Missouri Women Farmers' Club. 



OFFICERS. 



President — Miss Pearle Mitchell, Rocheport. 

 Vice-President — Mrs. Rosa Russell Ingels, Columbia. 

 Secretary— Miss Maude M. Griffith, Clinton. 

 Treasurer — Mrs. R. B. D. Simonson, Jefferson City. 



MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS, ANNUAL MEETING. 



(Miss Maude M. Griffith. Secretary.) 



The Missouri Women Farmers' Club met in regular session in 

 the home economics building, Columbia, Mo., at 4 p. m., January 14, 

 1913. Meeting was called to order by the president. Miss Pearle 

 Mitchell of Rocheport. 



Mr. A. J. Meyer, from the Agricultural College, was intro- 

 duced and spoke of the field of work opened to women farmers, and 

 especial attention was called to the scholarship which has been 

 offered by the Agricultural College by the Women Farmers' Club. 



Miss Georgia Cantrell followed with a paper on "Why I Study 

 Agriculture." Miss Cantrell is a student in the Missouri Agricul- 

 tural College. 



Mrs. Rosa Ingels of Columbia, member of the Women Farmers' 

 Club, then spoke of "Woman as a Citizen." 



The president then called for a reading of the minutes of the 

 last meeting, which was held in Columbia, January 8, 1912. Minutes 

 were read and approved and the club adjourned to meet again the 

 following day, but there was no session. The club adjourned in 

 order to attend the afternoon tea given by Mrs. A. Ross Hill for 

 all visiting ladies. 



On January 16, 1913, the club members and many visiting 

 friends of the organization assembled, as usual, in the auditorium 

 of the home economics building, but found these quarters occupied, 

 so assembled in a classroom. Mr. J. Kelly Wright, lecturer for the 

 Missouri State Board of Agriculture, spoke on "The Future of 

 Women Farmers." 



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