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Show HIT CIO HAS BEST PHYSIQUE Speaker Explodes Fallacy at Salt Lake Session of Woman's Wom-an's Farm Congress SAl,T LAKE, Oct. 21 Contrary to popular' belief, the' county hiid physically physi-cally ranks below the cits1 child, tit k -in the United Stateshai a n'hole, ac-jeordlng ac-jeordlng to Mrs. Edith A. Iathrop, spe-elaitt spe-elaitt in rural school nrK.i nl.a t ion . who . i J , 1 1 1 : -1 ' I ihi- .i l ruiM.n s,s-lon 4of the .National Farm Woman's contention con-tention yesterday. The speaker claimed that a serious proa;om Is confronting con-fronting count v schools and that farm (women are l, i a lapted tu meet tin j situation. Mrs. Lathrop said i hut there Is I lack of competent teachers In the ru-ral ru-ral districts She read statistics to ,'shoe that ls.ooo country schools were! I forced to close last Year because of ihe teacher shortage She said that the i rural districts have always had the 'youngest and least experienced teach-1 era, due to the lack of interest on the part of pa rents. Calling attention to the fact that M per cent of the men drafted into service ser-vice during the recent war wort- Illiterate, Illiter-ate, Mrs Iathrop said that two-third of the illiterates were from 'he ooun- trj- In thfc; connection -In- reforro.i i" statistics showing that country chll-flren chll-flren are below the phvsical standard of city children. Mrs. Lena f'.aker Mavcock, sl:ite home demonstration leader of ih- I'tah Agricultural collog, appealed for the cooperation jf farm women In the activities of th' National Farm bureau. She said I ha I farm women t assume a larger responsibility than the men in the esta bli-hment Of the fnrni. and the woman s part in farm work s essential to the success 6i the org.inlation "The Real Munitions Plant" was the subject of It. Charles J. Powell, Wh discussed the importance of the farm ' In .sustaining the nation and allied countries in the E:eont s:ir " |