The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14
RURAL ORGANIZATION AT
 LOUISVILLE, KY.

A country community, organized
 and at work to educate and to develop
 itself. was depicted in the exhibit hall
 at the Conference for, Education in
 the South, held at Louisville, Ky,
 April to 10.
 Entering to the right one found a, 5farmers' club in session, under the di- rection of Prof. A. D. Wilson, of the University of Minnesota, and MT. c. E. Bassett, of the Bureau of Markets, the assistance of Messrs w. F. Ward and J. H. Arnold, of the Department of Agriculture, and Prof. William Hill of Bethany College, West Virginia.
 To the rear a. country church was meeting. reorganizing itself for active work in countrywide development, un- der the direction of Rev. Frank M. Thomas, of Kentucky, and RevssW.- H. Mil1s. of South Carolina, and Miss Jes- sic Field, of the national committee of the r. w. G.
 Upstairs the rural school was in ac- tual session, showing how the farm activities can be made the central fac, tors in the school work, and how the. nics--writing drawing, figuring, reading, and so on can be related to these activities, under the direction of Mrs. Hetty g. Browne and Miss Margaret Whittemore, of Winthrop College. South Carolina, and Prof. J. $. Pu1len, of the State Normal Col 1ege, Richmond, Ky.
 Passing through the great hall and turning to the right, one saw the building Of the country home and it's si1o, along with the necessary sani-z tary features, set forth through lan- tern illustrations and demonstrations by Messrs. w. A. Etherton and J. H. McC1ain, of the Department of Agri- culture. and Dr. A. T. Mccormick, see- v-ef of he Sfcf sh01 1rd of fY7 Kentucky.
 Nearby the work of the rural nurse was shown by Miss Florence D. Full I Ter, of the Red Cross country-nurs ing service in Virginia, with the aid of a series of large pictures and charts, furnished by the National Red Cross society.
 Close by was the equipment needed for putting running, water into the country home, shown by President Joe Cook. Of the State Normal college, of Mississippi.
 Then came a kitchen with demon strations of actual cooking and serv- ing of typical meals by Miss Mary F. Sweeney, of the University of Ken lucky, and Miss Frances Heverlo, of the State Normal college at Richmond, Ky.
 Next came the country home itself. built and equipped under the direc- J throp College, South Carolina, where l demonstrations in household manage ment were conducted under her direc- | ton, with the cooperation of Miss Agness Harris, of the State College for Women, Tallahassee, Fla |
 Nearby was an exhibit of textile l work from the sewing department of | the University of Kentucky.
 The series closed with the demon | stration Of household industries weaving. basket making. woodwork-d Prof. J. E. Smith and a number of | from Berea College, Ken | lucky.
 Passing to the left, one saw a mod | ern poultry house. with fowls from | the Kentucky sk Experiment Station, 1 along with model nests and other equipment. together with a giant in- | cubator for community sbreeding,, all | of which were used in the dernonstra- l ton sessions of the Cooperative Egg and Poultry association, under the di- | rection of Prof. J. K Morrison Ag-l ricu1tural College, Mississippi; MT | Harry w. Lamon. U. S. Department of | Agriculture; Prof. J. J. Hooper, Ken W. Hickey. State demonstration agent | Tn Kentucky.
 The remaining part of the left side | of the great armory was occupied with | the exhibits and demonstrations O the boys and girls club work under | the direction of MT. O. B. Martin. agent in charge, Department of Agri. culture, and co-workers from differen ] states. The exhibits include ten ears of corn and canning exhiti from each state. At the various ses