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Farm Women In The Farming Business 2 There is a friend who has a marvelous saying. “When your're carrying the flag up the mountain. look behind you to see if there is someone following." . Many farm women were following Dianne Harkin and her women to the first National Farm Women's Conference in Ottawa the first week in December. It was an exciting experience to attend “a first". How many persons have the opportunity to attend a national founding meeting? Farm women gathered for a single purposeâ€"to talk about challenges. issues and concerns that face the farm family today. It was good to attend a meeting where women came from all provinces to talk about upgrading the role of the farm wife. The concerns were certainly diversified; when delegates were asked what was a prime issue. within three minutes they suggested twentyâ€"three differ- ent thoughts, given more time. this could have been doubled. Within a year this Winchester oriented group of farm women conceived an ideaia good ideaâ€"added enthusi- asm which gained momentum. When positive thinking people get together with positive goals and objectives in mind. only good things can happen. was Dianne Har- kin‘s opening remark. Knowing they had a purpose. they aimed high!I Talked to all sorts of people in all walks of life, formed a National Planning Committee. worked hard and put a Conference together. Again to quote Mrs. linrktn. "it took it pulling together by positive thinking people from itcrrm (innndn :i pulling together and a positive thrust that hopefully will continue into the future. lip people. smart people thinking smart. sharp and prugrcmvc purple " The Conference heard fifteen different speakers. as well as co-ordinaturs for the various sessions, and findings from the Research Project were in printed form. HON EUGENE WHELAN Mr. Whelun said. the preservation of the family farm is "top priority with the Minister of Agriculture." There are hundreds of new markets for the wide range of agricultural products. with this comes great export potential. With a greater marketing effort to - .anincg Canadians to buy Canadian grown food, we ‘- Aye the potential for production. If we provide com-tom- pom tial there is no need for subsidies. He acknowledged men have not always given ippon to the idea of women taking a more visiblr .tc in farming. Nor have we encouraged women my leadership positions in the national farm organi." ans, Women presently are disadvantaged when clung farm credit. He has asked Farm Credit Corpow an to look into the problems women have in obtain” nam- Also, the government “expects to introduce lr. than in the near future" to allow women to contribut iand benefit from the Canada Pension Plan. The we, recently appointed Brenda McIntosh, Seaforth. first woman to serve on the Advisory Committee at am Teichrob to the Board of FCC. “Tax Chan He already in the works to allow farm wives to be i in their work on the farm. Change effective for l 950 tax year." An emergency resolution called on Mr. Wh- "in live up to the Federal commitment to provide ling for Canfarm for the full three years . . . to is: originally committed." FWIC President, Mrs. Emmie Oddie Mrs. Oddie outlined the work of the FWlC 'ing "predominately we are involved in things ru .‘l'ld things affecting the farm." Education has been inn factor down through the years and a constant pri mm of the appreciation of the part Agriculture plaj. 1h: communities. The W1 is constantly interested we moting peace and global understanding and th ‘i|!» ment and development of women here and arr» ‘hc world. JUNE MENZIES The Chairman of the National Farm Product .r~ keting Council felt Canadian women must con' to push for break-throughs. It is only because of the ng of women's organizations that she was appointee ‘hc antiâ€"inflation or farm products boards. In a recen it) the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of ‘~ .11 report last March. women held only 15% M appointments to almost 160 Federal agencies. in All numbers 181 of more than 1200 appointments. SILVER ('RI‘ISFFN‘T. MAPLF Illl.l. ANT) ("HIS- IIOHH WI'S. PARRY SUIWD NORTH DISTRICT. "lllrt'ht'tl m If {hiriidt' ic/a'f‘triumg flu- '.“rh anniversari- [if Pumijnm ~Ifml‘t' an“ L1 with]: it] Im'mhvn ten-urine sushi-x untl (urn-(rig tl htmm‘r f‘u‘ttrlltg Jim W] t-mr I l b BOGARTI'OWN WI. YORK CENTRE DISTli-‘T' made two quilts and donated cash as well, to a J‘ family who had a disastrous fire. Members dim,“ a" of the quffl: donated to thefire victims.