230 BACKGROUND AND MEANS OF SERVICE 



uate of a good four-year course in home economics, have 

 first-hand knowledge of farm life and have five years of 

 successful experience after graduation in some line of 

 home economics work. 



When such an agent has been approved by it, and when 

 the county association has on its own initiative provided 

 not less than $2,500 of local funds, the University appor- 

 tions a sum of Smith-Lever money to the county ($1,500 

 in 1921) for the work. The women determine their own 

 program, which usually includes selection of food, cloth- 

 ing and home furnishings; keeping of household records; 

 planning of work; household equipment and labor-saving 

 devices; the hot school lunch; home nursing and other 

 home-making problems. Each member of the county asso- 

 ciation pays a fee usually of $5, and not less than three 

 hundred members are required to effect a permanent or- 

 ganization. The county association functions through an 

 executive board, an advisory council, local units and special 

 project committees in much the same way as does the 

 standard farm bureau. 



THE NEW YORK FARM AND HOME BUREAU 



The two lines of work cannot, should not, be completely 

 separated, because they relate to a single family unit. 

 The farm and the home are themselves inseparable. They 

 need a close correlation, but as two equal and coordinate 

 parts. 



In order to effect this object, New York State has or- 

 ganized the county association into two equal and coor- 

 dinate parts or divisions, a farm department or farm 

 bureau, and a home department or home bureau. Any 

 person wishing to join the association chooses the division 

 with which he will affiliate. Naturally, most of the men 



