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home life. A farm-bureau project is a plan for developing 

 some part of the program. For example, a dairy project might 

 include plans for introducing pure-bred dairy cattle, increasing 

 the number of silos, demonstrating better and more economical 

 feeding, and improving the quality of butter made in the homes. 

 Men, women, and boys and girls may cooperate in carrying out 

 such a project. It is essential that each member, and more 

 especially each committeeman, should play an important part 

 in formulating the program and in promoting the projects or 

 activities. The mechanics of planning and promoting the 

 program and writing a project are outlined below. 



Development of the County Program. 1. In organizing a 

 farm bureau at least one member of the temporary organiza- 

 tion committee, whose duty it is to direct the organization cam- 

 paign for the farm bureau, should be selected to look after the 

 details of formulating a tentative county program of work. 

 If a program including both agriculture and home economics 

 is contemplated, a program of work committee of at least two 

 members is desirable in order that problems more particularly 

 relating to each phase of the program may be carefully analyzed. 



2. The program-of-work committee should send out a question- 

 naire to each member of the farm bureau requesting suggestions 

 as to the most important problems and how to solve them. 



3. The program-of-work committee should tabulate the an- 

 swers to the questionnaires and secure additional information 

 from the organizer and the temporary committees, and by per- 

 sonal observation. 



4. The chairman of the program-of-work committee or the 

 organizer should lead the discussion at the county organization 

 meeting and make a list of the problems on a blackboard. Such 

 general headings as Farm, Home, and Community have some- 

 times been used. 



5. A tentative program of work should be planned at this 

 meeting and project leaders selected to serve as members of the 

 executive committee. The committee on nominations might well 

 meet with the program-of-work committee in selecting project 

 leaders. 



6. From the suggestions made at the annual meeting the execu- 

 tive committee should work out a definite yearly program of 



