In England and Wales there are 20,000 women farmers. It must- he admitted that many of these deal solely with poultry and rabbits, but others are of the usual kind, with this difference that there is of course, more intensive cultivation in the Old Country, this characteristic making the work more attractive to the sex. At a meeting held recently in the Swansea Agricultural College" for Women, the great numbers of such women farmers formed a theme for discussion, while a lady inspector pointed out that agriculture is the third industry in the country as regards the number of women employed. There is some thing which everyone needs In the winter-time of the year, ITe is wise who that truism heeds, And from aihnentfs has nothing to fear. Epidemics may rage as they will. Bringing bronchial complaints to endure, But all who once take iit will still Take Woods' ’ Great Peppermint Cure. 9
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 July 1928, Page 9
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153Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 July 1928, Page 9
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