International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1931)

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-834 That the delegates of the different countries are requested to present to the General Secretariat a memorandum concerning particular measures, with reference to their own country; these measures should be reserved for examination in their own good time, and possibly inscribed in a programme of collaboration, to be drawn up by the Agricultural Commission for a coming session of the Parliamentary Conference. This session will be held at Prague a few days before the International Congress of Agriculture, which will examine the part women may play in the prevention of rural emigration. III. — Woman's part in agriculture and the education of the country child. Economists and sociologists do not seem to have given enough importance to the role of women in agriculture. In most countries woman contributes at least 30 % to agricultural life, in the labours of field, garden and farm. Besides this she is responsible for all the household labour, the running of the house, and for 85% of the education of her children, that is to say of rural youth. A recent investigation, due to the initiative of Mile. Geerinck, regarding the occupations of the farmer's wife, has resulted in the conclusion that they are too absorbing. The Countess of Kerentlech has summed up the results of this investigation in an admirable report, presented to the meeting of the international Federation of Household Instruction at Liege 1930. From this study the conclusion may be drawn that, generally speaking, woman's work in the country is too hard, and is one of the causes of rural emigration. Means should therefore be sought to alleviate it as much as possible so that the woman in the country may have more time to devote to the beautifying of her home, the education of her children and the repose of her family. In Belgium the National Commission of Farmers' Clubs, working with some agricultural Household Schools has for the past ten years been trying to discover the best methods of making house work less burdensome. With the collaboration of the Commission for the Improvement of Country Life the Household Agricultural College has been organised at Laeken, further the " Festival of the Rustic Flower " and the " Festival of the Household Staff ". A Prize Cup Competition for the capable farmer's wife is a comparatively recent institution. Several films have been made of these activities and have been used chiefly in farm environments. The various Clubs number 1000, for 2.500 different country centres. Numerous details regarding this subject are to be found in reviews, and notices published by the Agricultural Household Institute of Laeken, by the National Commission of Farmer's Clubs (91, Avenue de Cortemberg, Brussels), by the Commission for the Improvement of Country Life (40, rue des Joyeuses Entrees, Lou