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Show Uncle Sam Says Greatest I . :naee To Rural HI Life Is the W aste of Woman-Power oo Farms I 4 Modern Equipment and Plan ning Prescribed as Remedy WASHINGTON Sept. 30- "Man work's from sun in sun, but woman's work Is never done." L'ncle Sam wants to take the sting out of those famiilai lines, as'they apply ap-ply to farmers' wives. The u. K department of agriculture has made a farm-home survey, covering cover-ing i0,0T6 rarm homes in the s?, northern north-ern and western states. And Us deduction de-duction from this survey is .lust this , that the waste of woman-power Is lone of the greatest menaces. to the rural ru-ral life of the nation. REMEDY IS MODI K U1 PMEXT Efficient planning nnd well-directed investment in modern equipment tor farm homes is the icmcd pointed out by .Miss Florence K Ward, who dl- i reeled ihe survey. Miss Ward is in charge of extension work With women. ifflce of Ehctension Work, North and ''st. Mates Relations Service At ,i time like this-." she says, w hen the dearth of farm labor is d limiting factor In production, it is vry doubtful business pollc;. for farmets to use increased income to buy more land instead of using n pari of it In raising st Lndards of liv ing that women wo-men and voting pebple yfW not want to go to Ihe cities in search of lithe li-the living conditions and amusement." Labor-saving appliances In the home as well as in ihe field. the report point out, would give women n chance they now lose, to realise the genuine 'corn pens:? I ions of life in the open country. But as conditions stand, thse arc the percentages arrived at after careful calculations XO I K. Il l HOI II I) )N I VRM. The farm woman's average working lay in summer Is 13.1- hours, and the year round It Is II. ,8 hptirs, And 87 out of each 10.0 women hav no regular; regu-lar; vacation cturing the year. Half of them are up and ;it work at 5 o'clock in the morning. Forty per cent have water In the kitchen, but the otheis must go to the spring of pump, at an average disunite dis-unite of in f-et from the kitchen, to bl ing water foi cooking breakfast. Eighty-One per cent must feed the poultry but only 16 per cpnt have the egg money for their personal use It f ills to per ent to help milk the C0W8, 2.1 per cent to help cure for the livestock, and 2 1 per cent to spend an average Of six weeks assisting in field work. Vet onlv l 2 pei cenl of the women wo-men have assistants, and these only foi about three and one-half months' ! of the year. j On the average, the farm woman .has a Hfven-room house to keep in order. Kerosene lamps must be tilni-tued tilni-tued and filled by 79 per cent; !6 per cent do the family washing; 94 per cent bake all or part of the bread used ;and fiO per cent make the butler Only 26 per cent hav e ?a" or electric irons-DOl irons-DOl km in n VOK FARM ENGINE I Forty-eight per cent of farms cov-Icred cov-Icred by the survey reported power for operating farm machinery, but onlv l2 'per cent have tins assistance for the ' h o m e , I "That." says Miss Ward, "Is a sin- BRIGHT SPOTS! nj per cent have screened windows i and doors. rC. per cent have sewing machines. 72 per cent have telephones 'J per cent have automobiles. 24 per cent have vacuum cleaners- , l" per cent have carp.-t sweeper. I 21 per cent have some kind of j lighting system l Almost a fourth of the women must as--iv( in field work, and 6 pet' -"cnt milk cows. gular fact, w hen wo consider that fre liiently it is a simple matter to con- KrV hect the engine used at the bars vith B 3 ho.USi hold . i ii i i ine n t I'll Bunning water is found in only 3- Kl per cent of these homes, although in 18 per cent water is obtainable by 1 some arrangement In the kitchen. 1 -two pei c f t hi " omen do , I R some or all of the family sewing; 54 IH per cent care for two coal or wood H stoves, not counting the kitchen range. And so it goes. In addition to all these things, each farmer's wife doe- 1 fl I a the hundred and one odds and end; I w hich are part of the day of any I 'housewife, in city, village or country. jll |
