European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes july 1985 daily Magazine today crossword female operated arms on the Rise by Jim Drinkard associated press to firms a acini in the movie places in the heart in which farm widow Sally Field pulls her Cotton Wagon up to the office of a hard nosed buyer for the first time in her has to negotiate a business she walks away with a to Dollar using As lever age a Clever Appeal to the buyers family Pride and a Little Sage advice from her hired according to the latest census of More and More women Are in such positions these but not All Are doing As Well As their cinematic about More farms were run by women in 19x2 than four years the census an in crease from 5 percent to about percent of All Ameri can the reasons for the increase Arent although re searchers say factors include greater Confidence of Young women in their ability to manage a farm and greater willingness of women to report themselves As principal the aging of the farm population also makes for More they while female operated farms Are on the they tend to be smaller farms and women tend to make less than male according to a report in the agriculture departments latest in Rolinc they also tend to be older than their male counterparts and carry less Judith an analyst with the departments economic research said women Farmers like the Cotton grower portrayed by Sally Field often find it difficult to establish credibility in their because of the Public reluctance to Deal with inexperienced female operators May encounter Obsta cles in marketing their obtaining hiring far workers or leasing additional Kalbacher says in the women ran farms covering million acres in the most recent year for which figures arc Avail that was up from the farms counted in the 1978 but the acreage remained about the she says a typical female Farmer is the woman who runs a Small livestock operation in the Shes just under 60 years of age and probably a Shes Likely to be farming because she loves the land and enjoys working around livestock operations Are by far the most common types of farms operated by with some or 45 falling into that Cash Grain farms make up about 13 percent and horse farms and other such animal specialities accounted for 8 most had been on their present farms More than five with the average tenure about 17 the figures despite the hard times in american agriculture Gener Kalbacher said she found Strong commitment among women Farmers that did not seem to depend solely on financial women Farmers have told me that working and own ing land gives a sense of Pride and that farm ing is a Way of life that gives them a closeness with nature and a feeling of she said in the by Eugene Sheffer across wild attempt 5 Cape 8 soviet sea 12 come in second 13 address 14 unadulterated 15 order neat 17 entreaty 18 Foo like Organ 19 Marvin or Meriwether 20 and blood 21 deface 22 regret 23 edible nut 26 musical event 30 chinese port 31 Marble 32 wild of 33 museum figure 35 warmth 36 vigor 37 jackies costar 38 dress fabric 41 son of Gad 42 miscellany 45 throw 46 australian Timber tree 48 Feudal Flunky 49 Meadow 50 Boorish 51 fixed charges 52 Couch 53 observes Down 1 strike 2 european shark 3 vipers 4 Barbara Geddes 5 salad Garnish 6 sheriff Taylors son 7 female Antelope bits sometimes upset 9 regulation 10 War god 11 Rachels sister 16 dash 20 make of ridicule solution time 26 Lal Gleisle 723 to yesterdays Puzzle 21 poisonous plants 22 quarrel 23man video game 24 Large Bird 25 the heart 26 Sedan or Coupe 27 goal 28 Milne animal 29 Sailor 31 surpass 34 palmers Peg 35 seed coat 37 National hero of Hungary 38 Julia 39 trick 40 sea Bird 41 fencing foil 42 chills and fever 43 unclothed 44 Iowa City 46 Viranas country 47 hesitation sounds 13 14 10 11 cant you can throw out that dirty fix Sally Field starred As a Texas farm woman in places in the in not idd to finally Cal off 1w search for you in official