The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-23

Immediately I saw that he wanted to talk about the work the men had done. and while I knew they had done it, l did not have time to ask him to go into detail.s
 I went out to one of the school cen- ters to see if all that I had heard was true. Every part of the community was there.
 I stopped at the home of one of the mothers of the community. Her boy was at war Yes, she missed him, for the father was dead and she had depended on the boy to do the heavy work. The daughter helped some, for she had been trained to help through the canning club. She knew how. But when I saw this mothers home garden, the chickens, the corn field where she had shocked all of the corn herself, and as I talked while she prepared some mustard and some onions for the Chattanooga market, l said to myself that I was glad to visit the community for it raised my faith in people generally and certainly in those of Hamilton county.
 She asked me something about grapes varieties she wanted to plant. I had to express great ignorance, for l knew lit tie about grapes, and I felt that I knew less when I was in the presence of this woman who had done so much. She saw she could expect little help from me, but turning to the home demonstration agent, she said:
 Do you know where I could sell some dewberry jelly
 "Why, my good woman exclaimed the agent. Do you have some dewberry jelly for sale? Well, I should say I do know where you can sell it. We have more demands for dewberry jelly than we can possibly supply. Bring it in to the market"
 A THRIVING MARKET
 About that market I learned a little later It was established in 1914. and has been going ever since. Through it the women and girls of the county can sell their goods. A woman of business experi- ence has charge of it and sells the coun- try products on commission Of 10 to 20 per cent, depending upon the charac- ted of the product being sold. Of course, in order to sell these products from the farm they have to be put into certain sized cartons or holders or baskets, etc. This experience is training the women and girls of the county to put up their products in the market package, whatever that is. Then, whether they sell through the exchange or not, they can sell to the best advantage for they are meeting the market demands. Everything has not always been smooth sailing, as anyone experienced in public enterprise of this kind will understand, but the market ex- change has been a success, according to the farm women of Hamilton county.
 CAUSES BETTER LIFE
 Now this public and and farm interests in better life and in the development of individuals naturally arise, is shown in the circumstances of two women. One has became expert in the canning of garden and fruit products. This year she canned S11 points, 314 quarts, and S2 No. tin cans The other woman has become leader in her community and in the coun- ty Where once her home was without any convenences, she now has electric lights of most modern design, walls beau- tifully tinted with modest colors, kitchen arranged for quick work with a sink in one corner. And how did she do it? Well, first she got the idea Her husband was a market gardener. She helped him. She would stay on the market to sell the goods while he went back to the farm to get more. Now they like to go every year or so to Florida on a canning trip in their car, but they still keep up their progressive farming methods and have made the farm home a delight for their children to be in.
 These things and many others have accomplished what the people of Hamil- ton county call triumph, and l believe they are right.