The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-13, Page 62•
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by Nicola Lukskc
At seven in the morn
Norma Keepers, is out in
barn milking and feeding t,"
dairy. cows,. and cleaning
hedtng their stalls with the.
help of her son Les, These tasks
must be done twice a' day, eve
day: while maintaining a da
farm.
ernpers, originally from the
city of Toronto, loves her job
and greatly enjoys the farm life.
"It's. lovely being self.
employed, ! And it is so much
s.""
fora
we drove.
ht we were
to work with the :anion
When we were loo
place to start Or fare
and drove, and thong;
ening .the end of ;he ;world,'
S
n we arrived,, every -
so beautiful and just
We wanted it.'
ipers. and her husbandino`ved'to their dairy farm at
1 #4 Paisley 26 years ago, And
she has never regrettedit,
""You adjust to a. lifestyle like
his,'" said empers. ""One of the:
�positiive aspects of the fain life
is that you don't have to dress
up and take a subway to King
and Floor to get toM your office
work; you just throw on your
'oldLnwork clothes and walk out
to the bib" a
Team work is important
while maintaining a farm busri
ness. 'loan Ribey has been
working on a f arm since her
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childhood. She and her husband
now . live and work ou their
mixed farm: down the road from.
'Kempers as• they have been
doing for the past 40 years.
"It seems to, me that the
eves work." compared to the
women s is equal, said Ribey.
"WeJi do what we can to. heel,
each other o�:1�"t." O ti
Both women; do the same
work as the men on the fin,
although Kempers ,admitted
with a. laugh that she had not
bothered to learn how to spread
manu e.
. °"The technology of today
makes nit easier forwomen to
participate in typically 'male'
work," said Kelnpers. "For
example, the new milking
machines make milking so
much easier for everyone.'
it: seems to me that men get
all of the credit for the work on
the farm, but everyone knows
that there is a strong woman
behind him," said 18 -year. old
Rachel. Faust who has been
working on her father's breeding
farm albng the "B" line for
yam•
"I think there has been a
great change over the past 20
years on how women farmers
acre regarded," said Kempers.
Now women are given more
credit, and are looked upon as
equal"partners."
As young mothers, both'
Kempers and Ribey, . were very
concerned about their children's
safety around large farm
machinery..
'fou have to be extra careful
when .the children are young,"
said Ribey. "At the back of 'my . ,
mind there -was always a fear
hat one of them may get hurt."
Their role on the farm
changed- with the birth of their
children. The work load was
'much heavier when they had to
make breakfast and send the
kids off to school: as well as per-
forming their usual morning
chores.
Norma. Kempers, originally from Toronto; loves her farm Farm women seem to share a
life-- Ding ,self-employed and working with the animals. special bond between them. The
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