HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK 



arrangement. After a few years of this kind of home 

 demonstration work the passing stranger will be able to see 

 more tasteful beauty than is possible now. It will be, *'The 

 better civilization." When the farmstead produces a larger 

 share of the farm profits the women and girls usually get more 

 money to spend upon the home itself. 



The future alone will show the effects of this new work 

 upon the civilization of the nation. It may be the mission of 

 this new teacher and guide to show the world how wise it is 

 to develop the country home with all its profit and beauty 

 and thus keep so^many folks from crowding into the cities. 

 If so, they will maintain a proper balance in our civilization 

 and thereby save it. Most of the social unrest and disorder 

 of the world will be found in the cities. When Dr. Knapp's 

 philosophy is generally adopted, the dangers which now 

 menace will disappear. People will stop the mad rush to 

 the cities, and with more profitable industry in the country, 

 they will be happier in building a great rural civilization. A 

 man with a beautiful home and a busy, contented family 

 will never be an anarchist. Science and invention have J 

 done so much for travel and transportation that the city is 

 closer to the country. This makes improvement necessary on 

 the farm, and increases possibilities. In the first decade of 

 the Home Demonstration Work the instruction and the work 

 have been along lines of production. As the forces swing into 

 the circle of the next decade, the tendency of the evolution 

 will be stronger toward manufacturing and marketing. There 

 will be more standardization. As work like this is done more 

 and more in separate homes, there will naturally be more com- 

 munity co-operation and organization. Herein lies the secret 

 of all successful organization of farm people. The homes and 

 farms which are doing advanced lines of similar work will 



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