Farm Women's Work Patterns

This comparative study examines farm women's work patterns in Ontario and Prince Edward Island. It is based on two sample surveys (N343 and 167 respectively) conducted in 1982-83. The study takes account of tasks performed in the home, in the yard (chores) and on the farm. Off-farm work is also considered. Women's multifaceted work involvement is reduced by factor analytic techniques into fewer meaningful work dimensions. Levels of work intensity for each dimension are established by means of indicators as well as an OWI ("overall work intensity") measure for all women's unremunerated work is constructed. The findings show that farm women carry heavy workloads, that less than 10% are solely homemakers and that women's OWI is independent of off-farm work. Differences between the two samples and the conceptualization of "women's work" are also discussed

AN ECONOMIC COMPARISON OF TIMOTHY HARVESTED AS HAY, DIRECT-CUT SILAGE, OR WILTED SILAGE

Mclsaac, J. A., and J. Lovering. 1982. An economic comparison of timothy harvested as hay, direct-cut silage or wilted silage. Can. Agric. A computermodelwasusedto comparethree modes of harvesting and storingtimothy: direct-cutsilage, wiltedsilage, and hay. Hay was found to be the most profitable of the harvest modes for 40-, 80-and 120-cow herds when two cuts of timothy were taken, in the circumstances where land was not a constraint. In the situation where land was a constraint (the area available on which to grow forage could not be increased) and the herd size could be increased to consume all the forage available, the silage systems were more profitable than the hay system, with direct-cut silage being more profitable thanwilted silage. If bothlandandherdsizewere constraining the expansion of the dairyfarm, the hay system would be the most profitable one