570 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



exhibits for the various corn shows, and succeeded beyond our 

 expectations. 



The league meets quarterly, while the community clubs in 

 each district, of which it is composed, meet some monthly and 

 some every two weeks. These meetings in themselves advance 

 sociability. At the league the ladies from the northeast meet 

 those from the southwest, and we find out what really inter- 

 esting people are our neighbors and that we are all concerned 

 in the same great movement, that of lifting ourselves and our 

 boys and girls to a higher plane of usefulness. 



One means toward "providing attractive environment" 

 has been the naming of our farms. I think it is calculated to 

 make the boys and girls, and older people, too, take more 

 interest in the appearance of the place. They are more likely 

 to clean out the fence rows, drag the roads and keep the fences 

 in good condition if the name of the farm is over the gate. And 

 they are more particular about the quality of produce that is 

 sold with the farm name backing it. 



We feel that our last year's work has not been in vain and 

 are looking forward to greater things in the future. Next year 

 we expect to have our own lyceum course, even if we are ten 

 miles from a railroad station. 



REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL DRY FARMING CONGRESS 

 AND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF FARM WOMEN. 



(Mrs. Harry Sneed, Sedalia, Mo.) 



The wonderful meeting of these two congresses was held 

 at Tulsa, Okla., October 27 to November 1, 1913. The Dry 

 Farming Congress had its birth eight years ago, and in 1911, when 

 it met at Colorado Springs, Colo., the Women's Congress was 

 organized as an auxiliary, and a lady from Canada was its first 

 president. 



The next year they held their meeting at Lethbridge, 

 Canada, and Mrs. Belle v.D'Harbert of Manzinola, Col., a 

 real farm woman, who understands the conditions of farm life, 

 was chosen president and succeeded herself at Tulsa this year. 



Tulsa is a beautiful city of about 35,000 inhabitants, and 

 as it is in the heart of the oil regions its wealth is in evidence 

 everywhere, and the gracious hospitality of the people won the 

 hearts of all the visitors. 



