Evening star., 1943-03-27
WAR Work Done
BY Farm Women
Described Here
Speaker Tells Club
City Women May
Be Asked to Heb

How the Nations farm women are
contributing to the war effort on the
home front, the farm front and the
public service front was discussed
yesterday by Miss Grace Frysinger
in talk before the Woman's Ma
tional Farm and Garden Associa-
ton.
Addressing the group at the
YWCA on The Rural Woman and
the War Effort" the speaker, who Is
on the staff of the extension service
of the Agriculture Department, told
how farm women are growing and
conserving food, keeping their own
home fires burning" and assisting
the Governments War bond sales,
and salvaging strategic materials.
Last year farm women canned
300,000,000 quarts of food for home
use the speaker said. They dried
100000 pounds of food and stored
an additional 60000O,OOO pounds,
thereby releasing commercial canned
goods for urban people and the
armed forces This year the farm
woman's goal is a Victory garden on
every farm"
Increase Work.
In order to save needed fabrics,
farm women and girls are remodel
ing clothes, and preventing loss of
materials through proper care, she
said. They also are conserving farm
equipment through immediate re-
pair of broken parts and better care
of machinery.
On the farm front" twice as
many women did farm chores and
field work last year as in the year
before, and three times as manv
drove power machinery, the speaker
added.
They increased the size of poultry
f1ocks and gardens; drove farm trac-
tors, trucks and other farm ma
chinery: shocked grain, detasseled
corn picked cotton, stacked peanuts,
picked and sprayed apples Miss
Frysinger continued.
Need Help From Cities.
In addition to these services, rural
women die Red Cross work, sold
War bonds, collected scrap metal
rubber and paper, while a few
served as AFRAID spoilers, the
speaker reported.
This year with less labor and
more food to be produced, the
farm woman will have to look to
her city sister for assistance, Miss
c n n
woman can volunteer for land army
services, she pointed out, and help
in tending the farms as we'll as
harvesting the crops. A valuable
service which she can give to the
farm woman is to stay in the farm
home and look after small children
while the farmers wife works in
the fields, the speaker continued.
A total of 3,50O,O00 workers are
needed by American farmers for the
1943 harvest, Miss Frysinger de-
clared and it is expected that Wom-
ems organizations will be requested
to enlist the service of city women.
Tentative plans in the Agriculture
Department indicate that $4,000
women could be used in farm work
this year, she asserted, 10000 for
year-round work and $4,000 for one
month or more.
Fcod Called Weapon.
The need of food will be so great
that I believe every one has a great
responsibility IN thinking of this
problem" she concluded.
The speaker was introduced by
Mrs. R. Winston Holt, the president,
who prefaced the speakers address
with a brief talk.
Food is weapon" Mrs. Holt de-
clared, 1T builds good health which
increases happiness. 1t is hoped
that this year it will be :exit' tc
lawns, tennis courts and other places
suitable for gardens and that every
one possible will have Victory gar
den. We should bear in mind the
slogan that made New England
prosperous" Mrs. Holt concluded.
Eat it up. wear it out, make it do,
and do without
The organization voted $40 from
the treasury to be contributed to a
pending program to beautify the
grounds of st. Elizabeth's Hospital.