Farmers' Week in Agricultural College. 285 



FIRST APRIL MEETING. 

 General Subject — Our School. 



Program — 



1. How can Our School House and Grounds be Improved? 



2. The Advantages of the Consolidated School to Pupils. 



3. The Advantages of the Consolidated School to Patrons. 



Special Work — 



Have each member give an idea for improvement. 



References — 



The School and the Farm in Report of Home Makers' Conference, 1910. 

 Bulletin, The Model Rural School. 



SECOND APRIL MEETING. 

 ■General Subject — The House. 



Program — - 



1. Wall Finishes. 



2. Which is Better — Rug or Carpet? 



3. The Kitchen Floor. 



4. Points to be Considered in Selecting New Furniture. 



Special Work — 



Let each member tell about the next change she plans to make or would like to make 

 in her house. 



FIRST MAY MEETING. 

 General Subject — Milk and Butter. 



Program — 



1. Which is More Profitable — to Make Butter or Sell the Cream? 



2. How Can We Get Better Prices for Butter? 



3. Unseen Filth in Milk. 



Heference— 



Farvwrs' Bulletins — 



No. 241. Butter Making on the Farm. 

 No. 186. Keeping Quality of Butter. 

 No. 63. Care of Milk on the Farm. 

 No. 210. The Covered Milk Pail. 



Milk Supply for the Home. 



Report of Home Makers' Conference, 1909. 



SECOND MAY ^MEETING. 



•General Subject — Vegetables. 



Program — 



1. Methods of Cooking Vegetables. 



2. Food Value. 



3. Cream Vegetable Soups. 



■Special Work — 



Have some member demonstrate the effect of cooking potatoes different lengths of 

 -time. Let each member tell how she prepares some vegetable. 



Heferences — 



No. 256. Preparation of vegetables for the table. 



The Cooking of Vegetables, Report of Home Makers' Conference, 1910. 



FIRST JUNE MEETING. 



•General Subject— Marketing of Poultry. 



Program — 



1. Feeding for the Market. 



2. When to Market. 



3. Where to Sell. 



4. Runts and Culls. 



References — 



Fourth Annual Report of Missouri State Poultry Board. 



