THE
February. I 9 f 9
LA:\DSWO~lA~
The Women's Land Army of America
The firat contincent of t he W omen'• Land Arm1 of America to lea"e Loa Aocel" for farm duty.
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has tnkcn "u<·h a k<·(•n intcr( ... t in
our Land Aunv
that I feel -.ur<' m~nv
of thf'
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1 ~adtH's of TnB L \:'iD<~\\ 0'1 :\~ Will be plea......,<'d to
t>CC somt• phot()!(raph~ of t!w wo1k of the Land
AL'mv w Amcri<'a. Somi.' tim<' ago tht>y lDYitcd
rc'pr~ ... <'ntati vcs of thE' En~lish Land Army to tisit
that <'ountry. l"nfortunat('ly, the stret:~ of work
here mad<.' it irupos ... iblt' to &l'<'<.'pt the mntahon.
I n rt·grf'ttin~ th1-., the G{·neral Secretary of the
Wonwn 's Land Army of Americn. wrote E.'xpl'('S!-ing
their congratulatiOns upon the achieYemc-nt... of
the Lund .Armv in Bntn.m.
A" e>arly "'" · J ~17 tht• Rtandin~ Committ<-e on
Agrh·nlture of thf' )hyor'.· Commtttf'l' of \\omen
nn Nntion~l Dc-ft•ncC' in :\t•w \ ork C'ity undNtook
t<> or2unic.o~ unit:-- of ''onwu flnm wolkent. \\ht<'h
f"'Om pondcd sonwwhat to om· st>.l.'-Onal worke1'9.
'fhcP.e units varit•d iu number from ~ix to ~cH•nty
thrc"· nnd th<.• womC'n hH•d togt·tlwr in a N•ntn•.
trnm \\ h\dl th<>y W<'nt out to "('rk "lllgly or in
~roup". upon farm« 111 th<'. n<'t~hbourhood
Th(•>< • umb \H·I'I.' l"C't'nut<'d, Yl'ry muc h on tht'
line (\f our :\utional l.~tnd ~t n iC'f' C'or~. from
co11E-gt• .... tudr·ut .... f~m \\Or k,,r-· m vartOll" trudl'-.
with a dull st>l\:--on m the '~Ummet·. uud otht>t"! "ho
wsnted o. '-'hnngt• of oumpo.tton. '\." \H'll a-< from
"omt•n "ho h~tl l»Ct•n -.tn~,na: at horn~"; and tht"\
tluJ t•well('nt work.
Tlwn• i nn olrl "cng; wbif'h \'uic-t•d tlw fN linszs
0 f patriotil' Am<'riean wotnl'n in thl~ C'hil \\ ar
day . "hi•·h 1 urh :
• ... Ju-.t tnkc \·our JZUO and ~:to.
For Huth t. n drive the oxen, .John.
\nd 1 can u c tht' hot>.''
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wht'n .\meri<'a jomrd hand~ with the Alh<>~
m the Grtllt W l\r, th<' Wom•·n ~ Land Army of
Am<>nc-a wao;; form~d. whi( h, bs..c:mg its program m~
on the <-Xj)('nence of England and C'anade., aimed
at ~hmulahn~:t rec-rmhng for land sen-il·e. trammg
wonwn workt rs, and co-ordmating all orga.msl\hon ~
1nt<."re~t<:d m pla.cin~:t women on thC' land.
Tho s ucct'ss of this new Land Army may be
judgt.·d from the follomng figures, quoted by a
pradical farmer in New Jersey :
PITCHI!\O CoR~ STALKS (Indian Corn).-Two
girls working together lifted from 8 to 10 tons of
stalks per day.
HA\·.- Two of b.ts girls could load as well as
a man.
0AT'l.-0ne girl pitched
s heaves in 19
minut<.'s. each sh<.'af averaging 8 lb., and s he- could
pitch 19 ton~ m a day.
Tlw \\ onwn s Na.tional Farm and Gl\rdc-n .\ sso-
t'iatlon, which ha~ bPen )ar~l'ly respon"t ble for the
intere'll
<'quip}K'd t o takt' charge of
kinds of farm opera-
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tion<~.
Tlw "hairmnn of the• Xn.tional Farm and Cardt.•n
A<>,;ociation in :Xew York takeq n. gwn.t int<.'l\'"'t in
Tnt· Lnmswo'l""· nnd h ns promi..,t-d t<> send nu~
thl· n:un"" or Ll\nd Atnn ~rb in Amt•rica "ho \\ould
hkt' to JOtn our C'orl'f "'l)oild<>ncc Club and cxchnng;tl
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