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A Summing Up By Mrs. Summers Ei hth Triennial Conference of the Assoâ€" ciziigg Cointry Women of the World was the first to be held in the Eastern part of the world. To live for two weeks among people of a difl‘erent race in a strange but beautiful country would mark this conference as one of great interest. For the hostess society in Ceylon, the Lanlca Mahila Samiti, it was a major undertalcing, but one which they carried to its conclusion effiâ€" ciently and graciously. For Western constituent societies, heavy financial commitments were en- tailed in sending delegates so far and so there were only about three hundred voting delegates and a small number of observers and visitors. In spite of these handicaps I believe that great good may come from the mingling of delegates from the West with people of the East, because we came to know and appreciate Ceylon folk jor their many fine qualities and we valued their friendliness and their kindness toward us. The main concern of the conference both on the Agenda and in Round Table Discussions was the UN. and its Specialized Agencies. Outstanding speakers told us of the projects and the accom- plishments of F'.A.O., UNESCO, UNICEF, and W.H.O. Once more we were impressed by the need for members of the A.C.W.W. to continue their twenty per cent of the population is literate, each literate person was asked to teach ten others. In a Statement of contributions to the A.C.W.W./UNESCO gift coupon project for Ceylon it must have been interesting to Ca- nadian delegates to learn that of all countries Canada made the largest contribution, CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES In the Round Table on the Conservation of Natural Resources, some of the questions dealt with when the session broke up into small discussion groups would make very good subâ€" jects for panel discussion in an Institute. And some of the problems of other countries will surely make us realize how fortunate we are in our water supply in Ontarioâ€"up to the present. These are the questions given to the groups: “What methods can be used to overcome erosion of soil where grain crops are grown? What can be done to remove minerals from water in wells for stock watering? How can we best study our problems of forest preser- vation and reforestation? What is the best method of rehabilitating families on virgin land and reclaimed land and utilizing their energies and their natural resources? How can we exercise control over mineral resourcâ€" es? How can information be spread on water conservation, especially work on anti‘evap- study of these organizations and thus he 5,, a position to help formulate a favourable opinion concerning them. Round Table Discussions which I attended were the following: “Means of Preserving and Sharing the Best of Our National Cultures” and m, one dealing with “Ways and Means of SpTCCld‘lnq in. formation about the UN and its Spatumzed Agencies.” The comments of women mm, m, leaders in their countries merited our Cluirplefe attention, especially those offered by climates from the underdeveloped countries. Their prob. lems are greatly due to lack of funds ilwl “,9 poor facilities for happy living for the W “in, of their citizens. ‘ public Perhaps we are not yet able to pTOpefl}; dams the worth of this conference because snmuiem time has not elapsed for us to take ill.- long view. But we do know that delegates jinn so many countries, East, West, North and Sara; had a common aim which was to work for NH ad. vancement and betterment of all people it need of help and to try to understand each on and each other’s problems We shall treasu- :00, the friendship of delegates of difi‘e-rem »'Cds, cultures and religions. IVIILDRED SUMIVIEJ: oration, irrigation and rain-making, Em- HJW can farmers be educated on fire pl‘m =1on and control? How can we host do lon ‘ me planning for the preservation and equ. l dis- tribution of our natural resources?” In the discussion of these questions was found that many farmers when ploughv list the land, do strip cropping and plant ‘ld- breaks. In Kenya 3 Soil Conservatio!‘ Vim assists with this particular problem am anâ€" courages farmers to terrace their land In Southern Rhodesia a Natural Resources - «rd with wide powers and run by the few ers themselves conducts an intensive conseri on scheme. In Australia, keyâ€"line plouf ng, similar to contour ploughing is being - ac- tised and the land SOWn with rotation i rips. It was reported that in Australia and Cox .da. antiâ€"evaporation liquid is sprayed on sums and large areas of water. In most cow. vies where bush fires occur, Volunteer Fire . HE- ades have been set up and valuable assnsl H109 in spotting tires is given by Commercial l‘ fits, Walkieâ€"talkie units are used to help eject operations. Annual competitions among “ire Brigades help to educate farmers on the Dre‘ vention of bush fires and radio talks to mild- ren serve the same purpose. Water is mostly conserved in lakef‘ and dams. In Australia the gates have JPSL We“ Closed on one of the largest earth bull]? “3915' Water thus conserved is used for irrlgilmn and hydro-electric schemes. It was stalcd Ln HOME AND (lleiNTli'f