The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) (movie): Charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider leaving the exciting life on the canal for a ... Discover the latest Discussions, Reviews, Quotes, Theories, Explanations and Analysis of The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) below