THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



it was extended to other labels, not only in the Girls' Work, 

 but on the boxes of potatoes, seed com, and other such things 

 which the boys had to sell. Then began the systematic cam- 

 paign to raise and maintain standards in order that the 4-H 

 brand might become favorably known. Since then this design 

 has been used upon myriads of badges, caps, aprons, pen- 

 nants, flags and standards in all lines of club work. 



As already stated, the girls have been taught thrift and 

 how to save. They have invested a large part of the proceeds 

 from the sale of their products in War Savings Stamps and 

 Liberty Bonds, pure bred chickens, live stock and furniture. 

 Many have used freely of their earnings to improve their 

 homes. Two stories, one from Georgia and one from Missis- 

 sippi, show how the girls can make money on poultry and how 

 they are disposed to use it : 



"Extract taken from Weekly Field Report of the Home Demon- 

 stration Agent of Clark County, Georgia, March 1, 1919. 



'The little club girl, who by results from her flock of about 50 

 chickens and 1-10 acre garden last year, completed payment on her 

 piano, and saved a 'nest egg^ on her 'college fund," has already sold 

 $16.00 worth of lettuce, spring onions and parsley. Her lettuce and 

 parsley were grown in a 'discarded' cold frame which was once used 

 by the school garden. Her onions were grown in the open on her 

 1-10 acre plot. She expects to clear about $6.00 from her early 

 Enghsh peas and radishes. She hopes to have a bank account of 

 not less than $300.00 from all her 'club work' sources at the close 

 of this year's work.' " 



This is from the 1919 report of Gladys Horton, of Tor- 

 rance, Mississippi: 



'This being my third year in the club work I was fairly well 

 equipped in material and experience for beginning what I hoped 

 would be a very successful year with my chickens. 



Early in the year, Miss Cowsert, our County Agent, reorganized 

 the club and gave us our new instructions for carrying on our 

 work, not only in regard to our poultry, but also continued our 



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