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COUNTRY LIFE CONVENIENCES 



either of these pennants is placed above other flags, it signifies 

 that the wind will likely blow from the northern quadrants; but 

 when placed below, the wind is expected to come from the south- 

 ern quadrants. 



Local and County Institutes. Institute lectures for farmers 

 were inaugurated by the New York Agricultural Society as early 

 as 1842, and ten years later Massachusetts took the initial steps 



Class in home economics, Mills College. 



looking to the establishment of farmers' institutes. Since then 

 the idea has been thoroughly worked out and the movement has 

 extended to every State. 



According to Professor Bailey: "The function of the institute is 

 to educate people on their own ground. It is a phase of extension 

 work that carries education directly to the localities in which the 

 people live. It deals less with individual men on their farms than 

 with small communities or groups of men; it therefore has the 

 opportunity to exert great influence in developing the social life of 

 rural neighborhoods. Institute education should stimulate initia- 

 tive and develop incentive in the locality and set forth the best 

 community ideals." 



