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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-03-28, Page 4is • t • • titelmow sitn#004. Wedneadsy, M..2 84,-,Psge 4 Rtit .;;;;;;;Q,161:4Arsii,•::•;AYTWI 144 • • ac�ouut tions deteriorated,. stress of denying fft would norm deciding • . iiiost6 • mental fatigue. .'According to thei Seen as a 7 4) distressingelliO4, i• - le the 'Ai 0 ', ,,.,: • ..,.i. .- , 0, : early age. They hear .about.about • 4"1,*: Onti,.#9,ingt•leSin, about the relationship of i .4 , . , PrOonotiVitland *ages and develop a sense .. 1 •.!10,14.47". of value ' ',.. ' .. ' • '-- ', " .., tit, ;ik•e_c"mm'F1'1 . Farm '• eldldren also know about work; Pii4P.that Youngsters on a dairy farm; fet. inatatice,-; , often help with he 'feeding of calves. -.teenagers help in the .more cemplicatel, operation of the farm and parents hOpe that ti their offspring will eventually take over the. survey,-, define' , sa Plug& eared.lr • , fens ,,, • ghildtenivorkitig onthe fartri can,also Mut!: in tragedy. Beth Sluniskie can personally .1 A attest to that fact of life as one of her sons O Uanmty as the... was killed h** a., fat* accideflt 3!1°110F, She, stressedthat farmingis often thought to be a goodeducation for children,rbut she r . warnecl that , farms are, becoming: mere. 4, was ,th.. e second most:common t,.inechaniz. ed and are ewe.. gbigger„main. ,, :, ,wo en - realized no ' )& - ery• .,, : ", , '. i‘',,,•? unty rairatywu '• -• A 0 fflcIaIIy the rildrobnridgivit: lie, ' put.hi.ite the farm' in ' "E eii the best of people can, have res e' little ,•• - ,s, .4 n ray Board..41.rmintj ours2);__, _ C' effort,,tt, ,‘,f ,_ ....Aj-,, ...,,laccidenta, . she said, the ft pottage of Godirkh and UMW= Berilse'' '' IllirarY Is In St. erenee in the end ;Ken , . They g-Fripw f ttliese surveyed,' V per cent ,had joseph9figeheetand will be open from 3 to 8 p.M4.0a,Mondays. illooto-by Anne Nerejko] • that jr'thin' '-'10, weregoing 'hadlY h : were ,- a' .1 uuren unoer , re ,„ ' ' -to operating Machmery and intin'biticeleryttalLgeLt.'4.,C°4500,,,e,, a 'erke,te....',.••;t,e'` 74 -per cent feft that they were adequately riS UC -W netvs- - '• ''.• ....viv‘vii---- ,- • - . -tram. . owever,•on financially distressed • InItabilitY$ Analtit44011*41#F4-t deP1FewAv farms, 61 per cent felt that' they children . , skin, sleeplessness and indecision were also ' shOuldril be operating machinerY. ' Lack of • cited as qig4 of stress. • ' ' i . hhtd help and financial pressures :were *hil” . * e•',„ 0.1717.,: P',Itkf,t.a;04i,.t,!oitlt ' estimated as cause of: Concern with this • •• • , . stress- 1.01, 'fis°1****4N-zIam° itatiatic. . • -,' , obligati' netkitirohibited The Good ure • man' yfr ni, hit d, women in 'AO Despite of th troubling survey sort* reported that they sought emotional results, Many of the farm women also comfort from their -spouse, family and reported that they appreciated their style of • Merida, their minister, doctor, or through life On the farm. Country living, iiidepend- professional help, • •,.' - pike, rural. values- and produetion were • Fifty-eight per cent of the women, Who, reported asthe most stati fYing aspects of ' Went to doctors- since 1r6 were prescribed • farm, life..• ,, t . , drugs for their' stress related problems and' • - "Only 11 per cent of the'vvomen surveyed another., 25 per , cent received drugs and ,._indicated a desire to leave the farm, even connielling; Seventeen per cent received : though 17 per cent felt they were going • to • counselling Only. 0' 0 , lead all or part. of their farni in 1982," the • "When .theie /ivies were.presentedto report concluded. •' • farm women wnnin Ine community • they The CFW believe that the faMilY farm will responded angrily. The women felt that they continue tirsuritive and Susan GlOver wrote; Would be more likely to receive drugs for "The Iasi decade has seen tremendous enietional problems than their spouse, since changet'for women in 'Canada and farm. • MOW-. altering drugs would be a 'Wet, taemen,have net been untouched by these. hazard for men'i; 'ling equipment. '47t.:' - , Yet the traditional concerns .for family, and ,',.., disturbed the Women te4h.hiltythat: dotes., t, farm remain in the forefront of . farnt; ••`: would prescribe drugs ' for an onetime,' ' ivomen's priorities. e finesaa . crisis an problem," Gisele Ireland wrote. the farm women's .response to .it have Self Worth • • .