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shoes. Since December 1st, 111 dress form demonstrations have been super- 

 vised by the clothing speciahst. At these meetings 465 women were trained 

 to make the forms and are now teaching others. In each county having an 

 agent approximately 200 forms have been made, making a total of 2,500. 

 The forms are worth at least $10.00 each. 



Millinery is being given more attention. One class has saved the women 

 of one community $105.78. One afternoon's work by the specialist from the 

 College and the agent saved the women $47.50 besides the fact that they were 

 trained to do these same things in the future. Eleven millinery clinics have 

 been conducted with a total attendance of 238, each attendant renewing at 

 least one hat with increased value of from three to five dollars. - 



Household Management. 



The service offered in household management aims to make house work 

 in Michigan farm homes easier and more efficient. This is done through better 

 planning of the work, better arranged kitchens equipped with modern devices. 

 Service is also given in home accounting with the intention of developing a 

 better planned expenditure of income in the interests of the life of the family. 

 During the winter months ten kitchens were rearranged and equipped. A 

 large number of home-made fireless cookers have been made under the super- 

 vision of the specialist and agents. Approximately sixty pressure cookers 

 have been purchased as a means of saving time in cooking and canning. 



At the present time groups of women in 21 counties are keeping accounts 

 and a record of the family living coming from the farm. Visits are made to 

 each group every three months to discuss further problems of accounting 

 and budgeting. 



Home convenience campaigns are conducted in the various counties cul- 

 minating in a home convenience tour when the new things are inspected by 

 those interested. Lectures and illustrative material are used liberally 

 throughout the State, and results from this effort are never available in definite 

 figures. 



boys' and girls' clubs. 



In club work emphasis has been placed upon the organization of local boys' 

 and girls' clubs, each with a local leader through which the agricultural, 

 educational and social program of the Extension Service might be carried on. 

 The policy of cooperating with the counties in the employment of full time 

 county club leaders has been extended into eleven counties. In 24 other 

 counties paid club leaders for periods less than 12 months have been employed. 

 In addition to these paid leaders there were 1,127 local volunteer club leaders. 



Cooperation in the promotion of this work has been very generous from a 

 large number of sources. Among these might be mentioned The Michigan 

 Crop Improvement Association, The State Bankers' Association, The Mich- 

 igan Potato Growers' Exchange, The Michigan Bean Jobbers Association, the 

 Michigan State Fair, The West Michigan State Fair, Boards of Supervisors, 

 Womens' Clubs, Farm Bureaus, Boards of Education, Development Bureaus, 

 Teachers' Associations, together with a large number of commercial concerns. 



State and county training schools have been held for the purpose of devel- 

 oping club leaders. Four state-wide training schools have been conducted 

 in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and East Lansing. Twelve county schools 

 were held. Through an arrangement with the Department of Public Instruc- 

 tion, a course in Club Leadership was presented in 19 of the County Normal 

 Training Classes. Two hundred forty-six prospective club leaders received 

 training in club leadership in this way. Clubs have been organized in fifteen 



