THE BOYS' COUNTRY WORK SOCIETY.
[To TER Herron 07 MN "BreoraroA") EIR,—As the Boys' Country Work Society has received generous support from the readers of the Spectator, I think it may interest them to hear that the recent development of placing town girls as farmhouse helps is meeting with con- siderable succese. The girls live in the farmhouses, and earn small wages from the outset. The following extracts from letters recently received describe the work the girls are doing already, although the first was only placed on April 6th. The experiment seems likely to prove a small but practical way of help in the difficult problem of scarcity of farm labour.
"L. R.," aged 17, writes
"I think I shall be very happy here and all the work is nice, such a change from sitting still all day long. . . . Thank you very much for helping me to work in the country instead of in a London factory."
"L. R.'s " mistress writes :— " With regard to K's' outdoor work . . . she has proved very satisfactory at milking, calf-rearing, poultry feeding, do. She milks about five cows, and does these satisfactorily consider- ing the short time she has been on a farm."
Mrs. G., writing about "D. S.," aged 17, says :— "I find 'D.' a fine girl. She can milk four cows morning and night, and she is quite happy." ("D. S." was also a factory girl.) One of our Devon Secretaries writes :-
"I visited 'C. S.' yesterday. She is a very happy, jolly looking girl, neat and clean, and blooming as a Devon dairymaid should be. Her mistress is very well satisfied with her in work, temper, and companionship. . . . She milks three cows night and morning, has two calves to rear, helps master to feed the pigs,' drives up the cows from the fields, feeds poultry, puts hens to sit (this pro- cess she describes as a wonderful miracle, as though it were quite new to her and to me), and shirks nothing in the way of outdoor work, is quite one of the family, fond of the children as they of her." ("C. S." was in daily service.) A large number of applications both from farmers and girls are now being dealt with. Additional fends will be required if the work is to be carried on.—I am, Sir, dm., VENETIA BARING, Hon. Treasurer Boye' Country Work Soolet7. 7 John Street, Adelphi, W.C.
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