SUPERVISION, INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT 



work itself creates a demand for such meetings it is sure to 

 be helpful and effective. The kind of instruction given at 

 these meetings will be more appropriate and effective than 

 was the case under the old plan where the lecturer pre- 

 pared his deliverance before he left the college and inflicted 

 it upon all parts of the state alike; even though the soils, 

 crops, insect pests, animal diseases and climatic conditions 

 might vary widely. Community and county rallies on public 

 days and at fairs have been used to good effect for mass edu- 

 cation along specific lines. This has been unusually true with 

 the Boys' and Girls' Clubs. They have used exhibits, pa- 

 rades, banners, streamers, caps and other regalia to impress 

 the nature of their organization and its achievements. In 

 their talks to the assembled audiences and with their dis- 

 plays, they furnish illuminating illustrations of what they 

 had done throughout the year. Oftentimes the most valuable 

 contribution at such meetings is made by a club member 

 or demonstrator who had previously had no experience in 

 public speaking or in making exhibits. The essays on *'How 

 I grew my crop ' ' have taught more people the fundamentals 

 of good farming than elaborate addresses and bulletins writ- 

 ten by experts. 



While hundreds of meetings, lasting from one day to six 

 weeks, with an attendance of from 100 to 1000 and more 

 people, have been called short courses, they are really more 

 than that. They are revivals in agriculture and home mak- 

 ing. They are drill and training camps and they are a part 

 of this great country life reformation. Their object is to 

 confirm the faith and approve the achievements of those who 

 have set out to bring better conditions to their communities, 

 and also to give them increasing purpose and additional 

 knowledge for the enterprises of another year. It is not 



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