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By Nell Flatt Goodman, Home Bureau Editor 



Court Yard in Old French Quartet, New 

 Orleans. 



fj AM and e^i;s m.iy be the 

 ^*^/ /- order of tlie Farm Bureau 



_ / 1_ men attenJini; the annual 



con\ention at New Orleans. Oecenibcr 

 11 to 1 3, but women delegates and 

 guests will revel in tlie Oeole cookery 

 and special ilishcs for which the Crescent 

 City is noted. 



Boasting of cuisines noted the world 

 over, the restaurants and eating places 

 will be of particular interest to women 

 of the middle west. There's Antoine's. 

 the mere mention of which brings a 

 gustatory sigh from any one having tasted 

 of his delicacies. Ihere's Turci s for 

 spaghetti -- and mind you, don't cut it. 

 just roll it on your fork. There s Arn- 

 aud's for an incomparable meal in the 

 patio, or the Court of Two Sisters for a 

 leisurely patio luncheon. In case those 

 middle westerners cant wait until they 

 are home for their favorite, there's Kolb s 

 for fried chicken, southern style. 



Oyster bars, where you stand at the 

 counter anil ear freshly opened oysters 

 out of the shell will intrigue the shell 

 lish adilicts. And don't miss the huge 

 grocery store, in the French Quarter, in 

 the center of which you sit on stools for 

 a quick bite and look about at specialties 

 brought in from all over the world. 



But, naturally all the interesting food 

 for material needs will be only pleasant 

 relaxation from the interesting mental 

 food of tlie convention. 



"Better Schools for Rural America. 

 is. the subject chosen for special con- 

 sideration by the Associated Women of 

 Farm Bureau I'edcration. Mrs. A. W. 

 Ahart, president, of California will gi\e 

 the keynote address. "New Lamps for 

 Old. " ' 



The annual public speaking contest, 

 the result of local, county, state, and re- 

 gional contests in some 25 states, has 

 been scheduled for Sunday afternoon, the 

 first day. The group will join the 

 A.F.B.F. Sunday evening at a p.igeant 

 prepared by the State Agricultural Col- 

 lege at Baton Rouge. Louisiana 



Miss Sue Powers, county superinten- 

 dent of public schools in Shelbv COunty. 

 Memphis. Tennessee, will tell of her 

 work and experiences in the establish- 

 ment of that system. Speaking of re- 



cent developments in her field. Dr. 

 Martha iilliott. assist.mt chief of the 

 ( hildrcn s Bureau, will be of particular 

 interest to women of all the states. 



Some of the Entertainment planned in- 

 cludes a moonlight boat rule on the 

 .Mississippi, a \isit to a sugar plantation, 

 a refinery, the banana doi.ks. sightseeing 

 tours of the city, a trip through the Old 

 I rench .Market, and the French Quarter. 



"The days will not all be filled with 

 work, " said Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, ad- 

 ministrative director. "New England 

 women may clasp hands with friends 

 from the Miilwest or Rocky Mountain 

 states. The Land O' Lakes homemakcr 

 may exchange experiences with her new- 

 found triend from the sugar plantation. 

 Ihis meeting is the only one held each 

 year where I'arm Bureau women from 

 every section come touethcr for mutual 

 help." 



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\^J^V HE Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 / ciation plans to run a special 



V^' train to New Orleans and re- 

 turn for those attending the annual meet- 

 ing of the American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion and the meeting of the Associated 

 Women of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation. 



Ihis train will leave f'hicago over the 

 Illinois ( entral lines at I o'clock on 

 Saturday afternoon, December 10. and 

 will arrive in New Orleans on Sunday 

 evening. December 11 at 6:. 30 P. M. The 

 train will stop at various points in the 

 State to pick up persons joining the party 

 and a visit will be made to N'icksburg 

 National Military Park on Sunday morn- 

 ing. 



The train will arrive in New Orleans 

 early in the evening to enable attendance 

 at the special pageant to be presented 

 for convention visitors Simday evening. 

 1 he return trip starts from New Orleans 

 at 6:30 P. M. on Thursday. December 1*^. 

 f hattanooga. Tennessee and some of its 

 historic battlefields will be visited on 

 Friday mornint:. and Wilson Dam Friday 



afternoon. Ihe party will arrive back in 



Illinois on Saturday morning. December 



1 7. Persons from the St. Louis area can 



make connections with the special train 



at Carbondale. The cost per person on 



this special tour for the accommodations 



inilicated from Chicago are as follows: 



One in upper berth S73.45 



One in lower berth 77.30 



Two in lower berth, 



each person 70.25 



Two in Compartment, 



each person 84.80 



Three in Compartment, 



each person 77.70 



Two in Drawing Room 90.30 



Three in Drawing Room 81.85 



The above charges include round trip 

 railroad ticket and Pullman accommoda- 

 tions as desired, meals in dining car 

 going and coming, motor tours at Vicks- 

 burg. Chattanooga, and Sheffield, Ala., 

 motor transfer from station to hotel and 

 return to station at New Orleans: tips 

 in the dining car. NO MEALS OR 

 HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS ARE 

 INCLUDED WHILE AT NEW 

 ORLEANS. Vor persons boarJin^ the 

 trahi al cerla'iii ilo tin state points, the en si 

 from station to sl.itinn uill be slii^btly 

 Ifss than the jorei^oiiig. 



Reservations may be made through 

 your Icxal County Farm Bureau or you 

 may write direct to Paul E. NLithias. 

 Corporate Secretary, Illinois Agricultural 

 .Association, 608 South Dearborn St. 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



Growers who have been producing 



apples in Western Illinois for a number 

 of years have observed the beneficial 

 effect of heavy applications of fertil- 

 izers. Generally those orchards that 

 have received annual and heavy appli- 

 cations of nitrogen fertilizers have pro- 

 duced some fruit nearly every year. 

 One specific example of this is in Carl 

 Thornton's orchard in Adams county. 

 Carl says he has applied 10 pounds 

 of Nitrate of Soda per tree every year 

 to one row of sixteen years old Red 

 Delicious apple trees. This year this 

 row has a good crop of fruit while 

 other rows in the same block have but 

 few apples. This row has been bear- 

 ing continuously for several years. 



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