SOME QUALIFICATIONS OF THE WOMAN COUNTY AGENT 



that these agents are more than ordinary carpenters. They 

 are actually becoming first class cabinet workers. In keeping 

 thousands of outfits in shape and in soldering millions of cans, 

 we are not surprised that these women are excellent tinners. 

 They are adepts in this trade or occupation, not only because 

 of this experience, but because of the experience that they 

 have had in keeping their most popular vehicle of transporta- 

 tion in repair. It is a compliment to their ability and resource- 

 fulness that they do not get discouraged when they get stuck 

 in the mud, — they always manage to get out and get to their 

 appointments. Their mechanical ability is something mar- 

 velous. 



Perhaps there has been nothing in the evolution of the 

 duties and activities of the Home Demonstration Agents 

 which has commanded more general respect than their inde- 

 pendence and ingenuity in the discharge of their daily duties. 

 An Alabama agent was going to an appointment in her 

 automobile when she came to a tree which had been blown 

 across the road. There was no chance to get around it because 

 of the woods. She remembered that she had just crossed a 

 bridge with loose planks in it, so she backed up to the bridge 

 and loaded on four of these boards. She then moved forward to 

 the tree and placed two of the boards on each side with the 

 ends resting on the top of the log and on the ground respec- 

 tively. She then drove up the inclined plane and down on 

 the other side. After replacing the planks on the bridge she 

 went on to her meeting, conscious of a victory over material 

 things, and confident of her ability to lead the people who had 

 i^ssembled there. 



A new agent travelling, late in the day in Oklahoma, 

 accidentally lost her way and got into a farm road which led 

 into a long narrow lane with a wire fence on each side. After 



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