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on an 1,800 acre farm near Johannesburg. She is the only woman on the Advisory Coun- cil to the South African Minister of Agricul- ture. She explained that Bantu women are not members of the Women’s Agricultural Union but have their own organization, instigated by the Union and run by the government. The delegates from Africa were especially interested in nutrition for the natives. Mrs. Winifred Woods, President of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Natal said “One prob- lem is to train the Africans to eat native food like butter, eggs and fish. Women can do a great deal in this field.” Mrs. Ulla Schulman of Finland, vice-presi- dent for the Northern Europe Region, a grad- uate of Helsinki University and wife of a farmer, belongs to the Country Women’s 01'- ganization, one of four Finnish groups affili- ated with A.C.W.W. The organization tries to teach farmers’ wives not only homemaking but also farm management so that in times of war or sickness they could run the farms," Mrs. Schulman said. In the delegation from the U.S.A. was Mrs. Haven Smith, wife of an Iowa farmer, one of A.C.W.W.’s three world viceâ€"presidents and warmly remembered by Ontario women who heard her speak at the F.W.I.O. anniversary luncheon in Toronto last February. She said that one of the current projects of her organ- ization, the American Farm Bureau of Women. is to modify the rigid government farm pro- gram of price control, which, the women feel, holds up production. Mrs. J. Homer Rems- berg of Maryland. another farm wife, repre- sents the Home Demonstration Council of America, the main topics of whose monthly meeting are nutrition, health and fashion. Mrs. Riddel Lage who lives on a ranch in Oregon is president of her state’s Home Economics Exâ€" tension Council. Their program this year fea- tured canning, freezing and budgeting. A Ken- tucky delegate. Mrs. H. P. Myers came to the conference especially to learn about programs for friendship and leisure interests of country women. Mrs. Henry Dickinson, President of the Colorado Parentâ€"Teachers’ Association said that one of the problems being investigated by her organization is the drop-out of boys and girls before finishing high school. (How like the Ontario Women’s Institutes!) Another delegate especially interested in a good use of leisure was Mrs. S. Engstrom, President of the Swedish Homemakers’ Asso ciation. Mrs. Engstrom studied child psychol- ogy when her children were small and from that beginning became especially interested in mental health and activities to promote it. Mrs. Basil Price of Rhodesia, said that the aim of the Women’s Institute in Africa is to encourage women to take an active interest I! In a Japanese Farm H ouse MISS MCKERCHER brings these observa- tions from a visit to a farm home in Japan as evidence that whether or not we can ac- cept a religion different from our own, \\,_. may find that we have much in common with the ethics of another religion, much U, respect in other creeds. This was i “wealthy” farm home by Japanese St‘dfltl- ards. The farmer had five acres of rig-y five acres of mandarin oranges, five am: of pears and ten acres of green tea. Mt , McKercher copied this inscription from t. Shinto altar in the home: “Our Pledge Let us work with happiness Let us live with bright mind Let us speak to each other with harmony.” And on a wall plaque, just as we mig have a “motto” “God Bless This House the Japanese family had before the “Thanks to the Grace of God, Let us st; working today with a smile.” in community affairs and community devele merit. For the first time, New Guinea was rep: sented by two of its women's club membx who came as observers. The chief aims these clubs are, to quote these women, ' instruct women in child care, serving for cleaning the home and to teach them su- crafts as hasketry and mat weaving.” Thr meet for four hours every week. Dr. Nancy Adams, the area vice preside for Canada reporting her tour of the Cari? bean said that she found Women's Institui even on the smaller islands. “Lack of train: personnel and local leadership, overâ€"popui tion, over-crowding, an improper system of c ucation, and one-parent homes are some i the problems there,” she said. Mrs. Oudone Sananikone, president of ti National Association of Women of Laos visx‘ the villages of her country to train women . teachers. There are not enough schools they hold classes under the trees. They 315- train the women in child care, agriculturt hygiene, handicrafts, nutrition, cooking an home industries. Mrs. Kit Ahern told how the Irish Countl Women’s Association is working to HUNG" the rural home, the farm and the community They are getting water piped into the fern houses, studying how mothers can give theii children a true sense of values, lay solid morn. foundations and teach that all men are broth- HOME AND COUNIRY