COUNTRY LIFE
AMONG the new land army of women workers are some who tell me that after the war they mean to become farmers. They have learnt to plough with a tractor. They have learnt to milk by hand and by machine. Both animal and cereal husbandry appeal to them. I do not know that they could not be found to appreciate the electioneering cry of Jorrock's Northumberland huntsman, Pigg, " Muck's your man." Elec- tric light and power are helping to render husbandry a much more suitable occupation for women than once it was, though still, of course, the land is a hard master and an obstinate servant. An honest and rather grim picture of the hardships of woman's work on her own holding appeared the other day in a book with the rather deceptive title Silver Woods, by Constance Goddard (Cape, 7s. 6d.). It is real and humorous and enjoyed by women readers.
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