THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



other advertising matter. Some girls and women have estab- 

 lished reputations for canned meats that are the best that can 

 be found. For instance, they feed their poultry on milk in 

 addition to the grain and seeds which are abundant on the 

 farm in the summer and fall. They then can the chicken into 

 different products. This seems to be a special field requiring 

 excellent work, appealing to a high-class trade and yielding 

 unusual profits. Of course it follows that the people who 

 succeed with chickens will also can turkeys, ducks, geese, 

 guineas, fish, and even wild game where it is abundant. The 

 club members in Oklahoma who canned Jack rabbits and 

 standardized "Bunny Sausage" are good examples of the 

 natural and logical development of meat canning. Likewise 

 combination packs of vegetables and meats have become 

 popular. 



Perhaps results are achieved more quickly in bread work 

 than any other. The crying need of the allies for wheat flour 

 during the war emphasized the importance of wheat substi- 

 tutes. Uniform instruction in the making of breads was given 

 to the agents in all the Southern States. Of course additional 

 instructions were given by experts on state staffs. At all 

 events, both girls and women went into bread clubs and con- 

 tests with zeal and energy, and bread making methods were 

 changed over a vast scope of country. 



One of the most difficult reforms undertaken by the 

 Demonstration Agents is in the making of farm butter. It is 

 a necessary effort because proper handling of milk products 

 leads to the use of more milk in the diet and it also means 

 better sanitary methods in the home — gives opportunities for 

 impressing lessons in both sanitation and nutrition which 

 would be difficult if presented in ordinary dogmatic fashion. 

 In some counties there are now many, and in many counties 



[94] 



