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Show SCOTCH WOMEN FARM. HANDS Hardy Girls "Working In Groups Give ' Better Satisfaction Than the Men c in the Dunfermline District. Owing the the building of the Ro-eyth Ro-eyth naval base, near Dunfermline, and' the increased emigration from the border and middle lands of Scotland Scot-land to the United States and Canada, Can-ada, farm holders in this district appear ap-pear to be employing more women farm hands than heretofore. There are many fruit and vegetable vege-table farms along the roads of the Dunfermline district on which women wom-en and girls are employed in preparing, prepar-ing, tilling anct harvesting the crops. In many' instances it is claimed they give better satisfaction, than men, their steady and careful truck farming farm-ing in garden and field showing increased in-creased results. These hardy girl and women farmers work in groups, and judging from their singing and happy air while at work are a contented con-tented lot. It is no uncommon sight to see half a dozen or more hoeing or planting in regular lines so a3 to work across the field at one time. In this method of keeping the work together the result of the day's labor la-bor for each woman farmer is easily seen. An older woman or man usually usu-ally acts 'as overseer. The wages for each full-grown woman is 36 cents a day ordinarily, while in harvest time they earn for eight hours' time from 00 cents to 1 cents.' Men farmers do the heavier, heav-ier, work, such as plowing, cutting and building roads and fences, and earn from $-1.38 to $5.34 a week, with house rent free. Daily Consular Consu-lar and Trade Reports. |