The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-15

farm. Better farms have got to mean
better homes. and therefore, moro at
tentoh to the study of the home is
necess airy. Tho facts for this arc
made possible by the study of a
Home Demonstration Agent, who can
give her full time and efforts for the
benefit of every home. The Home
Demonstration Agent, makes pc 5Sible
the pooling of good housekeeping
methods. SHE emphasized the neces-
sity for women taking part in the Or
ganization Of the Farm Bureau, to
get their own olicics and interests
considered as a part Of more success
full agriculture, The work of the
Club Leader will be for naught, Miss
Ward says, if rural homes are not
provided to hold the bows and girls
from going to higher salaries, and
CITY life, where drudgcr.- of differ
emit sort does not seem to properly
present itself to their youthful minds.
Home equipment is the secret Of u
better farm home, just as we'll as
farm equipment is tho secret Of more
successful farms, life, liberty and
pursuit of happiness are the three
clements that make for the essence
Of the American" We have secured
the first two, but seem to have over
locked the last one Miss Ward
says.
Nils Charlotte picrpont, State
Home Demonstration Agent Of Yer
mont, then gave y few words on the
work of other counties for the move
mcnt to help out the women by the
Farm Bureau; three Of the counties
have recently employed Home Dem
onstration Agents, Caledonia, Wind
sor and Washington. mis- being made
possible BY the rettin" topether Of
the women and obtainin three hun
drcd members, 50 that Home Dem
onstration Aren't moht be secured
for their own county. Miss Pierpont
said that there was large need Of this
work in Orleans county and that or
rani2ation was readv as shown by
the interest in obtaining specialists
from BURLINGTON for Home Demon
STATIONS. She urrcd the folhin@ Of
Committee in Communities where
these demonstrations were held, to
keep records of the work ACCOMPLISH
ed. and reports sent to the State Of
flee. She asked the men and women
attending the meeting to spread the
word giVen out there, and the nlac-
in~ Of goal for 1921. a Home Dem
onsration Aren't in Orleans county.
W. f. y. Rummel Of the American
Farm Bureau Federation was present
to give the people news from this or
ganj2ation, and the work being done
throughout the country He had
talked during the month Of August
to $1,000 farmers in New Hampshire,
Maine and Vermont ct % field meet
inEs, and had returned because of ur-
gent requests from Vermont, address
inc five counties here during his short
trip. Mr. Rummel said that he was
not here lookin for none but rath-
cr asked that the Farm Bureau or
CARNATIONS in every county in NCr-
mont and New England in general
be as rock ribbed as the country
round about, making possible later
on, organization Of the farmers for
more successful farms, making agli-
culture not only to return costs, but
a profit, and he quoted the fact of
such organizations being in debt,
when agriculture reached the MAJ
uitudc Of two hundred and fifty bill
lion dollars in the United States, 25
billion bcing produced each year.
placing it foremost in the industries
Of the country. He said that there