The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-02-23

who want to farm?" And as you look across the
states. from state college to state college, you
see the College of Massachusetts, at Amherst stand.
Ing out, well above the rest. Here there is dor.
mltory for hundred agricultural women and
registration to nearly fill the house. Here too
there is an employment department for the won.
en-, with an enthusiastic director. Miss Margaret
Halnlin. who finds practice work Cor the girls IN
thelr summer months. Last summer she placed
~ girls In farm jobs and could have placed three
times that many. Yet when Miss Hamn began
this work about two years ago the farmers of Mas
sachusetts had no notion of taking the girl idea
seriously.
The average agricultural college throughout the
country has an enrolment Of from one to SIX
girls annually. These are the girls who like Miss
Mosse of Kansas, simply will not be dOwned They
are going into farming II the sky falls; they have
been told by everybody how very certain they are
to fail. The dean of the college Is usually the
first person to encourage them. for many Of the
state colleges see and recognize the big chances
for women In this field If they are without land
or capital they are not encouraged to think all
VIII be easy sailing. for under those circumstances
1t Is not easy sailing for a man. The same rules
that apply to the man who wants to be farmer,
apply also to the young woman. And she has
the added handicap that very few farmers have
any idea Of her true worth farm helper.
There are exceptions to this last rule. Phineas
w. Sprague OF Boston. who has a number Of fine
farms at Ram Island Cape Elizabeth Maine, IS
so impressed with the value Of farm women that
he has seven of them on his place. All are agri
cultural college products Miss Lucy Taft, Mas
sachusetts woman, has charge of the daries and
goes from one farm to another directing the farm
managers In the care of their stock On one Of
the farms Miss Signe johnson is the herdsman
nd phaff 70 in, cba aoffh dairy
or the care of the milk. Miss Jean Hogarth. grad
uate of English horticultural school, had charge
of the poultry this farm last summer. another
girl, agricultural student, ran the milk truck
and there were two women gardeners.
Another enthusiastic employer Of women Is JUL
an DimOck of the Dimock orchards East C0riDth
Vermont. Mr. Dimock writes: Our whole scheme
of farming has been changed to utilize the trained
educated girl We are training them for executive
positions and enlarging our operations so as 70
make places for them While man-pOwer will a.
ways be necessary on a farm, still farm can %
specialized until women can advantageously hca
practically all Of the responsible positions we
enthusiastic advocates of young women y
farm workers"
One agency. the woman's National Farm ana
Garden association is doing much both In tns
country and In England to open this big Bdo
outdoor work for women. The American grcW
OF this association has national offices al ii'
Stevens building Chicago. and branch offices
New York Boston and elsewhere. At these once
an employment service Is offered to the tranea,
woman farm-wOrker. In order to train the pn
who wants to be a farmer and who has ao'iv
but financial means, % scholarships are annuar
ly given to girls for study at the various agrscw
tural colleges And third, but by no means ms =
smallest part of this work, Is a marketing sefv"
operated for the benefit Of the farm woman olsn
the farmers wife, who has butter and eggs. canD,
goods. honey all sorts Of things for sale IN SD.
quantity This woman often cannot reacn y
city market and has no means Of finding city 81
toners for her small crop output. The Chn.
mas market of the New England branch OF ~
Farm and Garden association Is one OF the -
buttons of Boston, selling yearly thousands OF W.
lars worth Of goods for the farm women OF W
England. These are the products OF the oiofs@
Toned woman farmer, II she may be called tn.t
the uncolleged woman. The new farmer ~
quite different sort she is we'll educated w
all the scientific knowledge necessary 10
farm today. She goes onto the farm just as -
brother would go, to get the best out OF ner
and to keep II right. And she markets Jus'
he would do. In the open markets OF the WORN