Farmers' Week in Agricultural College. 287 



Special Work — 



Let each member draw a plan of a poultry house. 



References — • 



Fourth Annual Report of Missouri State Poultry Board. 



Farmers' Bulletins — ■ 



No. 262. E.xperiment Station Work. 

 No. 122. Experiment Station Work. 

 No. 186. Experiment Station Work. 



SECOND SEPTEMBER MEETING. 



General Subjects — School Lunches. 



Program — • 



1. Nutritive Food for Children. 



2. The Underfed and Overfed Child. 



3. Eating between meals. 



4. Manners at the Noon Hour in Rural Schools. 



5. What City Schools are Doing. 



Special Work — 



Demonstration to show an attractive school lunch. 



References — 



U. S. Bureau of Education, Bulletin 403, No. 3, Daily Meals of School Children. 



FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. 



General Subject — Meats. 



Program — 



1. Difference in Methods of Cooking Tender and Tough Cuts of Meat. 



2. What to Use in Place of Meat. 



3. Left-overs. 



Special Work — 



Have some member demonstrate the cooking of meats in different ways. 



References — 



No. 34. Meats — Composition and Cooking. 



No. 391. Economical Use of Meat in the Home. 



The Cooking of :Meat — Report of Home ]Makers' Conference, 1909. 



SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. 



General Subject — Modern Conveniences. 



Program — 



1. Which is Best — Attic Tank, Windmill or Pneumatic Tank? 



2. Fixtures and Plumbing for Kitchen, Laundry, and Bath Room. 



3. Sewage Disposal. 



4. Substitute for Modern Conveniences. 



Special Work — 



Each member might estimate the cost of piitting modern conveniences into her house. 



References — 



Engineering Experiment Station, LTniversity of Missouri. 



Bulletin No. 2. Water Supply for Country Homes. 



Bulletin No. 3. Sanitation and Sewerage Disposal for Country Homes 



Running Water in the Country Home. 



Report of Home Makers' Conference, 1910. 



FIRST NOVEMBER MEETING. 



General Subject — Light and Heat. 



Program — 



1. Cleaning Kerosene Lamps. 



2. The Advantages of Acetyline and Electricity. 



3. The Well Built Fireplace and Chimney. 



4. The Advantages of a Furnace. 



