THE ORGANIZATION OF RURAL INTERESTS 535 



HOW TO EXPAND A FARM-BUREAU HAVING ONLY AN AGRICULTURAL 

 PROGRAM TO INCLUDE HOME DEMONSTRATION AND BOYS' AND 

 GIRLS' CLUB WORK 



A meeting of the executive committee of the farm bureau 

 should be called to consider the advisability of expanding the 

 organization, and to appoint temporary executive committee- 

 men to represent the home-demonstration work and boys' and 

 girls' club work. The home-economics representative should be 

 a prominent and influential countrywoman of the county who 

 seems well fitted to promote this phase of the work. The club 

 representative may be the county superintendent of schools or 

 other person interested in boys' and girls' club work. At the 

 suggestion of the home-economics representative and of other 

 interested people an influential countrywoman should be ap- 

 pointed in each community where home-economics work is to 

 be promoted, as a temporary member of the community com- 

 mittee. The same general plan should be followed in selecting 

 a club representative in each community. The temporary 

 executive committeeman for home-demonstration work will call 

 a meeting of the community representatives on home economics 

 to discuss the agricultural program and adapt as much of it 

 to their own work as possible. Additional projects may be 

 selected and recommendations made to the executive committee 

 for the appointment of additional project leaders to serve in 

 a temporary capacity on the executive committee until the next 

 annual meeting of the farm bureau. If deemed advisable, plans 

 may also be made to conduct a campaign to increase the member- 

 ship of women in the bureau. The plans should be submitted 

 to the executive committee for approval. The county campaign 

 should be in charge of the executive committee of the bureau 

 and the campaign in a community in charge of the community 

 committee. Naturally the work will be largely delegated to the 

 women members of the executive and community committees. 



The county club representatives should call a meeting of the 

 community club representatives to discuss the agricultural and 

 home-economics program in order to determine what club work 

 should be undertaken in the county. If the project leaders 

 already at work are in sympathy with club work, no additional 



