The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-11
FARM women OF
KANSAS COME TO
CITY TOMORROW
To Organize Society To Be Of
Benefit to Government.
Improved Agricultural Methods
Will Be a Plan.
Topeka WOMAN IS ORGANIZER
Mrs. Theodore Saxon. a Prac-
ticaI Farmer. Calls Meeting.
Several Well Known Speakers
on Program Here.
To Organize Society To Be of
Benefit to Government.
Improved Agricultural Methods
Will Be q Plan.
Topeka WOMAN IS ORGANIZER

A new organization is to be formed
in Topeka Saturday. A meeting has
been called of the farm women of the
state to a session in this city Satur-
day morning al the Chamber of Com
merce for the purpose of organizing
permanent society which shall have
for its object service to the govern
ment, thru improved farm methods,
and mutual heIpfulness for the women
who are to be members.
The plan was thought out by Mrs.
Theodore Saxon of Topeka, who is
herself practical farmer. Mrs Saxon
has asked all the women Of Kansas
who are interested in farming to meet
at the Chamber of Commerce at 10
O'Clock. A program is arranged for
the morning and afternoon session,
and during the progress of the meet
ing the organization will be formed
Object of Organization.
The objects of the organization. as
suggested by Mrs. Saxon, are as fol-
lows:
10 Interchange ideas and promote CO.
operation among women engaged in farm
ing or having the direct management of
| farms
To increase the knowledge and use of ex-
listing agricultural educational institutions
10 heip bring together supply and de-
mand, or producer and consumer.
To help solve the agricultural problems
| before the nation.
| ing women for farm work
| To advise women who wish to make a
profession of agriculture and horticulture.
! To show how inexperienced women may
| become farmers and suggesting necessary
education and apprenticeship.
Necessary. selecting the farm, m, tie testing iIof Of
soil, water supply. markets and rental con-
! tracts.
The primary object of the organiza-
| ton is to assist in the solving of the
agricultural problems of the nation,
and in cooperating with organizations
for enlisting women in farm work Not
only women farmers of the state but
| other women interested in agricultural
i pursuits, even if not actually engaged
| in farming, are to be in Topeka for
the meeting. Women who own farms,
and those who wish to learn of the
possibilities of women in agriculture,
| are asked to attend the conference.
| The Shawnee county farm bureau and
| the state board of agriculture are
| lending what help they can to make
| the conference a success.
Program of Meeting.
| The program which has been ar
ranged by Mrs. Theodore Saxon for
Saturdays meetings. is as follows:
House.
Greetings from the state. by Governor
! Arthur Capper.
Woman's Fitness for Farm Work, Mrs.
L. A. Grigbaum. of Pauline.
| Teaching Agriculture in the Schools, by
Miss MEdna Corbet, superintendent of
| Shawnee county schools.
Pure Bred Cattle that are Worth While
| Mrs Harry T. Forbes, of Cedar Heights
| Farm.
Some of the Values of Farm Life for wo-
men. by Mrs Noble Prentis Of Topeka.
| Drive Your Work That 1t May Not Drive
You. by Mrs. Frank Pomeroy, of Holton.
| Why I Stay the Farm, by Mrs. Cora
Wellhouse Bullard of Tonganoxie.
Training, by Mrs. DeWitte c. Nellis.
War Food for Poultry and Poultry for
War Food. Mrs. Charles Lungene who
| lives west of Topeka.
Horticulture for Women. Mrs. Elsie "
Arthur, of Kansas City, Kan
Something About Hogs. Miss Ine2
| Wheeler, of Oskaloosa.
At Chamber of Commerce.
During the noon hour the delegates
| will have luncheon at the Chamber of
/ Commerce. and Immediately follow
ing, a round table discussion will be
held. This discussion is open to all the
people of the conference.
Mrs. Saxon lived on farm nearly
| all her life, having lately come to To-
| peka t educate her children. For
I twelve years she conducted the busi-
ness of farm of two sections of land,
raising cattle and hogs, grain and other
| feed. Also she managed a successful
business in blooded stock. She has
carried on many experiments to learn
the best ways of handling various
branches of farm work.
Mrs. Pomeroy. who is to be a
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