-• exemplified the challenges facing farm women today. Off farm jobs, changes in marraige and property laws, pressures from 'Aran, women's groups and new visions of the women's place in .the farming enterprise azeinitirting new challenges to farm women: Yet the farm remains staunchly a family enterprise; husbands, wives and children all fill integral parts in the success of the family, ftirni, ' still the mainstay of Canada's agricultural production." • Despite the difficulties with stress, the survey .showed that farm women feel more confident, more capable, more fortunate and • more iitelligent than their urban Counter- parts. However, they did feel a lower degree , of social "standing 'than urban women. . , • The survey showed that 69 per cent of the farm ,women had at least a Grade '10 education. Half of the women had profes- sional 'careers, teaching and nursing being the most popular occupations, When the survey was taken, 33 per cent had off farm jobs. The majority, 88 per cent, • were bringing in a paY cheque because of financial reasons and 96 per cent continuum' theh earnings to the farm. Women working off the farm reported lower levels of frustratien, perhaps because the extra income helped to relieve some of the financial burden. However it was also found that women working away from the • farm increased their alcohol comsumption. The woman who remains on the farm is described in the CFW book, "(she) has not • status other than "housewife", unless she is registered as a legal farm partner or is part of the corporate farm setup. She is not eligible for pay into the' government pension plan unless she receives a wage and files a separate income tax' retail. A farm wife has no insurance covefage, other than what she personally purchases. There are no matern- ity benefits or maternity leave. Some of ,the women considered the week in the hospital • to deliver the babY, a holiday." Forty-three per cent of the women felt that • their della mirth as a farm labourer would be $1,001 to $5,000 and 32 per cent estimated their value at S5,001 to $10,000. RealistallY, WaiTiall were not concerned with • receiving wages for their efforts on the farm. Children Fifty-three per cent of the women who • Mg, worked on the farm took their children under To converse, with pride and determination. •12"years old wfth them. Sixteen per cent had To create a better- farming economy. • older Children to care. for the younger For the benefit of families and country. siblings, 10 per cent left the children alone in More information on Concerned Farm • the house, seven or cent hired sitters and Women is available from Box 457, Chesley, four per cent left children to play in a 'field or NOG ILO. the barn. The Future Concerned Farm Women began for the support of the family farm and will continue to work for improvement of the farming community. Already their book has sold over 3,000 copies across Canada and in the United States. The February issue of the United Church Observer magazine published the first chapter of the book. In. Newfoundland, the local agricultural representative has ordered 50 copies to distribute to , farm women there. The survey presentation that was brought to Varna, is also- a popular promotion for CFW. The Nova Scotia School of Arts and Design recently used CFW video tapes and copies of the book for an exhibition on the use of photography to communicate a social or politicalissue. CFW founders Slumskie and Sweiger never anticipated this national' attention when the group was first formed, but they are not determined to learn more about the farming industry, lobby politicians for improvements and inform the public, the ,corisurner. and the. firmer. 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