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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 232, 17 September 1935, Page 11

“Whether from choice or of necessity, the fact remains that more and more women uro taking up farming, and it seems to me that it is high time that a word was coined to represent this class of agriculturist,” writes a correspondent of the “Parmer and Stockbreeder.” “I have come across the term ‘farmeress,’ but, candidly, 1 do not like it. It sounds more subservient than managerial. Neither do I think that either male or female farmers would favour the idea that they should all be called by the same name —farmers. The term ‘woman farmer’ is cumbersome, unpoetic, and not particularly complimentary and I write this with apologies to the Editor. Surely, someone can invent just the word that is required?” Perhaps the word “fairmer” would suit. A collisiop between a motor-car and a railway bus took place near the Wai. tangi shortly after midday yesterday. Tho mishap apparently occurred through the car swerving to avoid another car. The railway bus was not damaged, ami it is understood that not a great deal of damage was done to the car. No one was injured.