. Women and war work . in11 162 Women and War Work the women. They werent going to run afterwomen all day—they had too much to do to gomessing round with girls! This objection wasmet by the Board of Agriculture arranging train-ing centres in every county. Some of the train-ing was done at the Womens Agricultural Col-leges and among places that arranged trainingvery early were the Harper Adams College inShropshire (Swanley); Garford (Leeds); Spars-holt (Winchester); The Midland AgriculturalTraining College (Kingston), and Aberystwith. The Womens Agricultural Committee havearranged a great many
. Women and war work . in11 162 Women and War Work the women. They werent going to run afterwomen all day—they had too much to do to gomessing round with girls! This objection wasmet by the Board of Agriculture arranging train-ing centres in every county. Some of the train-ing was done at the Womens Agricultural Col-leges and among places that arranged trainingvery early were the Harper Adams College inShropshire (Swanley); Garford (Leeds); Spars-holt (Winchester); The Midland AgriculturalTraining College (Kingston), and Aberystwith. The Womens Agricultural Committee havearranged a great many training centres at bigfarms and on the Home farms of some of ourestates. The girls volunteering for training must beeighteen years of age. They are interviewed asto suitability and references by the SelectionCommittee. They must have a medical certifi-cate filled in by their own doctor or by one of thecommittees doctors. On being passed, they go to the training centre,the travelling expenses being paid by the Back to the LandWomen Tackle a Strong Mans Problem The Womens Land Army 163 Outfit is free and the uniform is a very sensibleone of breeches, tunic, boots and gaiters or put-tees, and soft hat, breeches, etc., cut to measurefor each girl. Training and maintenance are freeand there is always an instructor on the farm inaddition to the farmer and his workers. Thetravelling to the post found, is again paid by theGovernment, and if work is not found at once,on completion of training, maintenance is paidtill it is. The training is generally of four to six weeksduration and in some cases longer, and over 7,000Women have been trained in this way and placed. Appeals for land recruits were made in Feb-ruary, 1916, and in January and April, 1917,when the Womens National Service Departmentasked for 100,000 women. The Land Army women after three monthsservice receive an official armlet—a green bandwith lion rampant in red and a certificate ofhonour. The Land women are the
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