Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-05-24
ION EASY STREET"
Women "FarmeretteS" Make
Money in Western Canada.
Many Are Taking Advantage % the
Opportunity Offered by the Fer
tile Land and Fine Climate.

In many parts OF Western Canada
are 10 be found women owning ana
running farms for themselves. ana
what is more. making them pay. May
Hazlett. an English girl. who lived IN
a farm In the TOuchwOOd hills. in SaS-
katchewan. for the past four years.
looking after her stock and cultivar-ug
her land. Is one If these. The farm
was originally her brothers homestead.
at which time Miss Hazlett was a
sten0grapher. Her brother was killed
while fighting with the Canadian forces
NJ vimy Ridge. NeighbOrs advised
Miss Hazlett 10 sell the farm. but she
decided that she was tired ~ the
-eternaI pounding" and became a farm
erette.
Mrs. Mary J. Blackburn. a pioneer
woman farmer OF Alberta, has Just
added 16O acres to her farm near
Hardisty. Coming from Eastern Can
ada, Mrs Blackburn hOmesteated a
quarter section in 1902. She had two
HOlstein heifers. a bull. and Sl7 In
cash. She lived in a tent the first
n
winter Her first crop put her. as
she tells the story. "On Easy street"
In ten years she had a herd Of CD
pure-bred HOlstein cattle and was Op-
Grating prosperous dairy. fne
residence has supplanted the sod hut.
Il MIXED my cows. raised my cattle,
cut hay and stacked IL all by myself"
said Mrs. Blackburn. II started on
bare prairie with no money, and made
good. worked hard. but the expert
ence was wonderful"
II has generally been conceded thai
farming is a mans job. IL has long
been considered that a wOman's place
on 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 a family located l6O-
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
10 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 blowing. har-
rowing. seeding. haying. harvesting
stocking. feeding and other farm oper-
atoms. Except ar threshing time, the
getting out OF wood. the help Of man
was never sought. Instead of a leo
acre place. with seven horses and ten
cattle. which they started with. they
have 1.12O-acre farm, twenty-five
head Of heavy horses and nearly hun
dred head Of cattle. mostly pure-breds-
Their farm buildings. equipment and
well-kept fields would be objects Of
pride 10 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-
ton has not given them a masculine
character or appearance, as some of
the older generations might imagine
Their gallant struggle for success sig
nifies the truth in the Oft-repeated
maxim Of Western Canada. "a little
assistance and the soil. with its natur-
al richness and Gods sunshine viii
soon pay for the land itself"
II you wish TO learn more OF Whist
Western Canada can do. write for a
copy of Canada West" which will he
mailed TO you free by your nearest
Canadian government agent.-Adver-
tguounonf