Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1954, page 33

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,1 delegates to the A.C.W.W. Conference had on resting visit at the Six Nations lndion Reserve, Brunt- d. From left to right, front row: Dr, Mary Rutnum, five of Ontario, now a medical missionary in Ceylon, ., de Mel, president of the Women's lnslitules at ion. Back row: Mrs. D. Elemu-Bukker, the Nelher» ds, Mrs. Hilton M. Hill and Mrs. F. Johnson, life mbers of Oshweken Women's Institute. The women mined lndian relics. especially the illustrated mask of , ancient Medicine Man. The party was entertained at home of Mrs. Elliott Moses, and Indian women and L: in our children and grandchildren in world derstanding, tolerance and friendship; we rselves must be the pattern for their guid- untry in twenty-seven hours. You who have me from different parts of the world realize ace is no more. No longer can we think tionally. We must have that international tlook if the World is going to overcome any problems of the present moment, which the greatest desire of every woman. The 'bulations and trials of the less developed untries are now our concern, whatever untry we may belong to, The United Nations ad its Specialized Agencies must have our ‘ 1 co~operation so that technical assistance ay be given in the field of education, health :1 hygiene, food production and care of the ii. “We must reaffirm our belief in mutual aid d mutual understanding as a means of atâ€" ining world peace, which we all so earnestly Sire. but we must also see that it is peace 'th freedom. Peace with complacency with- tfreedom will mean ruin. “Let us strive then for freedom for all the oples of the World, freedom .from want. eedom from fear and freedom with peace. 2- us foster the spirit of mutual understandâ€" 5, teach our children to respect the faiths - other people, their way of life, and let us solve in our own hearts to dedicate ourselves - the alleviation of suffering humanity. We, 6 rural women of the world banded together the A.C.W.W., have a part to play. Let : strive for the right and let us never grow mplacent.” INTER I95. Population in Process By Dr. D. R. Campbell, Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ontario Agricultural College One of the most important questions facing farm people today is the question of just what is happening to our farm communities and the farm families within these communities. Are our farms remaining in the hands of old established families; are farm families smaller than they were a generation ago; are fewer members of these families remaining on the farms; are farm operators actually older than farm operators of a generation ago? Or how about the farm womenfolkâ€"are more of them leaving the farm than a generation ago; what. type of work are they doing; what are their interests; how does their education compare with their mothers’ or their husbands”! These are questions of vital importance to every farm community in these days of rapid change, and yet they are questions on which there is not too much accurate information or systematic study. The Department of Agricultural Economics, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, and the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, have com- pleted a study of what happened to the farm families on 184 farms in one Ontario township between the years 1913 and 1949. Here are some excerpts from the findings of this study: 1, During the period 1918 to 1949, 52.2 per cent of the farms passed out of the hands of the original operators and their descendants or relatives. 2. The average age of farm operators in 1949 was seven years greater than in 1918. 33

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