The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-11
COUNTY Foor. DEMoNsTRAToR
Farm Bureau Raising Funds for Work
Among Women

At a recent meeting of the Benning-
ton County Farm Bureau held at Man
chester, Thomas Bradlee extension di-
rector OF the U. s. department of ag-
riculture and State Agricultural college
was present and outlined to the mem
bers OF the farm bureau plan where.
by this county might receive some
material benefits in the employment
OF a home demonstrators,
For the past five years there has
been employed in the county a man
trained in agriculture to give assist
ance to the farmers of the county by
way OF expert advice relative to the
many vexing problems confronting
them. This work has been most sue
cessful and it is now difficult to find
an up-to.date farmer in the county who
will not admit he has received some
material benefit from the expert adj
vice received from the county farm
agen,.
II is now the purpose of the farm
bureau to employ home demonstrate
or to do work throughout the county
with the women, to aid them in sow
ing their problems, which are hecom-
ing more complex every day, owing
to the increase in price of foodstuffs
At present II seems advisable to en-
pioy woniaii to work in Bennington
and Rutland counties. giving each one
half her time until July LIST, 1918
l.ack of funds and valuable home dem
onstrators Is the reason for the coop
Grafton between the two counties.
This woman will visit the several
communities in the county to give
demonstrations relating to the many
problems she is DESTROYS of solving
In addition 10 the demonstrations she
will visit as many of the homes as
possible where she may feel her as
sistance may be desired as we'll as a
benefit
In order to have the assistance of
the home demonstration, it is neces-
sa1y for each of the two counties,
Bennington and Rutland TO raise $500
as their share of the demonstrators
salary and expenses. A committee
composed Of J. d. Whittier, South
Salisbury and S. Everett Harwood,
Bennington, has been appointed by
James Leach. president of the Ben
nington County Farm Bureau, to
raise the fund in Bennington county
The committee has worked out rather
an unique plan for raising the fund,
which has already received the en-
dorsement of many school directors
and superintendent of schools in the
county.
Every school teacher in the county
is to be furnished with subscription
blanks for use throughout the district
from which her pupils come. The
teachers will be encouraged to have
the pupils canvass the entire district
between Oct 18th and 31st, to secure
subscriptions for the $500 home dem
onstrator's fund. 1t is hoped that
every school will raise at least $500.
1t is probable that as high as SO will
be raised in some districts, where the
school is planning to raise money in
other ways besides the subscription
method
The people of Bennington county
have in the past been exceeding all
in helping to raise funds
made necessary by the past three
years war Now they are to have an
to help raise another
fund for work of vast Importance
II is anticipated by the committee
having this work in charge that sub
scriptions will be gladly given. Those |
desiring to send check may make them
payable to either of the above com
mittee of the Bennington County |
Farm Bureau.
An itemized report of all subscrip |
lions received from the schools Of the 4
county and from other sources, will
be given in the county papers soon af-
.er subscriptions are received