284 - . Missouri Agricultural Report. 



SECOND JANUARY MEETING. 



General Subject — Report of Home Makers' Conference. 



Program — 



1. The Trip. 



2. Columbia. 



3. The Meeting. 



4. Our University. 



References — 



If you sent no delegate, read the reports in the dally papers of Columbia and in various 

 state agricultural papers. . 



FIRST FEBRUARY MEETING. 



General Subject — Breeds of Poultry. 



Program — 



1. Is Thoroughbred Poultry Profitable for the average Farmer? 



2. Advantages of having only one Breed. 



3. Which is the most Profitable — the Egg, Meat, or General Purpose Breed? ' 



Reference — 



Fourth Annual Report of the Missouri State Poultry Board. 



SECOND FEBRUARY MEETING. 

 General Subject— Young Poultry. 



Program — 



1. Which Shall it be — Incubators or Hens. 



2. Brooders. 



3. Feed for Young Chicks. 



4. Chicken Diseases. 



Special Work — 



Ask each member to bring a written question on poultry. Give each member a 

 question to answer. 



FIRST MARCH MEETING. 

 General Subject — The Vegetable Garden. ' 



Program — 



1. Soil and location. 



2. When and How to Plant. 



3. What to Plant. 



4. Care and Results. 



Special Work — 



Let each member answer to roll call, telling what variety of vegetable grew in her 

 garden last year. 



References — 



Farmers' Bulletins — - 



No. 154. Garden, Preparation and Care. 

 No. 149. The Farmers' Vegetable Garden. 

 No. 255. The Home Vegetable Garden. 

 No. 11. Growing Early Tomatoes. 



SECOND MARCH MEETING. 

 General Subject — The Flower Garden. 



Program — - 



1. The Lawn. 



2. The Flower-bed. 



3. Unsightly Back Yards. 



4. The Roadside. 



Special Work — 



Each member might make a list of unsightly objects around a farm house. 

 References — 



Farmers' Bulletins — 



No. 195. Annual Flowering Plants. 



Ornamental Planting for the Farm Home. 



