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to utilize the schools and the agricultural extension service in all 

 its branches to educate the women and the children, so that 

 food habits could be changed and food saved without great 

 detriment to health, it was found that much of the time, energy 

 and money used in educating the women and children was wasted 

 and the results postponed because of the form of control within 

 the home, and the question arises whether there is a compensating 

 advantage to the community from this form of organization. It 

 is felt that a careful study of present relationship may not only 

 throw light upon the home conditions but also bring out some 

 interesting facts concerning the relation between the amount of 

 force exerted in the community for bringing about progress and 

 the actual results produced. It may also help to determine 

 whether the relationship that is found to exist is based upon an 

 economic basis or a basis of tradition. 



(4) The actions and reactions of the home, the school, the 

 church, the rural government, etc. 



(5) The effect upon the integrity of the home of the new 

 interests which are being introduced into the rural communities: 

 i.e. whether they are tending toward the disintegration of the 

 home or the integration of the home on new lines. 



(6) The fundamental, as well as the immediate, effects upon 

 the rural homes of 



(a) The introduction of automobiles, telephones, better trans- 



portation facilities and improved roads, especially in so 

 far as they bring the city and country more closely 

 together. 



(b) The organization of the Farm Bureau and the introduction 



into the counties of the Home Demonstration Agents 

 and the Boys and Girls Clubs. 



(c) The emergency work which the men, women and children 



of the rural districts have been doing during the period 

 of the war and the local emergency organizations, such 

 as those formed by the Red Cross, the Council of Na- 

 tional Defense, the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A., etc. 

 These indicate some of the lines of inquiry w r hich the committee 

 would like to follow, though the committee realizes the difficulties 

 attending the securing of reliable material along these lines. 



