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30 THE RURAL VOICE
NOTEBOOK
Oh, to be a Farmer's Wife
by Adele Dueck
I thought I was going to become a
real farmer's wife today. In spite of
being married to a farmer for a dozen
years I was never a real farmer's wife
because I didn't do enough. Then
yesterday he told me my time had
come. The grain truck had stalled
several miles away with a load on it
and I had to pull it home while he
steered. No longer would I be able
to fritter away my hours cooking
meals, making beds, tending gardens,
chauffeuring children, and mending
coveralls. It was time for me to take
my place as a valuable contributing
member of the family. It was time I
learned to drive the tractor.
Naturally I was thrilled. A chance
to be a real farmer's wife is not
offered to many women and I'm told
there are good opportunities for
advancement. Why, one farmer's
wife I know learned to drive the
tractor and the next thing she knew
she was grinding feed and hauling
bales to the steers. Another was able
to move right from driving the tractor
around the yard to taking over the
summer fallowing while her husband
caught up on the newest marketing
and management tips on coffee row.
I was really looking forward to
getting out of the house and into the
tractor. It was a chance to fulfil
myself, to see if I could make it out
there in the world of men and
grasshoppers. I almost hated to take
the time to make the kids' lunches and
send them off to school.
There I was, standing at the door,
boots on, coat zipped, waiting. For
two hours. Where was that man?
I finally gave up and made a batch
of chocolate chip cookies with the two
kids who are still too short to climb
onto the school bus.
We were just sampling the first
pan to see if they contained enough
chocolate chips when he walked in.
"Guess you won't have to drive
the tractor after all," he said, helping
himself to a cookie. "Went into town
and got a couple of guys from the
coffee shop. They'll help me haul
the truck home. No sense your learn-
ing to drive the tractor when we have
a hired man all summer anyway."
He took a couple of cookies.
"Have dinner ready for us all about
one." He paused and looked at the
cookies thoughtfully. "By the way,
do you think they have enough choc-
olate chips?"
Well, there goes my chance to
become a valuable contributing
member of the family. A woman
really shouldn't expect to get every-
thing she wants but my day may come
yet. Meanwhile I must finish baking
these cookies, and after that I should
clean out the chicken house and bring
the farm books up to date.
Oh, yes, there's that letter to write
to the credit union and another to the
power company and where's the
chequebook? It's time to pay a few
bills.
Some day I'll be a real farmer's
wife and drive the tractor but I guess
there isn't time today, anyway.
When did he say they were coming
in for lunch?0