her husbands two-section farm
Tor good many years she knew lot about hogs
ana crops and cattle.
Mrs. Saxon always said. "Any woman who
DO farm housework, wash aud ALL can do any
KIND OF farm work ever across" And when
someone said. as they always did. that women are
NOT good at lifting, she laughed, answering, "Im
not saying they ought to lift but am saying that
they do IL all the time and q lot of them aren't
dead from It yet Nobody ever did housework
without lifting and lifting heavy things too
know what work on farm is and l say that the
outdoor work Is easier than the indoor work and
II anybody thinks II isn't. let him just try"
Ahother OF these rugged farm women is Mrs
Jennie conrad or Conrad, Indiana, breeder of
spotted Poland-Chlnu hogs who thinks that a
thouSahd hogs year Is not too big an output for
her farm. Mrs. Conrad believes that the woman
who likes farming ana knows about II ought to
have chance at success whether she has the
money to buy farm not. Mrs Conrad says
women take naturally TO stock handling and that
u hrst'clnss woman viii excel any man at this
work. This Is not only because she knows and
understands the care of young creatures whether
animal or human. but because she usually likes TO
keep things clean. The cleaner any animal Is
kept the less danger II runs from contagious or
infectiops. This Is just as true Of pig as Il Is
OF human being: they need to be kept clean to
have their houses In sanitary condition and
clean. fresh land for their playground
The United States Department OF Agriculture ia
spending a great deal Of money, right now. to
teach farmers how to prevent intestinal worms In
hogs. The prevention Is cleanliness and this is
true not only with diseases OF cattle but OF chick
ems. even Of turkeys. Mrs. Conrad argues that the
average woman Is naturally scrubber. that she
doesn't have to be told to keep the barn white
washed and the cows tails scrubbed. Mrs. Con.
rad says that farming Is the coming business for
women, business with great future.
In her same group, among the well-estabshed
farmers must be mentioned Miss ii. J. Wagner,
manager of n stock farm In Florida and said TO be
the highest salaried woman farmer In this country
Also there Is Miss Eleanor S Miller, manager OF
the famous Robert Bacon farm at westbury Long
Island. This Is Northumberland farm hut since
u great stretch of Its rich meadow land Is set
aside for polo field and barnfull of handsome
little polo ponies work overtime at devouring feed
II Is rather n trick To make this farm pay. Miss
Miller indeed Is the first farm manager to make Il
pay and she has done II by constant. painstaking
care. Her truck garden Is not only luxury; Il
pays for itself. Her poultry department not only
feeds the big house and Its many guests II
most of its cost Of upkeep by outside marketing.
When talking about the woman farmer Miss Miller
says:
"women are splendid for live stock OF all sorts
and they are good truck and flower gardeners.
Hut when Il comes to general crops and land man
agenent doubt II they as Interested they
should be: certainly they do not do the work they
should 1t may he that the lack OF opportunity
has forced women to specialize. few farmers
are ready to give them chance general farm
helpers. On the other hand there are not enough
women farm managers TO meet the demand for
them. Here. believe. Is the biggest field OF work
open to women today and IL Is held as yet, nj.
most uncharted."
And now comes to mind the question-.what
are the agricultural colleges doing for the girls