SOME QUALIFICATIONS OF THE WOMAN COUNTY AGENT 



plan of procedure, not only caused them to learn what the 

 agent had to impart, but it caused a general discussion and 

 exchange of methods of cooking among the mothers and 

 neighbors of the club members. 



When a girl has a pantry full of preserves, jellies, jams, 

 relishes, chutneys and maeedoines and other good things, it is 

 a wonderful opportunity for the agent to have some demon- 

 strations made in the cooking of healthful, appetizing meals. 

 This is all the more true since the club members and demon- 

 strators have been canning poultry, beef, pork, and other meats. 

 They utilize all the available food material on the farm in 

 their program of work, so that improved methods of cooking 

 are constantly under consideration. 



Just as in the gardening and farming work, there is a 

 strong disposition on the part of the agents to practice what 

 they preach in the canning and cooking. This probably 

 accounts for the fact that a large number of home demonstra- 

 tion agents get married every year. It is a loss to the work, 

 of course, but not a total loss for they soon make homes which 

 are conspicious and helpful object lessons of the very things 

 which they have been promoting. 



It will always be of more than passing interest to watch 

 the careers of the agents and club members who take their 

 knowledge and experience into commercial lines of v/ork. 

 Some have already established tea rooms, preserving kitchens 

 and food shops of various kinds and with marked success. The 

 next few years will doubtless wtiness marked development in 

 such activities. The opportunities for financial profit are ex- 

 cellent and the field of service is large. In fact it is a call to 

 duty, because of the great general need of reform in matters 

 pertaining to the preparation and serving of food. 



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