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in Ontario's sixtieth anniversary celebration. was a gift to the convention from F.W.I.O, Looking Forward Miss Frances MacKay, formerly director of women’s work in the Manitoba Department of Agriculture, now with the Consumer Re- search Division. told a thrilling story of her experience working With UN agencies in Irak for the last few years. Irak. a member of UN. had turned to that body for technical assisâ€" tance in education, health and agriculture: and the development along these lines has been almost unbelievable. Through UNESCO education is being provided for both children and adults. free of cost from primary school to the university. Each year Irak sends about 300 of its people abroad for post-graduate train- ing. The health programme includes pru~natal clinics and child welfare as well as the usual modern measures for sanitation and the pre- vention of diseases. Through UNICEF milk is provided for children. In agriculture where much of the land is desert and still inhabited by travelling herdsmen, one of the problems is to get the roving tribes to settle on agri. cultural land. In this they need technical guidance. Miss MacKay described the contrasts in housing from the mud but to the home \‘l‘llll up-toâ€"date Western conveniencus. the slilrllt‘i‘t‘d -â€"too shelteredâ€"pusition of women. and the rapid development of better homes and com- munity centres. The money to pay for ion provements comes from Nature. from oil. Last year Irak had 250 million dollars in oil l'Oyi'll‘ ties and they want to finance their own (lu- volopment. All the help they ask for is ti-t-h- nical assistance. "We sometimes think of such t‘ounlrlrs its undeveloped. inferior," Miss MacKziy said. “In many ways, they are superior to Us . . . Mr. Pearson and Mrs. Houck gave us- :i Vision of our responsibilities in the world community Are we going to accept this or COHL'L'nll‘élll' ml less important things?" Conservation There was a symposium on Consi-rvutiun chaired by Dr. P. O. Ripley. of Hit“ Dominion Experimental Farm. Chief of the Division or Field Husbandry Soils and Agricultural Engi- nooring. The other members were S. .J. Chagnon. Assistant Deputy Minister of Auri- L'ulture; J. D. Harrison. Director Forestry Branch. Northern Affairs and Natural “1'- sources; Dr. Alfred Leahcy. head of Hip Ex- pcrimental Farm's Soil Survey Unit and Mrs. Henry Monnen, F.W.I.C. COI‘IVE‘DL'J' of Ann) culture and Canadian Industries. The conservation of soils, crops tincludinu trees) and wild life was discussed Willi l'l’ll‘l'- once to the general situation today. our H'- Sponsibilities and suggestions for Inlpl‘tn'r- ment. Some of the points of agrL-i-mL-nz Wt'rt‘ that responsibility for conservation should lii- shared by provincial and federal govt-rnmt-nls. the individual farmer and persons ('ngalfl'd WINTER I 958 Centre; Hon. Ellen Fnirclough, Secretary of Slulo, who spoke at lhe convcnlion. tcn, Mrs. F, N. Nash of Nova Stalin. Riqht, Mu. C. R. Wood, Alberlo. in forestry; lliut lllt'l't' is llt‘t'd of further 11-- Sl‘tll‘t‘ll in the study of conservation nii‘thoiis: that :in i-dni'nltonul progrinnmi- lw set up to inform llll.‘ public about conservation and llml stilnt‘ gnvvrnmvnt ilSSln‘lillll'l‘ might “'1‘” he pivvn to individuuls vnguprrl in i'i~rl:im lint-s of runsi'i‘vnlion. FOllDH'llltt the symposium the worm-n \wrv handy for it lively discussion \\'llll'll uni-,lil haw Rlll‘ll' I'm to iiinlu- lllt‘lll .'l\\'l|li\ of mu- Linollii-r's [Il'llllll'lllh in llll‘ dill’i'rc-nl nrnvim-i-s; lllll us so lli‘lt‘ll liuppriis :il ('t'll'l\'l‘l'llltlll:< lllt‘l'l‘ was vi-i'y lillll' llrllt' for tiln‘t‘llh‘riltlll, This lino pl-nm’l imam u'lu-n liounil 'l‘ulili-s “'I’I'I' si-l up to tllh’t'tlfin various plum-s iii lustilnli- Win-ii. 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