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Miss Griffith then gave a somewhat detailed account of the 

 International Congress of Farm Women which met in Lethbridge, 

 Canada, October 22-26, 1912. Miss Griffith was sent by the Mis- 

 souri Women Farmers' Club as a delegate to this congress. 



On meeting the next afternoon, the women farmers again 

 found themselves homeless, so the office on first floor was utilized. 

 An informal business meeting followed, during which time the 

 advisability of women farmers asking for a meeting place in the 

 agricultural building was discussed. A committee, consisting of 

 Miss Mitchell, Mrs. Ingels and Mrs. Fickle, was appointed to take 

 up the matter with the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 

 The regular business meeting then followed. Election of officers 

 resulted as follows: President, Miss Pearle Mitchell, Rocheport; 

 vice-president, Mrs. Rosa Ingels, Columbia; secretary. Miss Maude 

 M. Griffith, Clinton; Treasurer, Mrs. R. B. D. Simonson, Jefferson 

 City. 



The president appointed the following advisory board: Miss 

 Kinney, Miss Blue and Miss Burroughs. Miss Kinney then pre- 

 sented the question of joining the State Federation of Clubs. After 

 a discussion, the question was put to vote. The result was a ma- 

 jority in favor of becoming a federated club. Miss Mitchell was 

 elected as delegate to the federation, which meets in Columbia in 

 May, 1913. 



The club was delighted to receive five new members during 

 the week. 



Plans for club extension were then discussed. Many sugges- 

 tions were given. The club then adjourned to meet at the call of 

 the president. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



(Miss Pearle Mitchell.) 



Perhaps, my fellow club women, a backward look over the year 

 may give us a better understanding of ourselves and I think a 

 better opinion also. Though slow in growth, the club has added 

 to its membership women seriously and earnestly following their 

 profession. Ours still stands out as the only organization of its 

 kind, but from two other states letters have come inquiring about 

 us, our methods and our object, looking toward similar organization. 



One evidence of the interest taken in. farming for women is 

 the recently established "College of Agriculture for Women" in 



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