WOMEN ON FARMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22401, 23 April 1936, Page 3

WOMEN ON FARMS

PRESENT-DAY EVTLS THE NEED FOR A REMEDY [from our own correspondent] CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday "One of the gravest problems confronting us at the moment is the conditions for women and children on the farms," said Mrs. Ryburn, of Te Awamutu, president of the provincial council of the Women's Division of the Farmers' Union, when addressing the members of the Cambridge branch at the annual meeting this week. "We know the fault is due to the economic condition of the industry, but now is the time that we, as women, should do our utmost to remedy this great evil," said the speaker. "Although we say slavery has been abolished, we have it under our very noses. It is true we have endeavoured to alleviate the position, but we have not started at the root of the trouble. If guaranteed prices provide enough to bear the cost of production, the position will be helped. We should now act, ,in conjunction with the Farmers' Union," she added, "and we want all your suggestions to help us, to that the Government may have -something concrete to work upon." In asking for a resolution from the Cambridge branch, Mrs. Ryburn said that women'B labour had a monetary value in the world, and why should it not be organised ? The meeting decided to give full support to the provincial executive in dealing with the problem.