The farmer wants a wife . . . 

Womenfolk were quite scarce at one time in rural Ohio, and farmers often had to "make do" with what was available.



Comments from my Flickr Stream posting:

dessert rat:
He could do worse.

Miss Magnolia Thunderpussy:
And such a wife was always useful at harvest-time.

midami:
And indespensible at plowing-time.