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RURAL SOCIOLOGY: 



direct representation in planning the county program of work 

 and representing the policies of the organization, meetings of 

 the project committees should be called by their respective chair- 

 men. Such meetings are desirable if the unity of the county 

 organization is to be preserved. Usually at least one meeting of 

 each committee should be held each year to discuss the recom- 

 mendations made by the various community committees, and to 

 recommend to the executive committee a yearly county program 

 of work, or to suggest the making of such changes in the per- 

 manent program as may seem necessary. These recommenda- 

 tions will supplement those of the members made in the answers 

 to the questionnaires sent to each member requesting suggestions, 

 or those made by the members at the annual meeting. The 

 community project leaders should, of course, consider the sug- 

 gestions in their respective communities before making definite 

 recommendations. Additional meetings of project committees 

 are desirable if important matters -arise requiring their attention. 

 Matters concerning only a few communities in the county fre- 

 quently arise, in which case only the project leaders represent- 

 ing those communities need to be called together. A luncheon is 

 suggested as a desirable feature of at least one of the meetings 

 of each project committee, or of -a general meeting of all com- 

 mitteemen in the county. 



HOW TO ORGANIZE A COUNTY 



The assistance of a trained organizer to act as leader of the 

 organization campaign may be secured from the State agri- 

 cultural college by writing the State director of agricultural 

 extension. Temporary headquarters should be provided for the 

 organizer at the most centrally located place in the county, so 

 that he may keep in close touch with the progress of the cam- 

 paign in every community. 



The organizer will assist in the selection of a temporary 

 county organization committee of about five members represent- 

 ing all sections and all important agricultural and home in- 

 terests in the county. If considered advisable a meeting of a 

 few representative men and women from each community may 

 be called to discuss the advisability of proceeding with the or- 



