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ized types of work; (4) development of local leadership; (5) spread of 

 influence in conimunitv. 



The state goals for the year are: (1) number of people Avith increased 

 interest in food and nutrition; (2) increased consumption of millv, vege- 

 tables, and fruit; (3) increased numljer of family vegetable gardens; 

 (4) increased vegetable, fruit and meat canning; (5) less fried foods 

 and cofl'ee; (6) number of people practicing improved food habits; (7) 

 number of definite demonstrations established in prenatal feeding, baby 

 feeding, pre-school child feeding, school child feeding, overweight, under- 

 weight, constipation; (8) definite local leaders in each community where 

 nutrition course has been given. 



In the work with women the present plan of working with a group 

 for a series of meetings is proving ver\' successful. ,Women are interested 

 and the Specialist finds them returning to the meetings having actually 

 changed food habits fur the better. In the three instances where real 

 training classes for local leaders have been held, they have proven very- 

 successful. No greater responsibility has been placed upon the indi- 

 vidual local leader than to request that she report the meetings to her 

 local organization, that she distribute the bulletins on child feeding 

 when they can be used, that she get definite mothers to agree to check 

 the cards on preschool and school child feeding for one month. 



The chief difficulty Avith carrying on work through training classes 

 for local leaders has been that it requires a great deal of individual 

 work <o get the plan underway. In each instance the work has been 

 handled through the home demonstration agent. Where there is no dem- 

 onstration agent it has thus far seemed impossible to organize the work. 



In connection with the nutrition work the Specialist has been carrying 

 on a school nutrition series. This plan has made use of the teacher as 

 a local leader. One nutrition story Avith accompanying illustration 

 material is being sent each month to the schools enrolled. This year's 

 series runs as follows: (1) Grood Growth Stoi*y; (2) Milk Story; (3) 

 Vegetable Story; (4) Potato Story; (5) Fruit Story; (6) Good Break- 

 fast Story; (7) Best Story. 



The county agents have acted as county chairman for the work. In 

 the present plan they have been responsible for placing the work in def- 

 inite communities in their respective counties. In many Instances their 

 interests has been active enough to provide transportation to and from 

 place of meeting, etc. They have handled all publicity for the meet- 

 ings. In the school nutrition series, Avith co-operation of the county 

 school commissioner, the county agent has been a very active factor 

 in getting the series underway. 



In the nutrition program the home demonstration agents have been 

 very effective local leaders. The Specialist has found that one visit to 

 an organized county has resulted in enough suggestive material to the 

 home demonstration agent to supply her with material for several- 

 months. The home demonstration agents have made quite active use 

 of the bulletins on child feeding. More than half the copies of the school 

 nutrition series go to home demonstration agents for distribution. 



The Boys' and Girls' Club Leaders have been active in helping with 

 the nutrition meetings held under the supervision of the Specialist in 



