The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-08
GENERAL FEDERATION

There IS council meeting OF the
G, neral Federation of Womens Clubs
being held in Portland Oregon Mrs
tselllev of Charlotte \. 6, CORES
bonding secretary Of the General
Federation is present at the meeting
The president of the Federation. Mrs
Iennybacker recently sent the follow
ing interesting letter:
| have been SO deeply impressed for
several months by an opportunity that
We are each day neglecting. that / beg
each Of you to read carefully this
! parag graph, which was prepared II
| my request:
That many women have no ac-
| curate knowledge Of the aid which
the United States Department Of
| Agriculture, through its many valu-
able publications and in other ways
stands ready to afford them. has been
| clearly by letters from a large num-
| Der Of women addressed to the Sec
! retary Of Agriculture in reply 70 his
| request for suggestions as to ways III
which the department could better
| serve rural women. Hundreds OF
these writer's urge the department 90
publish bulletins, dealing with various
| LhaSeS of home economies. santa Il on
gardening, poultry raising. dairying
and other home industries. Practical
ly every subject on which the women
seek information is covered by exist
ing bulletins and circulars OF the de-
Pa rtment. and the department has
specialists and laboratories, as we'll
ready to supply direct help TO those
who will take the trouble to seek a.:
| siStance
, For example. the department pub
) fishes more than eighty titles. dealing
; With foods cooking and canning.
many of which can be obtained free
and others for the nominal price of
r 5 and 10 cents. Similarly, it offers
over thirty titles on home and public
S sanitation and water supply, and over
f fifty publicati tions dealing with the
purity of food and drugs, and in par
g ticular with the safeguarding OF the
g meat and milk supply Of the individ-
uual home. The department has pre-
e pared list of these and other avail
: able publications Of interest TO farm
o women which will be supplied free
" on applica ton to the Editor and Chief
It Division of Publications,
k 'Other branches Of the Fedora
Il Government also have many publica
: tions of vital interest to women Oi
e these the Public Health Service Offers
: over forty, the United States Bureau
! Of Education has many on the edu-
n cation Of children, the Children
n Bureau supplies publications dealine
f Of small children. the ONCE Of Indiar
e Affairs publishes number of title!
it dealing in a practical way with house
V held arts and the Red Cross offer
: assistance TO those interested in rura
nursing and protective health meas
II ures.
Il women wishing to obtain full list
e. o. the publications Of all Federal de
= partr.antS of special interest 10 tn
fe houe aold. should send / ) cents. II
II cash or postoffice money order. 70 tn
p Superintendent of Documents. Gov
} ernment Printing Office, Washington
l.. c, for Department OF Agrlcoltur
at Report No. 104 Domestic Needs 0
IL Farm Women which contains. in al
1e dition TO these lists. number OF sug
re gestions for study courses or pro
m grams for womens organizations
a Those especially interested in the sub
Or ject OF the rural womans need