The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
KEEP FARM GOING
That Is One of WOmen's Big
Works of the War.
First Program of Farm Con-
VentiOn a Success.
LARGE LIST OF SPEAKERS
Bird Tells of Woman Flowing
With Three Horses.
Billy Tells Interesting Stories
About Relatives.
LARGE LIST OF SPEAKERS


Boosting for the happy farm life oc-
eupied the evening at the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday, after the dinner,
1T which the Woman's Kansas Farm
and Garden association assembled. 1t
was to be noted that :he majority of
those present were town people, and
it was chiefly town people Ihat did the
talking 1t is possible that the joys
of the agriculJurist, SO glibly pre-
sented. may, therefore, have taken
some of their enchantment from their
distance.
Speakers for the evening were: W.
a s. Bird, sort of absent treatment
farmer; William Billy, who fathered
scheme for a farm project by which
old men, widows ana orphans are
70 have u chance to raise food; l. d.
Graham; Mrs. II. o. Garvey, presi-
sent of the State Federation of Wo-
mems clubs; Miss NJ Edna Corbet su-
perintendent of Shawnee county
schools, J. G. Mohfer, secretary of the
state board of agriculture; William
BSers. assistant county farm agent:
Mss Mary Ward, emergency home
demonstration agent, and Mrs. Harry
Forbes. u farm woman.
Bird prefaced his remarks with an
attack on the plumber patriots who
arc getting enormously rich out of
the war. The time is coming" he
said. when the women will be doing
much of the farm work l saw a
woman yesterday dressed in mans
outfit. except for a sunbonnet, and
blowing field-doing it better than
ever saw blowing done before. She
was driving three splendid horses to
her pillow. When | talked to her
fourd that she knew the pedigree of
al the animals ON the place"
Women Home Guards.
Mrs. Garvey spoke of the necessity
81 making every activity of all organ
s7.atiJns contribute to the ultimate aim
% all America, the winning of the
war. I'VE must make ourselves the
home reserve guard, and those of US
who cannot produce food must be that
much more careful to conserve what
others produce"
JIG. Mohler complimented the work
oe the canning clubs thruout the state
ard the enthusiasm with which wom-
en- were taking hold of the work of
food production and saving. 1T is
possible" he said. that the project
Tor gardening and the utilization of
all available space for food produc-
lion w7ulC be the fina' determining
factor in the war-the little weight
that will at last turn the scales in our
favor.
Miss Corbet spoke briefly of the
work of the school children thru their
Organizations of poultry clubs, can
ming clubs, pig clubs. etc. She intro
duced William Byers who gave some
details of the operations of the clubs
which he is particularly interested in
fostering.
q Miss Ward spoke especially of the
need of food conservation and the OBJ
serVance of the days set aside by the
government for doing without meat,
wheat or other food articles needed
abroad. She recommended that the
community work for a law that would
make such observance compulsory.
Mrs. Forbes, Discusses Soil.
4 Mrs Forbes read an article on the
rare of the soil written by Mrs Saxon
i. d. Graham, who is on one of the
local exemption boards, spoke of the
large number of the farm boys that
we're being sent into the army. To
peka's quota was filled by enlistment,
and there were a lot of young fellows
who spend their time around the pool
balls that I would like to get my
hands on officially. The army would
do them good"
Z william Biby made the longest
speech Of the evening, with his char
acteristic enthusiasm. Il refused an
Invitation to the theater," he said,
ito come to Sister Saxon's garden
party. You want to popularfze your
Society by giving it plenty of public
fly. Don't he afraid of opposition. If
should propose a scheme that was
accepted by every one L would quit
right off, knowing there mus be
something the matter with the plan.
a SOOO Work tHrlVeS on opposition
should like to see more people going
into farm work. There are no end of
artists. lawyers. and musicians who
ought to be blacksmiths and stock
men.
Has Daughter at X. S. A. c.
Il could have sent my only daugh-
ter to any school in America but 1
chose the State Agricultural college,
the best of them all. so she would
learn to be useful in the world The
country is full of girls who are spend
ing their time learning French when
the chances are they will never go
outside of Shawnee county,"
Biby then launched out on a bit of
family history that took in his great
grandparents. came down the scale to
his own parents. included his wife and
his daughter. He then told about his
wife's Canadian relatives, black
smith uncle who dressed for dinner,
and a wealthy tanner uncle who cut
sad had his backyard full of vege-
tables From that he branched off
cato a cousin, all the while good ma
turedly apologizing for bringing his
relatives into it And he makes his
kfnfolks mighty interesting. at that
1t Is Biby's Way
Music for the evening was fur
nished by. Mrs. Daniel Muller and
Bernice Hemus- About forty people
attended.
An amusing feature of the evening
was Mrs j. G. Woods venture in
driving Biby into corner by asking
BIN some way to conserve tobacco
smoke He confessed to a I1Se of 10