Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-02-06

life and living a better state of things
spiritual, social, industrial, agricultural
and governmental.
Yes, to a day OF a better support and
of the preacher and the
meeting, n of the county agent
md the farm bureau.
At this annual meeting the county
: gent makes his report for the wor,
g t.e RAISING year. Mr.. Palm gave
rel ort yoI gathere that he must lead
omething Of a busy life, that he doe
, tf rg$, that the influence of his work
ust he felt III the county. I think
10 made q most excellent and inter.
sting and well worded report. Mrs.
Pam rendered her report as home de,
no strator and her report was of no
mall interest AID her work is of no
mall import.
Al the request or suggestion of Mrs.
>Glrn q woman was elected as a mem
~ OF the board of directors of the bu.
nHu for 1920. For this place Mrs. A.
:, Johnson of Watertown was chosen.
The choice was made as was stated
BY the nominating committee, two of
which We're farmers) not because il
was felt that a farmers wife was not
capable but because the farmer wo-
mar is, as a rule, a very busy person
and again because it was thought
that Mrs. Johnson was especially fit
ted by reason of experience along the
lire, by the interest she a manifested
and because she was so situated that
Mrs. Palm and she could meet and
compare notes and with n an
other. But now farmers wives, listen,
it is the desire OF your agent, or home
helper and demonstration that in every
township in the county there be or
ganized for 1920 a committee of sew.
eral ladies. This township committee
of farm aides is to have Il chairman,
This committee will consult with the
farm women folk of their community
Is to their needs and desires in refer,
ence to the work of the home demon.
strator in their neighborhood, then
through their chairman to appeal OF
request or demand that that particular
line of work be carried out in their
particular vicinity.
The men folk, or the men and wo-
men together, are to be organized in
this same manner or far as possible
| rs far as the township will so organize
and cooperate. It is hoped that the
various townships of the county will
take up the plans and that the county
will become one of the strong counties
of the state instead of one of the weak
Palm, earnestly stated that he was
most willing to do all in his power TIC
help out in this plan and that he
wanted especially to help the small
farmer or the needy ones. This town.
ship organization plan was at the sug.
~gestion of Mr-i Underwood of the coun.
ty extension work, who was present
aud made a very interestig' and help.
fll address. Mr.. Underwood stated
that in a number of counties
where the work was organized after.
this fashion it had been real successful
NSild lllO llltC SStlliS civ ~
board of directors under such a plan
were not the board Of directors after
all, simply an executive board, thai
the various chairmen of the several
township organizations We're the real
5oard of directors and controlled the
work.
To appreciate what is accomplished
ny a person or an organization of per.
sons it is necessary to hav a knowl-
edge of what they do accomplish
Many folk did not appreciate the need
of value of the great Red Cross folk
ut the beginning of the war but when
what they acutually did came to be
s;nown to them their appreciation be.
acne enkindled. So it may be to sorne
ssr aer5 OF the county. Attend the
a eetirgs of the bureau, get acquainted
With your agent. study the work in the
hi IS Mr.. Underwood told me in CON
lers alton before the meeting. These
Rings may point to the value. the ex.
sptance, the appreciation Of this
srk in the vicinities where it is we'll
Established,
In the counties, stated Mr.. Under.
.ooa, where this line of work has been
established the longest, the people
here are the most strongly support
g it not only by their money but
otter yet their cooperation. In the
ates, like Illinois and Minnesota,
where, his sort Of thing has longer
aeen an established fact, the people are
the most ardent and active in It's sup
port.
1 suggested to Mr.. Underwood that
that was pretty good evidence of the
worth of the work as Abraham Lin.
eoln once stated, sTllat you could fool
some OF the people all Of the time, and
NJ of the people some of the time, but
that YOU couldn't fool all of the people
allaof the time
Again, MIR. Underwood stuffed that in
u county where he had been agent IL
wsls undertaken to Introduce a. better
grade of stock over the county. The
year after, said he, the prices paid for
1sires ranged from $780, 90 to $4,000,
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