Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1920-08-06
PROPOSED PLAN OF WORK BY
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT

/. No effective work can be
done in the County without Or
ganization, whether it be with
schools, roads, farm homes, or
agriculture. Therefore We urge
that each district complete its or
ganization and elect six delegates
to the General Federation. II
the local organization be com
posed of both men and women.
three delegates shall be men and
three women. From these dele
gates the following committees
shall be appointed
A. Committee on Schools.
b. Committee on Roads.
G. Committee on Social Welfare.
d. Committee on Publicity,
+. Committee on Health and Rec
reation.
F. Committee on Agriculture and
Farm Home Improvement.
II. Let each local organiza-
tion appoint at least four repre-
sentatives, two men and two wo-
men, to serve on the Committee
for Agriculture and Home I'm
proyement. When appointed,
this committee shall act in an ad-
visory capacity to the County and
Home Demonstration Agents,
and shall meet not less than four
times year or at the call of the
Chairman of the Committee.
III. We recommend that a
County wide Agriculture show
be held at La Plata under the
auspices of the Charles County
Farmers Federation at time and
date decided upon by them.
". We urge that a campaign
be conducted for the maintenance
on each farm in Charles County
of sufficient number of good
dairy cattle to give the families
an adequate supply of milk and
butter as these two foods are of
vital importance to the health of
the children of the county.
V. We urge that during the
coming year each farm shall have
a home garden and orchard suf-
ficiently large to supply the fam
lily with fruit and vegetables
turnout the coming year.
vi. We believe that the eli
mate and the location of Charles
County make it an ideal county
for poultry raising. We there
fore recommend that with the
help of the Extension Service an
effort be made to put the home
poultry flock on a paying basis
thruout the year. This is al
ready being done in some sec
tions of the county. We further
recommend that poultry raisers
discuss among themselves posi-
bilities for cooperative market
ing of their products.
VII. AS means of keeping the
boys and girls who are now on
the farm growing up, satisfied
with country life, we urge that
every community give more Sc
rious consideration to ways and
means by which farm homes can
be made more attractive
A. By installation of labor saw
ing devices.
B. By installation Of indoor wa
ter supply in at least 50 per
cent of the farms of the
county.
C. By identifying the Home
Grounds by planting trees,
flowers and shrubbery.
The Home Demonstration
Agent will be glad to put any
community or individual in touch
with expert advice on the above
subjects.
VIII. We recommend that
some system of farm and home
accounting be adopted which
shall show whether the farm is
being run on a paying basis. A
form for household accounts can
be had from the Home Demon
strator and one for the farm
from the County Agent.
TX. We urge that the local
community or organization give
active support to the girls and
boys clubs in those districts hay-
ing such clubs by means of f:
A. Help in financing boys and
girls in club projects, in poul-
try, gardening, corn grow
ing, pig raising, etc.
B By the securing OF good breed
ing stock for home projects.
c. By Offering prizes TO the local
club members doing best
work.
d. Rendering assistance in seeur-
ing equipment for hot school
lunches.
f. By allowing the club to take
part in the community club
program at least once year.
+. To give moral and financial
support to club camps.
x. We request that a copy of
these resolutions when approved
by the Charles County Farmers
Federation be sent to each local