The Nevada County picayune., 1917-11-08
HOME EXHIBITION
 BENEFITS COUNTY
prssident Calling On Women and oiris To Do Their Part h Win.
 hing This War.
By Connie J. Bonslassl. State Agent in Charge of Home Demonstration
 Wsrk For the HxtsnsiOn Nvi.

oy OonMe J. bonSia80i, StAtS A&eus
 in Charge of Home Demonstration Wsrk For the Rxtsnsioa Divi. sieA of U, of A.
 Nsv0 betsrs h the Alstery sf As state have the nsa naksNs uD the mem Asrship Of ths. quorum courts had such a eEsaiisat eppertani,y .ts help tho DssDis C tAsiY sesaues. Those nsn have resesaiss1 the value of tAs leaasnstratioa wsrk in the past. anl sa account of the var aaA the sa. ersassA lsmaaA for trained workers the coaAsiss now having ths worh are already asking the Extension Dtvision to help them retain their agents. Many of the counties that do not have women agents have petitioned for the services of one of these ex- perts during the coming year.
 The President is calling on the wo- men and girls 10 do their part in win ming this war while Congress has made an emergency appropriation which makes 1t possible not only to place agents in counties not having the work at this time if the quorum courts desire it. but this appropria. ton makes if possible to pay greater portion of the home demon atratfon agents salary from Federal funds than ever before If Arkansas fs to do her bit we must have an agent in every county. What Is your county doing!
 From the A home demonstration agents now working in 47 counties of the state much evidence has been gathered concerning the importance and amount of work that our girls and women are doing toward increas- ed food production under the dirsc- ton of these experts. Practically everyone who had ground has grown | garden this year. Tho output from garden. field and orchard has not been allowed to go to waste as has former iy been the case The number of quarts of canned goods put up thls vear shows an increase of f60 per cent over the number put up last year. Much Of this will be kept for home. use. some has been sold. and soIno has been put up for the soldiers and donated to the Red Cross Soeis- ey" Interest in three lines of work will continue throughout the winter: the care of dairy products. the care sf poultry. and gardening.
 Tn addition, county aEsnts have had many calls for instruction fn the eco homie use of foods, in the selection of foods. planning meals so as to elemf- nate waste. economic cookery use of home grown products. meat and wheat substitutes. infant feeding, etc. Much has been said and written about sub stitutinG chapear foods for the lo0"e expensive ones" but this advice must be accompanied bv some instruc ion from the women agents If substitutes are to made safely.
 While the drive being made during he present crisis has been toward the production and conservation of foods mainly. other phases of tho work have not been neglected. A thoughtful attitude toward housework has been encouraged using he head 10 save the heels" as some one has put it. To this end the use of home made labor saving devices has been included In the course given to Home Demonstration Clubs. Priceless cook srs. canners. ice]ess refrgerat prs, ironing boards. wheel trays shower haths, water systems, vegetable drf ers, window screens. fly traps, dnd many other devices were made under the direction of the home demon stra. ion agents.
 It fs impossible to estimate in dol lars and cents the amount saved in food products this year through the sferts of the women agents, bat 1t 10 certain that the canning and sale of hitherto wasted products has afor ordsd source of iscoms to the farm wo- men and girls. The value of the woYk slons through clubs cannot be over estimated. A number of girls mahs money enough from their club prod ucts to put themselves through high aehool or college. Many remain at nome contsnted. being able to make heir own spending money who would otherwise have sought some poorly paid employment in town. The busi- ness training that the girls get in the keeping of record books and market inG of their club products is also valu able and tho girls expect to receive only what their products are worth The day is past when a canning club | girl cares to have a sentimental public buy her goods just because she is . canning club girl. She knows she is competing on business principles with l business concerns. that her products must be as good as the bsst--or Ill., lie hetter-or she cannot sell them; she is prepared to guarantee every csn of goods bearing the All Brand label; she appreciates the fact that i if she sells wholesale to q merchant i at a cartaIn nrfee sha cannot t,rp