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know that the salt-rising organisms are very sensitive to change of 

 temperature, hence the reason for keeping the dough warm while 

 kneading, usually warming the flour to avoid cooling the bread. 



But as to the other questions, they are as yet unanswered an,d 

 until they can be definitely answered we need not expect salt-rising 

 bread making to be made a certain process. 



Miss Nesbitt. 



ORGANIZATION OF HOME MAKERS' CLUBS UNDER THE 

 AUSPICES OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



(Nelle Nesbitt, Institute Lecturer, State Board of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.) 



One of the ways the State Board of 

 Agriculture of Missouri has chosen by which 

 to serve the citizens of the State is through 

 the organization of local home makers' clubs 

 and farmers' clubs in as many communities 

 as possible. Farmers' institutes have been 

 held under the auspices of this Board since 

 1882, "for the promotion of the objects for 

 which the Board was instituted, and for the 

 advancement of the agricultural interests of 

 \- ^7 the State." These institutes have been held 



throughout the State in those communities 

 where the farmers recognize the advantages 

 of such organizations and ask for them. The State Board of Agri- 

 culture has a staff of regular institute lecturers who are sent out at 

 the expense of the Board. These men judge corn and stock, etc., 

 and give lectures on such phases of farming as they may be asked 

 to give. In case no man on the staff can talk on the subject asked 

 for specially, it is almost always possible to secure a man from the 

 faculty of the College of Agriculture for this. These lecturers are, 

 as I have said, sent out at no expense to the farmers, nothing 

 further being required of the local people than that they furnish 

 the meeting place and the audience. It is recognized that the im- 

 proved methods of farming and stock breeding brought about by 

 such gatherings, lectures and free discussion of farming problems 

 by people vitally interested, lead to a greater productivity of the 

 farms which makes it merely a good business venture. The State 

 gains in wealth more than it pays out in salaries and expenses of 

 lecturers. 



It is probably because the financial advantage of farmers' insti- 

 tutes is so obvious and the results so quickly gained that the corn 



