Putnam patriot., 1915-07-16
COOPERATIVE
 EXTENSION WORK
In Agriculture and Home Economics

EAlLlNOIUlN " URh In Agriculture and Home Economics Report of County Agent Work m Wind ham County irom Narch Is 10 June 30 State of Connecticut. Extension Divis-
 ion, County Agent work. Conuec
 tieut Agricultural College, Wir d-
 ham County Farmers Association,
 shore Line Electnc Raiiwsv. and
 C. S. Department gf Agriculture,
 cooperating.
 As County Agent have found keen interest in the work, and hearty coop ersiion throughout tae county. In The three months and ieW dsys over thet have been on the job have made the following number of visits per town. Woodstock .... .....-.. .....--......I I4 i Aindham including @iilimantie- - ! Pomfret t.........=...-.= ..-........-.-..5 j Ihompson n.4................. .#.#..#...#-. j l Piainiield -...... s....s.... ....5 1 Putnam .-..-.-..... ....... ........5 , | Hampton .....--.s...... ..-. --..4 1 Brooklyn ...-.. .......... ssss 1 | scotland .... .s-.---. ..........s.. ..--..4 | khstiofd ..... ...s ...=. -..........-. i sterling ...+....s*-....... ......l | i h1llingiy y...-..-....-.s.-.-. ......--.-
 have visited 1l4 farmers on their farms and have written i55 letters. 1T have called at the office in person and 7s have telephoned. 1 have spoken at 49 meetings at which l127 were pres. present. have given , pruning de- monstfalions at which interested far mers, under my direction, did actual work in renoyating old trees, pruning young apple and peach trees, and pru- ming bearing fruit trees. also gave 3 | spraying demonstrations.
 Cooperating with A. J. Brundage and NJ. Estelia sp,ague, State agents in charge of boys and girls club work ] have .heiped organize the following eiubs, having a membership as given | below:
 Boys X girls potato club Il members dc dairy club do corn club sewing 5lub do tomato and can
 Ing club
 do poultry club II
 do garden club 2t Total membership S9
 Cooperating with the same and with the help of Rufus Stanley, organizer of boys and girls clubs, l.. ;. D. A, holped in forming branch of the l Boys and Girls National Achieve ment Club in the Willimantic and N Aindham schools. This is new scheme in boys and girls school gar den work, and 1 am trying 1t out in only one town this yeHr.l
 In these schools the boys and girls choose one boy and one girl for their leaders. These leaders are responsible to me for the work of each child who has taken up garden work under this plan. The children are responsible only to their leader. This places the whole responsibility on the shoulders of the children, and it's object is to de Neiop is them spirit of seIf-reIianee and pride in accomplishment which IS often lacking when the child has su. pervisian ali the time
 Each child reports to his leader monthly, and lhe leader forwards the reports to me. In the fall each child who has anything to show for his work brings Il to his school and exhib it's it. Each child who has anything worth showing from h1s l00 square feet of garden is to get bronze medal, the first in each school gets a silver medal, and the best in the whole town gets a gold medal. In this club We have the following: raising corn 67 potatoes 1l6 tomatoes III Total membership 294
 Another club activity in cooperation with the Stale college is the Boys Dairy Club. Boys under Is enter in this. Their work is sto keep complete records of three cows for 1 months, feed consumed, milk given, butterfat in the milk, etc. IT boys have taken up this work
 In order to get more accurate knowl. edge of the details of the agriculture in Windham County I have had II. F. Reyes, farm management demonstra- tf=e., ,,....t,t oF f, IT. n ,rkg l..