THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



woman county agent must do and be many of the things here- 

 tofore outlined under the Farm Demonstration Work and vice 

 versa. In some cases the woman agent has promoted enough 

 of the farm work to create a demand for a man agent. It 

 nearly always happens that an aggressive man agent starts 

 enough interest in Club Work among the girls to create a 

 demand for a woman co-agent. As these phases of work 

 develop it is significant to note how they mutually sup- 

 port and supplement each other. It can be seen already that 

 there will be no serious conflict in jurisdiction or function. As 

 a general proposition, the man agent will be responsible for 

 demonstrations on the farm at large while the woman agent 

 directs her drive at the farmstead; that is, the home and its 

 immediate environment. It is not claimed that she should 

 direct all the activities around the farm home. On some farms 

 the dairy or the orchard may be the main interest and the 

 principal source of revenue. Certain phases of live stock work 

 are handled on the farmstead. In such cases the instruction 

 will be given by the farm agent, but on the average farm, 

 where only a few cows are kept to supply the family with 

 fflilk and butter, and where the orchard is of ordinary home 

 proportions, the Home Demonstration Agent catches the re- 

 sponsibility. In fact, on most of the best managed farms, the 

 woman does the planning of the garden, poultry yard, orchard 

 and lawn. She does the reading and studying necessary to 

 direct all of these operations. Of course she must have help 

 in the heavy manual labor necessary to the promotion of these 

 things, but she does the head work. If the whole layout of the 

 farmstead is to be harmonious and beautiful then there must 

 be a guiding force with taste, judgment and perseverance. 



The man who manages the farm can give only occasional* 

 and spasmodic attention to the farmstead. Of course he can 



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