The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-02

ganization to include mill village work
which had been carried on by Win
throp College under a separate organ
ization up to this time. In the future,
the mills desiring our services will
have the supervision of our agents
and the use of our literature. 3rd. AS
q result of the war emergency ap-
propriations which became effective
last August, we were enabled to put
on nine emergency county home dem
onstration agents, IS assistant county
home demonstration agents, and two
State assistants. We did not think 1t
wise to try to develop a separate city
organization, but rather to maintain
the unity Of the organization which
has it's origin been trying to bridge
the division between the county. the
town and city. Again our idea was
to keep the organization on a basis
that we could maintain in the future,
and at the same time to serve both
the urban and the rural population
effectively.
1.-The following are some Of the ma
terial results Of the home demonstra-
ton work which have been gathered
from the agents reports: Six hundred
and eighty-six thousand and eighteen
containers, including tomatoes, beans,
soup mixture, Dixie relish, catsup,
etc. have been put up from the girls
one-tenth acre gardens, valued at
s117,3s7; 1,662,535 containers, includ-
ing all fruits and vegetables, have
been put up by our women home
demonstration club members, valued
at $436,535, approximately 41,495
pounds Of dried fruits and vegetables
have been saved by the women. val
ued at $3.50; 1915 gallons Of
brined products, valued at $1,706, are
reported. We have reported $500
winter gardens and 430 perennial
gardens. The girls in Cherokee coun-
ty grew 1900 bushels of peanuts. 1t
is estimated that 250,000 people have
been influenced by our county agents
through emergency work. The value
Of the products, both canned and
dried, as a result Of this work, is
$S2S,sO2; 1882 home conveniences.
including fireless cookers, iceless re-
frigerators, fly traps, fly screens, iron
ing boards, wheel trays, water system,
ETC., have been made or installed in
homes; 4,7S8 homes are now using
wheat substitutes as result Of demon
strations given by our agents; % rest
rooms for our farm women have been
established: 2,196 improved devices
for making better butter are report
ed; 4,S2O pure bred fowls have been
sold for breeding purposes 4.500
demonstrators have purchased pure
bred eggs; 5000 dozen eggs have
been preserved in water glass.
I'm estimating the value of the
work to the State from a financial
standpoint, the dried and canned
fruits and vegetables alone have saw
ed the State $Ss5,S19. 1t is impossible
to estimate at this time the value of
the farm butter, poultry and eggs
Many thousands Of dollars are saved
through teaching the people. to use
wheat and meat substitutes. We feel
that our work Is helping to produce
more efficient citizens by educating
our people to properly nourish the
body through we'll planned meals.
With steady increase Of interest in
the field, there is reflex action upon
the colleges. Ambition is awakened
in our girls to attend college. In
many instances they are enabled to
do so as a result of their own efforts.
Socially the value of the work can
hardly be estimated. 1t is dominan,
factor in uniting the members OF the
family to work for the general uplift
Of the farm and home. 1t unites com
munities and communities and Towns
The founders of the demonstration
work must have had a premonition
OF the present world conflict which
enabled them to lay the foundation
for the present work tosbe done. We
feel that our corps OF home demon
stration workers are just as surely
doing their part towards bringing
about world peace as the soldiers
on the firing line"