568 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



THE JAMESPORT FORTNIGHTLY CLUB. 



(Mrs. W. C. Hutchison, Jamesport, Mo.) 



The Fortnightly Club of Jamesport since its organization 

 in 1911 has done much to stimulate culinary development and 

 household economics. 



This year's work has included the following subjects: 

 Resources of Missouri, Legal Status of Missouri Women, What 

 Missouri Should Do for Her Women, Home Building, Sanitation, 

 Decoration and Economy, Dress, Eugenics, Relation of Home 

 and School, Composition and Classification of Foods, Civic 

 Improvements in Relation to Women's Organizations, and 

 House and Garden Flowers. 



Unusual interest has been manifested. A leader was ap- 

 pointed for each day and the lesson followed by general dis- 

 cussion and suggestions. 



At each club meeting the hostess has been given some 

 class of foods from which to make her demonstration, and a 

 lecture giving the history, use, nutritive value, composition, 

 and method of preparation was required. Several members 

 were grouped in the demonstration of well-balanced and econo- 

 mic breakfasts, luncheons and dinners, and were required to 

 report cost of same. 



Jamesport having one of the most beautiful parks in 

 Northwest Missouri, this club has its garden parties there, 

 inviting the progressive men of the town, where all in united 

 effort arrange flower beds, build park benches, whitewash trees, 

 and aid nature in making these attractive grounds the pride of 

 our town. 



RURAL IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP, 



JOHNSON COUNTY. 



(Mrs. Ivan W. Phillips, Plumbrook farm, Kingsville, Mo.) 



Jackson township in Johnson county has no towns, only 

 two little country villages, and no railroad within its bounds. 

 The farms, for the most part, are owned by the people who 

 live on them, and range from about 80 acres to 200 acres in 

 size. 



At the time our league was organized we knew nothing 

 whatever of the Home Makers' Conference. We merely came 



