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Topical Budget 247-2: Women Farm Workers (1916)
 

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WOMEN FARM WORKERS "Women land workers, who are replacing men on farms driving home and milking the cows, feeding pigs and calves. More recruits are still wanted by the Womens' National Land Service Corps". Women in overalls and smocks coming through a gate from a group of buildings. One of the women driving a herd of cows through a gateway. Women crossing the farmyard carrying buckets. One of the women feeding a calf from a bucket of milk. Two women feeding the pigs. Two women getting water from a stream.