The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1913-03-28
To the Farmers
OF Tennessee
By Capt. t. F. Peck, Com
missioner of Agricul-
ture
TuE HouE MAKERS Or TENNEs, EE.
as, Ada Cooke Settle)

~ ~1cft NrEAulZatlOnS as the Nome
Raeert section of the MMdl,
7 asss-e Formers Institute were
el,aaIv M Gown The farm wo
maa as an individual and as facto
j. iyanz.d tffort was given very
ri ugbt indeed until com
D. nv mt time. The public
a. he existed; it knew
Il every farm a farm
WI 49,, helping the farmer
n F,ru home; the publish.
il Won cagnized her existence
il iN s,cand rate columns OIL
h.ll-- totl natter printed on the
back pig, Of ne agricultural papers
. faagszur-, but the importance
81 hsr WORT 10 the whole country
W. hqrdly recognized.
UncI4 sam always at heart a
st tuuch supporter of women's rights
Wa amog he first to realize the
potpntiality If the farm woman S
living. There were bulletins for
farmers: why not bulletins Tor
farmers wives and daughters-in
fact, for All = ,rts of women, both
city and country bred? So the ex-
pert writer's on bred making, poultry
raising dairying, canning, preserv-
ing and kindred subjects were put to
work, and now women can obtain
from tht Unitsd States Department
of Agriculture, Washington. printed
matter Of The utmost accuracy on
nearly auv subject pertaining to
household economies.
Nhilp the United States govern
ment has been printing and distri-
buting this propaganda of the home
spreading oul over the country like
hive wites of help and inspiration
ha4 run the chain work of the
Farmers Institutes, conducted by
the Departments of Agriculture in
She different States. At first these
were for men alone, but it soon be-
came evident that the farmer as a
sraveler is binomial quantity; he
hikes to have the woman go when
hr goes So gradually the woman
interest crept into the men g meet
ings. But it remained for Tennessee
TO originate such fully organized
and cOnduced seperate bodies for
women as the Home Makers Sections
ofthe Tennessee Farmers Institutes.
There are oranges and Institutes
for women in other States, but
nothing like the Home, Makers
Sections of Tennessee. Realizing
the value of co. operation, the De-
partment Of Agriculture's reasoning
was not for q woman's institute
apart from the mems but a section
composed of women, working in
harmony with the men of the
Farmers Institutes; being part of
She whole, and at the same time
whole to themselves.
To this end. cooperation has be-
come the watchword of the Farmers
Institutes of Tennessee and every
iarmer who attends the meetings
held in the three divisions of the
State takes to the sessions a livelier
interest, a keener anticipation be-
cause the programs presented are
open to his women folks as well as
hlmself, with separate programs
gwen ny the women assisted Dy
men, and open to men.
Such wise and generous conduct
of official bodies has farreaching
effect.
The farmer who attends a meet.
ing accompanied by his wife,
daughter, or sister, naturally broad.
ems in view when he finds the In
stitute serving him treblY through
himself, mis- woman companion, and
through both US one; three channels
through whieh h. home is benefited
For, Whit kin: careful
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