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the dealers. The same might be said with reference to house furnish- 

 ings, and then I believe we could have the story hour. I think the story 

 hour is considered a definite part of the education in the schools. You 

 can reach children, and lots of us grown people are just like children — 

 and it seems to me that with the co-operation of the libraries we could 

 have the story hour where children could be taken care of and really 

 trained women to give these stories. It would be educational work and 

 it would greatly help the mothers who come to the fair with their chil- 

 dren. Then I believe we should have more in handicraft, and here we 

 can have the co-operation of the schools, because through the home eco- 

 nomics department they teach very lovely work — jewelry work, hand 

 basketry work and needlework, and I think at every fair we should have 

 community sings. It seems to me that any person with ability as a song 

 leader can get the people to sing. I have faith that they could be, and 

 I know that there are other lines that can be made just as interesting. 

 While you men are thinking of increasing production, the women should 

 be given instruction in spending. It is said that women are responsible 

 for the expending of 90 per cent of the money in this country. If that 

 is the case, surely it is worth while to help women to learn how better 

 to spend that money. While you are working for the material progress 

 of the country, what is that worth if we don't use that money to the 

 best advantage? We want better homes, we want the women to have 

 a perfectly sane, wholesome interest in better things, we want them to 

 know what makes a beautiful house and beautiful furnishings. That does 

 not mean expensive furnishings are the best, necessarily, but that the 

 buyer should know what best fits into the surroundings; we believe in 

 the sensible things; we believe in the art of proper selection, and those 

 things that make the home better and the world better. And so I be- 

 lieve while planning these fairs you should drop in and get the co-opera- 

 tion of the women and be ready to put on the finer things, by means of 

 which we are making possible a change we all want in the American 

 homes. 



The Chairman : We have with us this morning, Mr. Low^e, of 

 Marshall county. Professor Tafif referred to the exhibit put on in 

 Marshall county and he will give us just a word in that respect. 



Mr. Lowe: I just want to add a few Words to what Professor 

 TafT said. I have the pleasure of living in Marshall county, and 

 I want to tell you gentlemen a few things that they have done in 

 that county in the baby beef line in the last three years. Our fair 

 three years ago had only seven animals exhibited as baby beeves. 

 Two years ago there were seventeen fed and exhibited and this 

 past year we had forty-five. Notice the percentage of increase — 

 seven, seventeen, forty-five, and it is going to hustle our board to 

 take care of the animals that are going to be fed and exhibited this 

 next fall. This contest is not alone confined to boys. I watched 

 the judging of these baby beeves last fall, forty-five strong, out on 



