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 poitant. There is a federal act already 

 in existence for this but it has not been 

 taken advantage of to any great extent. 

 Our credit system for the most parts has 

 been built up with no thought of the 

 needs of agriculture. In all this neces- 

 sary organization work of farmers we 

 must see to it that the leaders aim to 

 render a service to the cause rather than 

 to merely please individual members. If 

 the narrow viewpoint of pleasing some 

 one is followed, our agricultural leaders 

 will soon be a' pattern of the walking 

 delegate. The guarantee for a pros- 

 perous agriculture, and hence the coun- 

 try, is exceedingly simple but the method 

 has proved very complex. Agriculture 

 will be prosperous when it can offer the 

 same inducement (in terms of money, 

 comfort and content) that other indus- 

 tries offer for the same effort, investment 

 and brains. 



"After all is said and done, you will 

 find the real crux of the rural problem is 

 the rural woman. She it is who is directly 

 shaping the destiny of agriculture for 

 the coming generation and indirectly de- 

 termining the class of men and women 

 who leave the farm to build up the indus- 

 tries in our cities. I was greatly sur- 

 prised on a recent ride of 20 miles in 

 South Carolina to note the lack of fore- 

 sight display in helping to lighten the 

 burdens of the farm wife and mother. In 

 this cross-country ride I passed 18 farm 

 homes and observed especially the detail 

 of water supply. In 16 of these 18 

 homes the water supply was located for 

 the convenience of the horse trough in- 

 stead of the farm kitchen. 



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 Northampton — Mrs. Hinckley, J. A. Sul- 

 livan, C. Clark, H. Rostrum, 

 W. I. Mayo, Mrs. Payne. 

 Plainfield — Mrs. Packard, Miss Shaw, 



Miss Hudson. 

 Southampton — Mr. Graves, Mr. Bennett. 

 Ware— Miss M. Olds. 

 Westhampton — Mrs. George Burt, Mis.s 



Clapp. 

 State Club Department — Mr. Farley, 

 Miss Murdock, Mr. Nodine, 

 Mr. Howe. 

 Franklin County — Mr. Alger. 

 Middlesex County — Mr. Trask. 

 Hampshire County — Mr. Payne, Mrs. 

 French, Miss O'Leary, Mrs. 

 Sullivan. 

 Other guests — Miss Wilmhurst, London.. 

 Miss Rose, Dorchester. 

 Miss A. Bosshart, West- 

 field. 

 It was the general feeling of the meet- 

 ing that a very worthwhile day had been 

 spent. 



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HOTEL GARAGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Winter is the time when farmers 

 plan for another year. What crops to 

 raise, what animals to breed and what 

 school to send the children are impor- 

 tant matters to settle. Hampshire 

 County Extension Service can help you 

 about' your crops and animals. The 

 Smith Agricultural School can help 

 you about the school question. This 

 Vocational School has fine depart- 

 ments. Household Arts, Agriculture, 

 Carpentry, Sheet Metal and Full= 

 fashioned Knitting. Every boy and 

 S^ uirl, if they are worth anything, are 



** '^1^ worth sending to a high school or a 



j^^ Vocational School. Think it over and 

 visit the Smith Agricultural School, or 

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