THE LANDSWOMAN
January, 1920
And here may I acld a hyword which inclircc·tly
bears upon the subject in qu(':-:.tion. The A oda-
tion, by mcrcllf>ing the advantage~ of and l'TO\Jdmg
fa.l~ilitic><~ for women ngJ·icultnral workt-J-<, wiJJ
incroac.;c the number of thmw workers. It is agref'd
in the mnjority of cnseg that the general h··alth of
womon hn!-! improvC'd und,•r the opon-air conflition:-
attcndmg landwork. England shou ld benefit Ly
t Ius 111 future ~cnc·rn.tion'i, and a.pprc c·1ato her land·
~orkcr accordingly.
All ngJioultural wotkera know th(' IH·ccl of ,..uitablc
t'llUipnwnt, N!pc·cially m footwNn. Our Land
Army hoots h ave· pr('vcntcd many colcls, a.nd f think
have hc~n g~'JH'rally ~uc·<·C",.,,..ful. We ~hall All
\H•Icomt• an A"lrm<·iation which provJd9~ two v. ord h~1' " a
aou to hPip to '~~ htllh 't ndaru of m rlt
whlr.h the tlr t rncmhcr ot tlw Lnntl ,\rmy hnd won .
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I ra.r.·ly n another Lllnd r.uJ , and r.e,rr ince mv tramtng
)~,'lw" I had one work•ulf wath "'"'· nu1l yot. I ul\\a) ft>rl thAt v.
aw nil work111g to~Uwr. happily :\JHI enfhu> ns well a-s m~ O\\ n I alv. a~"' try not to do anythmg
whldi n1i~ht lower our JlllOd U:lm•·.
\\erP. Wf! workin~~; imlt\'ldually, without thl ft>Phng (If unit~ . I
nm afri\Hl wt· .. !Joul d not troul•ll· "ry much"' h t happenecl ton .. ,
v. oultl dv.1ndJ,.
until prolJably 10 qo1te u. -.hort timf" fh~.>rt' wo11ltl nt•wr 1.11' Sf'•'n :~
g1rl about thr. farm, g•vmp; tht> awmnl~ all fho;;e l1ttl .. ~>xtr.L
attl"ntJon-. which they -'> apprP.('tatf" . fhink of 1t. 1 \,..k the tlNI.r
~eutlP con if hi' \\ant \1 to'"' flt'UJOlll.*d, a~tcl as k th~ b•g tron~
horsr• if h~> want to l tJml' .
Xo I It we 1\•ked all thf' animal" to votR, I knov. tltP\' v.ouM
'\lo,~nt U!ot to 1".\rry On, and jom thP \ 'nd-. at hdd•Jlltlftc rs (who. hy tbr way. 'it'cm to ha\c a gt"llm ..
for thinkwf( of ~chen. ~ for our ~OOtJ l Ill'{' forming tor u.;. Ille r
hswe takt>n .. urh a kf'PJI 1ntt're-.t iu the pa-.t, t>nroumjlin~ ,,n (•Ur
etrorts to do our lJellt, that if 10 f h~> future Wi' h:n(' no on"-
exrept. of (·our~. thP faT'Tll('r-to burk lh up and hl'lp m .
naturally our "·ork wouM l~ rather VOid of int4'rt?'t C'OmJ.Inre cl
with what 1t h ~ ~n . Therefon- If we wnnt to he In Uw futul'f'
wh:\t wf' haw~ l~Pn 111 th" pa~t. we mll!t hll\e our ht>nrt and
Jw.1ds joinNI to~o>th~>r hy un A"~o··iatil')n wlu<'h w•llcnaNt' U"~ to
~>njoy all the 1,-.~t thing~ of life and nt the "3111P. tml<' ctH'onra~
U" to do our verv bt- <>.ake of the ~ood time we }13\e had in the Land Arm.,·, to
join np on~ 'l~am \\lth the "an~ ~ood purpo:oe in our h€'art" to
k~p our...elvf'' a jollv, rt•hnble gang of g:rl.... enttnrd all owr
thP country.-idr of dt>ar olrl I:o~land.
t •• 1~ . (L .. \.A .l-$.).
and OuP lty ou.- thi!l hapJ•Y anny of farm Jllrl
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Tb: Buket we pretented to tbe Prineeu
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