A JOB OF WORK

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21057, 8 March 1940, Page 3

A JOB OF WORK

WOMEN’S LAND ARMY Some idea of the manner in which English and Scottish girls are helping to win the war is furnished in a letter received from Scotland by a Wellington resident with relatives north of the border. A well-to-do man writes of his daughter:— “N left here on January 3 to take up a job on a farm near Aberdeen as one of the Women’s Land Army. She is working as a dairymaid, and has long hours and hard work. However, she seems to be liking her work and is keeping well. She rises at 4.15 a.m. (it is mid-winter), milks one cow by hand and puts the milking machines on the other 30 cows; puts up the cooler and strainer, lights the boiler and washes the bottles and cans. She then loads the van, and about 8.30 a.m. has breakfast. About 9.30 a.m. she starts again, washing bottles and cleaning up the dairy till 11.30 a.m. She then has dinner and a short rest. After that she has to return to the dairy for the afternoon milking, and gets finished about 6 p.m. She has supper about 7 p.m., and then goes to bed. “I am missing her terribly, but as long as she keeps well and happy I must put up with it, as she is so keen on doing her bit to help in these trying times.”