There were also in the Southern States 368 counties with home demonstration agents, who gave instruction to 32,613 girls and 6871 women.  Each of the girls produced a one tenth acre home garden of tomatoes and other vegetables.  They put up more than 2,000,000 cans of fruit and vegetables worth $300,000.  There were nearly 10,000 members in poultry clubs and 3000 in bread clubs.  Two hundred fifty women’s community clubs were formed.

Similar work was done in the Northern States, where 209,000 boys and girls were enrolled in club work.  Nearly 25,000 of these were engaged in profit-making enterprises in which they produced food worth more than $500,000.  Reports from 3155 homes show 546,515 quarts of fruits and vegetables canned, about half of which consisted of vegetables, windfall apples, and other products that frequently go to waste.

How much money does your state receive from the national treasury under the terms of the Smith-Lever Act? (Discuss at home, consult your county agent.)

Find out from your county agent, and from your home demonstration agent (if there is one), what their work includes and how it is done.  Invite them to speak to your school on the subject.

What demonstration work is being carried on in your county for men and women?  Results achieved?

With the help of your county agent, make a map of your county showing the distribution of his demonstration work.

Report on boys’ and girls’ club work in your county.  Describe particularly any such work in which you are engaged.

What are some of the problems in regard to which the farmers of your community need help?

Make a report on George Washington the Farmer; on Thomas Jefferson’s contributions to agriculture.

The office of markets and rural organization promotes the organization of rural communities for cooperation in buying and selling, in obtaining rural credits and insurance (see Chapter XIII), in developing means of communication (Chapter XVIII), and in providing for social needs.  It investigates markets and methods of marketing, and transportation and storage facilities.

It seeks to establish standards for grading and packing fruits, vegetables, and other products.

The office of farm management investigates and promotes the application of business methods to farm management and farm practice.  It studies the cost and profitableness of producing particular crops, livestock, and dairy products, the use of the woodlot, the most economic and effective farm equipment.  It investigates the cost of the farmer’s living, methods of keeping accounts, the methods and results of tenantry.