SOME QUALIFICATIONS OF THE WOMAN COUNTY AGENT 



goods of sterling quality and backed by persistent honesty, 

 just so soon will the machinery of marketing get into satis- 

 factory operation in any community. 



After an agent gets a large number of club members 

 and co-operators putting up quantities of a uniform product 

 she may have to direct their activities in finding wholesale 

 markets. This has happened many times recently in the 

 poultry work in shipping carloads of chickens and turkeys. 

 The agent gave the most careful instructions for all the pre- 

 liminary details, so that when the day arrived for the actual 

 assembling, loading and shipping, the business was all handled 

 by the officers and members of the organization. They also 

 looked after the collecting of the money and the proper distri- 

 bution of it. Similar financial and managing ability has been 

 displayed in egg circle work and in the marketing of large 

 quantities of canned products, preserves, jams, jellies and 

 other things good to eat and use. As these lines of high- 

 class production and business-like marketing are perfected 

 and practiced more extensively, people will learn that it is 

 not necessary to crowd into the cities in order to earn money 

 in standardized manufacturing. The opportunities, for mak- 

 ing good profits in finished products on the farm, are con- 

 stantly enlarging. 



The woman county agent must have some of the qualifi- 

 cations that are found in the best missionaries, colporters and 

 pastors. It has been remarked many times that the success 

 of the Demonstration Work has been mainly due to the 

 missionary spirit of the agents. It will be fortunate if these 

 now in this work and their successors will always appreciate 

 and encourage the value of the spirit of service. 



When the club members and the demonstrators realize 

 their need for knowledge along certain lines and manifest 



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