The Cornell Reading Courses 



PUBLISHED BY THE 

 NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



Beverly T. Galloway, Dean 



COURSE FOR THE FARM HOME. MARTHA VAN RENSSELAER and FLORA ROSE, Supervisors 



Published and distributed in furtherance of the purposes provided for in the 

 Act of Congress of May 8, 1914 



VOL. IV. No. 93 



AUGUST I, 1915 



RURAL LIFE SERIES 

 No. 12 



FARM HOME DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS 



Farm home demonstration schools have been held in New York State 

 for the past two years. From October, 19 14, to May, 191 5, thirty-eight 

 demonstration schools, with an average membership of about thirty-five, 

 were held in twentv-five different counties. When this nimiber of women 



Fig. 57. — A demonstration school in foods and cookery at Cherry Valley, New York 



come together to plan better things for the home and the community, 



there is a tremendous influence set at work. 



Through these demonstration schools, the New York State College of 



Agriculture at Cornell, in cooperation with the United States Department 



of Agriculture, under the Smith-Lever Act, endeavors to bring to interested 



groups of women meeting together in their home towns or villages, some 



of the newer knowledge on the centuries-old problems connected with 



home-making. 



[1709] 



