The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-09-04
UNCLE SAM BRINGS
USEFUL. HELPS TO
WIVES OF FARMERS
Suggestions from Wives OF $4,000
Government Crop Correspon-
dents Are of Value in Making
Rural Life Attractive.

Washington. sept With AN Toe
marvellous progression along urittt lines
making for shorter hours and better
sanitation for working women, IL Is
only iu recent ycats TINT ~" nccc~
-ity oi aiding the farmer IS wife H~ We'll
u, 81, farmer hu- been realized.
\. one agricultural authority stated
iu 1918 'thc farm woman has hcvu
the most neglected factor in the rural
problem. rui 30, BIAS been especially
ncglrct,i ly the national department ot
ugrirul'urr.'' In iGlG this j. goo longer
ttu" 'ui the department hu. turned its
attention Geo the neglected woman who
'p.i. from sum Go sun and has ordered
practically ul ui the existing bureaus
uf the dopnrtmcutNIa forward q move
men, that D. for the direct benefit of
the woman on the farm. This first
| step in Il splendid cause was made Ia
the reorganization of the office oi pub
be- roads which went into effect ON
JGiy J. 1913. The cork q, this bureau
was extended 90 include rural engineer
| ing and iu particular the development
| of d system that would furnish the
farm house with pure water and good
sanitation. II H. perhaps the greatest
boon that could bc conferred on the
women and children of q rural pupnia
,ion. Another important step was the
| appointment Of four hundred women
county agents who are giving 10 the
| farmer 5 wives the same Kind of varied
| assistance in advice thnt farmers re-.
| cciycd from the men agents provided
for under the Smith Lover act which
became q laW uu Nav :, 1914. The
...I.,.-, 8 sg.. ,..n. .l..t.Y -
tension work expressly provides that IN.
structinu in household economies shall
be furnished through similar channels
and 10y similar methods as instruction
Ia agriculture.
The initial movement taken IN the
development of tins work was the send
iug 10y the secretary of agriculture Of
% letter 20 thc hou~eNi i've of the de-
uartmcut Is $4,000 volunteer crop cor.
respondents. In this letter the socrc.
iury asks the women. who. y is safe
go assume. represent the progressive and
intelligent element m their cnmmuui.
ties. now. IN their opinion. the depart.
mrut could best aid them, Tho way was
|, lrf' open Intentionally for q FREQ dis.
cussiur of their problem and they en-.
to'yd upon II with great vim and IN.
icrcst as their letters IN reply cSIuccd.
Many of them contained valuable sug
gc-tiuu- which the department Will fol.
loN both IN is demonstrations and Ire
is Investigations The letters them
,rlyr, hUV, been arranged hN subjects
end published as reports, They can be-
obtained Cor o. small sum from the su.
! por.ntcudcui oi public documents.
Partly o. 81 result Of these l%rttcr., the
Investigations of the department 100 the
tIcii Yf home economic. have been
hroadcaci TO include clothing, house
l.ll equipment and household labor. as
well a- food AND nutrition. Through
tn, us, Ut r ~l,,IIrut'or -IiorW,tyr ~
Aa- been shown that much labor could
hr saved hy % 'riflug outlay uf money
The u~C and construction az home labor
saving device. are demonstrated beg the
field 1, We'll u- s'4dict IN the iahufu
Tors trt th, women have manifested
tine ka,u,-t interest 20 this work. one
u' the greatest successes Of rcccut wears
mas been the canning clubs for piTl-
! which hu- also opened the way tu the
,uufidcuc, of mothers. Last N.ut in
IN, north and west alone public demon
! STATIONS of the home canning uf fruits
and vegetables were attended hN tiity
Thousand Womcu IN the south "a like
number of girls are uoN enrolled in
these oiub2 and taught to produce as
We'll IA TO preserve the products of
their gardens. This new work for
women is too comprehensive and too
varied 80 be discussed BOO detail, bat il
Is Frightening the live. and improving
the health of the farm women ~
shown 10y the Intense concentration
which they bring 10 bear on the work
| that is being mapped out for them hy
Science aud educators, An Illuminating
instance ut the possibilities of this
work i, the discovery that the ordinary
| IFS. the most active of agents in the
| distribution OF filth and disease, can be
controlled hy spreading boraN or hollc-
| bore uytf the pile of manure aud refuse
in which It lays It's eggs, This treat,
mcut will destroy the Young insects
while they are s,ill in the lnrVcl state.
| Property applied, the bornS will not in.
jurr the fcrt,liling value cot the ma.
nurc. but where the maudrr Is To be-
applied 80 the fields in large quantities
Il H. preferable 20 use hcllcborc.
Thi. work among women affords op.
%Vurtuuiiy for recreation as well as In.
siruc'iuu. I'm short. the department of
agriculture for the first time In IT, his.
i tory Is "a vital factor ia III" daily life
of both men uu' women in the country.
T. j. no longer a collection of remote
| scientists, working out iu the isolation
of laboratories and Libraries Hswr 20
| questions 40 which the farmer and his
wife have not yet learned to take amy
concern. Today It holds ont IL helping