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RURAL life in a changing world will 

 be discussed by delegates to a con- 

 ference of the American Country Life 

 Association to be held June 11-13 at 

 Michigan State College, Lansing, Mich., 

 according to an announcement by Dr. 

 D. E. Lindstrom, professor of rural so- 

 ciology at the University of Illinois and 

 president of the association. 



Topics covering four phases of rural 

 living have been selected as the basis for 

 the three-day conference. They are: 

 number of people in rural life, religious 

 and moral foundations of rural life, 

 public relations programs for agriculture, 

 and rural community and international 

 relations. Subtopics will be considered 

 under each of these principal items. 



CROCHETED BEDSPREAD IN 

 SOUTHERN TRADITION 



Rich in the tradition of the old South ia 

 this crocheted bedspread with water lily 

 design, giving it a irogile, heirloom 

 beauty. Directions ior making it are oroil- 

 able iree of diarge. Write to WOMEN'S 

 EDITOR. lUJNOIS AGRICULTURAL AS- 

 SOCIATION RECORD, 608 South Dearborn 

 Street, Chicago 5, HI., enclosing seli-ad- 

 dressed stamped envelope. 



My Favorite Recipe 



Mrs. Olive E. Pillsbury of Menard 

 county says the following isn't exactly her 

 favorite recipe but as a one-dish meal it is 

 hard to beat. 



ONE DISH MEAL 

 1 1/2 lbs. hamburger 2 cups water 

 4 large chopped 1 cup kidney beans 



onions 1 cup rice 



2 cups tomatoes salt and pepper 



Fry onions in bacon fat, add hamburg- 

 er and fry until brown, add tomatoes, 

 water and beans. Add the rice (washed) 

 last. Season and stir thoroughly, put 

 in baking dish, cover and bake for one 

 half hour in moderate oven, uncover and 

 bake for another half hour. Add chili 

 powder or pepper to taste. If reheating 

 add more tomato juice. 



Yorkshire Pie 



A meal of leftovers. Arrange leftover 

 pork or beef and potatoes or other leftover 

 vegetables with onions and seasoning, in a 

 baking dish. Save enough gravy for basting. 

 Prepare the following batter. 

 1 egg 



1 cup sweet milk 

 IV3 cups flour 



"i tbsp. lard 

 1/2 tsp. salt 



2 tsp. baking powder 



Mix quickly and pour over meat. Bake 

 to a golden brown. Serve with a lettuce 

 salad and light dessert. 



Mrs. Frank Strotheide 



Sugarless Applesauce Cake 



•'2 cup shortening 



1 cup dark syrup or molasses 



1 egg 



2V^ cups flour (measured after sifting 

 once) 



1 teaspoon soda 



1 teaspoon cinnamon 



V2 teaspoon cloves •. . 



1 teaspoon salt 



I cup unsweetened applesauce 



'A cup raisins 



% cup chopped nuts if liked 

 Cream shortening, add syrup gradually, 

 egg. and beat well. Add sifted dry in- 

 gredients alternately with the sauce, raisins, 

 and nuts last. Mix well, bake in moderate 

 oven 350 F. 



Mrs. Gus Bruckner 



What is your favorite recipe? 



Do you have some special treat you 

 think other homemakers should knou 

 about? If so, write it out and send it to 

 Women's Editor, Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation Record, 608 South Dearborn 

 Street. Chicago 5. ///. 



GAY SLIPCOVERS BRIGHTEN 

 THE DINING ROOM 



Take away the drobness of the dining 

 room with these snappy slipcovers and 

 matching drapes. Instructions on how to 

 make curtains, drapes, cornice and slip- 

 covers are available iree. Send seli- 

 addressed stamped envelope to WOMEN'S 

 EDITOR, ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL AS- 

 SOCIATION RECORD, 608 South Dear- 

 born Street, Chicago S. 111. 



Women in several unorganized coun- 

 ties in Illinois are either organizing or 

 on the verge of organizing county 

 Home Bureaus, according to latest re- 

 ports. Logan county women are in the 

 process of organizing, Marion county 

 will, be organized this month while 

 Pope-Hardin and Gallatin counties 

 have scheduled information meetings. 

 To date, 83 counties have active Home 

 Bureau organizations with a member- 

 ship of 30,507 as of Jan. 1, 1946. 



Back in the United States after serv- 

 ing with the Red Cross in England, 

 France and Belgium, Miss Donovan 

 Hester has resumed her work as home 

 adviser in Cass county. Miss Hester 

 was home adviser in Menard-Cass 

 counties from 1939 to 1943 when she 

 joined the Red Cross. She is a grad 

 uate of Purdue University. 



Miss Evelyn Sharp, Eureka, has been 

 employed as home adviser in Hender- 

 son county. After graduating from the 

 University of Illinois in 1943 she 

 joined the Waves and had been sta- 

 tioned in California. She was dis- 

 charged in December. 



APRIL 1946 



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