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Mrs. Latta spoke briefly on "How I helped my husband put the Farm 

 Bureau work over." Referring to Mrs. Schuttlers "Foundation," Mrs. 

 Latta said: "Every house must have a firm foundation, but it is made of 

 small bricks. We must stand together and ask for more time to study 

 our problems." 



We were unable to get the names of the ladies introduced for brief 

 talks. The topics were: "How Can Women Help Sell the Farm Bureau 

 Idea?" The answer was to first sell the idea to themselves, and to know 

 what the idea, history, purpose and accomplishments of the Farm Bureau 

 are. To sell it through existing organizations whether or not they had a 

 home demonstration agent. 



The Junior Club work has sold the Farm Bureau idea wherever the 

 work has been undertaken. 



One "first chairman" said she thought she should get acquainted with 

 the ladies on her committees so she stationed herself at the door to get 

 the names and addresses of those who came in, and found that one 

 stranger was her neighbor. 



In the topic, "Looking Ahead in Farm Bureau Work," the speaker 

 said: "If we are to reach the goal, we must keep our eyes on the goal." 

 She got a laugh with her story of the farmer who sold the cattle which 

 his wife helped to fatten, and brought her home as a gift a pair of over- 

 shoes with which she could be dry shod for helping him to feed more 

 cattle. This speaker asked: "Why haggle about organizing the Farm 

 Bureau? Every other business is organized." 



ROUND TABLE OF FARM WOMEN 



The round table for farm women at the State Fair Farm Bureau con- 

 ference was by far the snappiest and best that has been held. 



Miss Neal Knowles, who is head of the extension work for women, as 

 our readers know, opened the program by presenting a report in the 

 shape of a series of charts, one for each project. These reports, show- 

 ing as they did the scope of the work being done through the efforts of 

 the Home Demonstration Agents and local leaders, were inspiring, and 

 made one feel the force of the big movement towards better homes and 

 better living which the Farm Bureau and the extension department are 

 pushing. As Miss Knowles said: "When you are making dress forms, 

 cheese, and garments, and keeping time budgets, it is the means to an 

 end, to raise the standards of the home." 



She was most enthusiastic about the county project of which we have 

 spoken elsewhere, saying: "We used to be asked for a little of this or 

 that, first one project and then another, and at the end of the year the 

 women did not know they had done anything. Now, they have proved 

 what they have accomplished through co-operation." 



The chairman of the round table then called for five-minute reports on 

 the various projects. A map of Iowa with the counties drawn in was on 

 the stage. A thumb tack was pressed into the county of each speaker 

 who responded to the invitation to report; a blue tack for those who had 

 been previously invited to speak and a red tack for those who responded 

 from courtesy from the floor. 



