Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-05-07
County Demonstration Work.

There will be series of articles pub
lished in the county papers giving in a
short, concise, and. we hope, interesting
manner an account of the uplift humani-
tartan work that is being accomplished in
our county and other localities. These
articles will be submitted by the Rockville
Inquiry Club through the courtesy of the
editors Of our county papers.
Montgomery county has been presented
with valuable gift We hope every
citizen will appreciate it, and Increase its
value by working for it. The Government
OF the United States. through the Agricul-
tural Department. has given $500 and our
progressive School Board has provided $50
to complete the amount necessary to pay
a woman County Agent and Demonstration
to carry to everyone in our county, who
will listen, the good tidings Of improved
methods in various branches of household
economics.
At conference of representatives from
the U. S. Department of Agriculture and
the Board of County School Commissioners,
Miss Isabel Kingdom. Of Rockville, was
selected agent to conduct demonstrations
in all parts Of the county. Her route will
be mapped out by the School Commission
ers, but she will visit sections by request.
The county girls will be urged to join the
canning and gardening clubs, and we be-
l,..,a .I,;s .,,ovau,anf for evetamatic atudV
and work will lead our women to fuller
realization Of the advantages to be derived
from improved methods. This work will
dive our girls special interest They can
use or sell the fruits and vegetables they
put up in cans. They will learn right
methods, the drudgery will be reduced to a
minimum and their souls will be uplifted,
for nothing is so inspiring as work well
done.
We appeal to everyone to help the County
Agent. A live County Agent rises to emer-
Kencies. They have been called THE Gov
ernments Agricultural Minute Men, the
Departments most effective advertisement.
We consider County Agent the best piece
of welfare insurance county can buy and
the cheapest. And Montgomery has one.
We want our boys and girls to stay in the
country, but there must be some interest
and incentive beyond drudgery and mo-
notony to make young people love the farm.
The boys and girls clubs are helping to
provide this interest. The boys and girls
are made an essential factor in the home
and community life. There Is compe-
tition and compensation in these clubs
and they lead the young mind to the
wonderfully interesting problems Of agri-
culture and the benefits TO be derived from
the materials and opportunities at home.
The young people respond and do fine
work. In South Carolina 4.540 boys en-
rolled in the corn clubs produced 56,2Si
bushels Of corn at an average Of Al cents
a bushel Valuing the corn at one dollar
a bushel and the boys add $4,000 to the
crop wealth OF the State. The champion
produced 1884 bushels at 8 l-2 cents a
bushel. The result Of this boys method and
Yields has won for his seed corn the name
of Halls Improved Mortgage Litter" 1t
is 30 recognized by the State Department
of Agriculture.
One boy of is years. living in the State
Of Idaho, raised no bushels Of potatoes on
an eighth Of an acre. $50 bushels 10 an
acre. Miss Helen Durham, Of Davis county.
Utah. joined a girls canning club. She
had never canned quart OF fruit in her
life. When the club exhibits were made
up she had 80 varieties Of canned fruits,
greens. vegetables. meat, relishes and cat
sups. She was awarded medal as State
champion. What other girls can do, our
girls can outstrip; we have fskb in our
own boys and girls
The country is a good place to live and
no nober work can be found for any girl
or boy than making the country home
better There is Gods pure air and sun
shine. broad fields and cool streams. and
ehe work with nature. For music the song
Of the birds: for pictures, the glorious ones
made by NATURES hand; and for stories and
problems, there are the animal life aud soil
cultivation and for compensation, money