Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 



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opened in the name of His Royal Highness, Duke of Connaught, 

 who in turn is representative of His Majesty, King George. After 

 going through certain formaUties so many times we found that 

 before the week was ended we could sing "God Save the King," as 

 if we had been in practice always. 



There were fifteen different nations represented and 2,594 

 delegates. Between two hundred and three hundred women pre- 

 sented credentials. During the day the Dry Farming Congress 

 and Womans' Congress held separate sessions, but in the evening, 

 forces were combined and one general session was held. 



The delegates from Australia, Persia, Italy and Palestine, each 

 had places on the program for the Womans' Congress and told 

 something of the life of the farm women of their respective nations ; 

 each brought hearty greetings. 



Building i!i Ijetlibridge, Canada, wliere meetings were iield. 



From Italy came a most pathetic appeal. Mr. Rossati stated 

 that in some parts of the country women were most shamefully 

 treated, but said the idea for better conditions was beginning to 

 take root. Mr. Alexander Aarenshon spoke of the women of 

 Palestine. He stated the conditions there were not so bad as 

 represented by many writers. He said that most tourists coming 

 to that country landed at Jerusalem, spent their first day studying 



