446 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



FOOD PRODUCTION. 



The producino^ of additional poultry and dairy products and the 

 growing of additional vegetables and fruits, either for home con- 

 sumption or as a means of increasing the farm income, continued to 

 receive a large amount of attention. As indicated in the following 

 table, 57,053 demonstrations in food production were conducted and 

 170,733 adopted new production practices as a result : 



Demonstrations' in food production. 



Kind of demonstration. 



Poultry 



Gardening 



Dairying 



Squabs, rabbits, fish, bees 



Total 



Number of 

 demonstra- 

 tions. 



24,000 



23,052 



9,7.36 



265 



Number 



adopting new 



practices. 



57,053 



77,196 



54,316 



38, 758 



463 



170, 733 



CLOTHING AND MILLINERY. 



The work in these subjects included the selection of textiles and 

 clothing, garment making, renovating, millinery, and the making of 

 gummed-paper dress forms, and involved 67,889 demonstrations by 

 the agents, as a result of which 105,861 families adopted new prac- 

 tices relative to clothing. The saving resulting from the making and 

 renovating of garments, use of dress forms, and the like is estimated 

 at $902,428. 



FOOD AND NUTRITION. 



There Avere 28,961 demonstrations in connection with the various 

 phases of food and nutrition, as a result of which 62,094 families 

 made changes in practices with regard to the selection and prepara- 

 tion of food, the use of milk in the diet, hot school lunches, and child 

 feeding. 



HOME MANAGEMENT. 



The keeping of household accounts, use of equipment, and general 

 organization of routine duties to saA^e time and labor called for 6,200 

 demonstrations and influenced 9,742 families to adopt more success- 

 ful practices. 



HOUSE AND LAWN. 



The building and remodeling of houses; redecorating and re- 

 finishing; the installation of lighting, water, and sewage-disposal 

 systems ; the improvement of the home grounds ; and the like all re- 

 ceived attention during the year. In all there were 10,944 demon- 

 strations, resulting in the adoption of 21,424 new practices. 



HEALTH. 



The Avork along health lines has been carried on in cooperation 

 with State and local health officers and special organizations en- 



The prevention of disease through the adop- 



gaged in health work 



