Milford chronicle., 1921-02-18
Co Operative Work in Agri-
culture and Home Econ
omics in the State
of Delaware
The Delaware Boys and Girls
Club Leader
The Organization, Aims and Pur-
poses of Boys and Girls Club
Work in Delaware, and a
Brief Statement of the
Club Program for
1921
The Organized Club Group

The organized club group is tn
= natural and necessary unit for sue
cessful club work. Partners and old
er brothers haYe their lodges; moth
ers and mature daughters belong tt
select clubs and social groups; an'
so the boys and girls are perfectl!
normal in their youthful desire to or
ganize and manage a club all theil
own.
There were 80 club groups in Della
ware last year, made up of or more
boys and girls between the ages o1
10 and 21 years, who of their owl
free will and accord selected the same
farm and home activity, demonstra-
tiOn or prOject-as their individual
home unit of work; and who volun-
tarily met in each community as an
organized group one or more times
each month during the club year un-
der the management of their own
club officers, but directed by a volun-
teer or paid local leader, citizen or
teacher of the community.
In communities with more than one
club of fewer than members each,
it is usually advisable in the begin
ming, if possible, to have the MEM
bers work on the same farm and home
project in which the majority of them
are especially interested. Wherever
this arrangement cannot be made
agreeably, about the only plan left is
to organize a mixed club with one set
of officers, which tho is usually not
very satisfactory, but is generally bet
ter than to have no group at all.
Members who live too far apart to
meet conveniently in a club group,
may be enrolled as individuals in
countrywide club projects, provided
that some older member of the family,
a local leader or teacher will help
to advise with such club members as
needed about the home work. Too Of
ten the boys club work has been
made up of countrywide enrollments.
Boys and Girls Club Work is Coop
eratiVe Extension Work
Boys and Girls Club Work is COOP
erative extension work, one of the
chief purposes of which is to cooper
ate with communities in developing
leadership among rural people to the
end that they may help solve their
own problems. Cooperation has been
defined, "To cooperate is to so con-
duct yourself that other people can
work with you" 1t follows, of course,
that true cooperation can result only
from sincere desire to cooperate.
In accordance with a recommenda-
ton of joint committee of the U. S. |
Department of Agriculture and the
Department of Interior, the Extension
Department of Delaware College sign
q ~
Department of Vocational Agriculture, |
it was agreed that the teach
9rs of agriculture might do club work |
n their respective communities in CO.
operation with the Extension Depart
nent of Delaware College and the
County Farm Bureaus, under the di-
rectiOn of the State Club Leader. "a
copy of this agreement will be mailed
% anyone upon request.) The Coun-
y Superintendents of Schools have
the development of club i
work in connection with rural school
that have community
minded teachers.
The County Club Agent, and the
jounty Agricultural Agent as his
ime will permit, or the State Club
leader, will cooperate with interest
d communities, schools and other or
anizations that are willing to help
ecure a local leader and are ready
0 back-up the club work as a COM
lunity enterprise.
The Boys and Girls Club
Demonstration
The club demonstration is the home
roject or club enterprise that is own
and carried out by each. member
uring the club year. Last year the
demonstrations were carried
ut in Delaware: (1) Corn, the one
ere, and the five-acre clubs; (2) Can
ing, by the one period cold pack
ethod; (3) Clothing, using the fun
lmental stitches and the making of
mple garments; (4) Cooking, con-
sting mainly of bread making; 90
arden; co. Dairy, a three year pro-
am on the pure bred dairy cattle
ub work; CD Pig, the market pig
ub, the breeding pig club, and the
w and litter club; (8) Tomato, the
acre tomato club, and the school
.rden tomato club. AS a usual thing
ub demonstration work has been or
nized to meet the economic and So
al needs of the community.
The word demonstration" is also
ed as an extension term in a more :
stricted sense, to mean the perfor-
lnce of a club team in which the
embers publicly demonstrate and ex-
ain a definite process or part of the
me project work. Last year Della
ire club teams gave the following
med public team demonstrations: