DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 85 



Fair, Eaton Comity Fair, and Hillsdale County Fair. An attempt has 

 been made to have the fair associations adopt and use a uniform score 

 card in judging the products, in order that the exhibitors may know the 

 basis on which the products are scored. Canning demonstrations, dem- 

 onstrating the Cold Pack Process of Canning, were given at the follow- 

 ing fairs: Calhoun County Fair, Jackson County Fair, and Lenawee 

 County Fair. The following Community Fairs were visited where judg- 

 ing was done, and a short address given on Extension Work in Home 

 Economics at each place: Merle Beach, Scotts, East LeEoy. In attend- 

 ing the fairs we have been able to meet people from different sections of 

 the State and to interest them in Extension work. 



Associations and Summer Conferences. Addresses and demonstra- 

 tions were given at one or more sessions of the following conventions and 

 organizations : 



State Federation of Women's Clubs. 



National Potato Growers' Association. 



Conference of Extension Workers of the North Central States. 



State Nurses' Association. 



Farmers' Week (.3 lectures, 1 demonstration). 



Housekeepers' Conference (5 lectures, 3 demonstrations.) 



Conference for Eural Leadership (1 lecture, 1 demonstration). 



Home Economics Teachers' Conference^ 



Home Economics Section of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. 



Girls' Club Work. In February Miss Anna Bryant Cowles, one of the 

 members of the staff, took up the Junior Extension work for girls, be- 

 cause of the need for assistance in that branch of extension work. A 

 bulletin on Garment-making has been prepared for use in girls' clubs. 



Canning Demonstrations. Considerable time and attention has been 

 given to demonstrating the Cold Pack Process of Canning. 1st, To con- 

 serve the waste in the gardens and orchards; 2nd, To make a greater 

 variety in the diet in the winter and early spring, when fresh fruits and 

 vegetables are not obtainable. 3rd, Because the price of canned products 

 will have advanced this coming season, to the point where many cannot 

 afford to purchase them. Single canning demonstrations have been held 

 in thirty-one different communities, exclusive of those given at fairs and 

 in connection with the one-week schools, and there has been a total at- 

 tendance of 2,702 women. 



Two members of the extension staff" made a trip fo the Upper Penin- 

 sula in March. Extension schools were held in six different localities. 

 In May, a petition signed by one thousand women was sent to the office 

 of the Extension Director asking that an Extension Specialist in Home 

 Economics be placed in charge of the work in the Upper Peninsula with 

 headquarters at Marquette. This request came as the result of the work 

 done and the interest created by the members of the staff and the other 

 Extension Specialists in the Upper Peninsula. Miss Margaret Justin, 

 one of the specialists who has assisted in carrying on the work for the 

 past year, has been assigned to this position. 



State Nurses' Association. The members of the Home Economics Ex- 

 tension department met with the State Nurses' Association at their an- 

 nual meeting held at Kalamazoo in May. The purpose of tlie Home 



