THE DEMONSTRATION WORK 



photographs of them and their products. These pictures 

 were made into cuts and slides and given wide distribution 

 for the encouragement and inspiration of others trying to 

 get results along the same lines. There is a wide difference 

 between a demonstration and an illustration; but the demon- 

 stration workers have not failed to use illustrative material 

 whenever possible. In the same manner the motion picture 

 machines became generally effective and scenarios were 

 planned to show work on farms and in farm homes. Various 

 stories of demonstration work have been rather fully told 

 through this great publicity medium. Doubtless the movie 

 will be used to a much greater extent in county districts 

 now that lighting by electricity is becoming more general. 

 The development of lighting systems on automobiles will 

 facilitate their use also. 



In most of the agricultural counties in the United States 

 the Farm Demonstration Agent and the Home Demonstration 

 Agent are both recognized offi<3ials just like a senator, sheriff 

 or a school superintendent. The work as an institution has 

 standing in the popular esteem. This position has been 

 reached gradually. A supporting public opinion is most 

 valuable. It has asserted itself hundreds of times when 

 delegations have appeared before county commissioners and 

 other appropriating bodies asking for funds. This work has 

 caused many farmers to realize that tax money can be spent 

 in such a way as to give one hundred cents on the dollar, or 

 more. In fact, taxpayers have gone before such boards with 

 estimates showing how much taxes certain farmers pay to 

 support men and women agents and also how much the work 

 benefits them. If a man's property is assessed for $10,000, 

 his part of the agent's salary will not be much. In a cer- 

 tain instance a man objected to an appropriation for a county 



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