JAPANESE FARM LABOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22833, 14 September 1937, Page 13

JAPANESE FARM LABOUR

Sir, —I was very much amused at "Farmer's Wife" as regards farm labour. I am a farmer's daughter of 35 summers, have had to milk cows since I was seven years old and I am still at a loss to know where the slavery comes in. To my way of thinking it is a grand open-ail* change from the drudgery of the dreary house work. I always enjoy it. I am strong and healthy and do not know what a headache is, so if milking cows is slavery all I can say is, slavery builds healthy people. My youngest sister was always delicate and ft specialist advised her to milk cows morning and night. To-day she is as strong and healthy as I am, so 1 think "Farmer's Wife" is making a huge mistake. What I have noticed in mostcases on farms is that farmers are never at home to attend to the work, and the consequences are the whole place is in a muddle. The farm labourer grows tired of it, and docs exactly what 1 would do myself, looks for a better position. I don't blame him. I would not work on some New Zealand farms for all the money in the world. Farm Kit's Daughter.