THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



should take her material and simple equipment to the fair and 

 do the thing there, the interest will be enhanced and the num- 

 ber of soap makers increased. This idea can be extended to 

 the whole of laundry equipment. 



It is the fond hope of many Home Demonstration Agents, 

 especially in big fruit sections, that they may be able to get 

 the people to produce wholesome fruit juices in such large 

 quantities from surplus fruits, that they will take the place 

 of many dope drinks that are now so extensively consumed 

 by the people. A working demonstration in the making and 

 pasteurization of such a drink as an exhibit would attract the 

 attention of everybody who has possibilities along that line. 

 There are some wild fruits and berries available everywhere. 

 The selling of samples of real cider, honestly made on the fair 

 ground, would also play havoc with the faking that is now 

 done along that line. Reform in this line is needed in citrus 

 fruit drinks also. 



As the demonstration agents, their demonstrators, and co- 

 operators think deeper and get more insight into the appli- 

 cation of the demonstration idea, they will use it in more 

 and difficult lines. Dr. Knapp's prophecy, that it would one 

 day reach into the agriculture of every civilized nation of the 

 world, might be expanded to say that it will reach and reform 

 various home operations and customs not dreamed of by the 

 pioneers. This one thought of changing an exhibit so as to 

 have the power of skillful personality behind it has only had 

 its beginning. It can be applied to the inoculation of soils, to 

 the vaccination of animals, to making and using of self- 

 feeders, to cutting up of the carcasses of hogs, sheep and 

 cattle, to the curing of meats, the manipulation of bees, the 

 dressing and packing of chickens and turkeys, the selection of 

 seed, the treating of seed for smut, the grading, curing and 



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