4 BULLETIX 719^ U. S. DEPAKTMEXT OF AGEICULTURE. 



country m its effort to meet tliis difficulty. The National Congress 

 of Farm Women has thus far rehed upon annual meetings, hut it is 

 felt that this is not adequate. 



There are State organizations of farm women in Illuiois, Iowa, 

 Kansas, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah, 

 varying in activities. In establishing these State organizations 

 assistance has been rendered by State appropriations, as m Illinois; 

 by farmers' organizations, as m Michigan and Illinois; by the exten- 

 sion departments of the State agi'icultural colleges, as m Iowa and 

 Missouri; and by farm papers, as in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Michigan. 



In some States the State Federation of Women's Clubs considered 

 holding separate sessions of women interested in farm and in city 

 problems, but the interests of the homemakers, whether they lived 

 in the city or in the country, were found to be so much alike that the 

 idea of separate meetings was abandoned. 



County organizations of farm women are more active than State 

 or National organizations. The family clubs in Minnesota and 

 Michigan brmg the women of the county together. In many 

 instances this has resulted in a county organization of women belong- 

 mg to the farmers' clubs, such as the County Women's Club. which 

 meets at Hastings, Miim.^ In Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, the county 

 fair brought to the women a realization of their power to help the 

 county, which resulted in a county federation of a number of local 

 clubs. The increased interest which farm women have been taking 

 in the State Federation of Women's Clubs has resulted in the organ- 

 ization of county federations in many States and the same recognition 

 is given them as is given city federations. A list of counties in which 

 there are county federations of women's clubs is given below: 



Counties having federations of women's clubs. 



Illinois: 



Maine : 



Michigan — Continued . 



Kane 



Kennebec 



Lenawee 



Indiana: 



Knox 



Oakland 



Delaware 



Maryland: 



Oceana 



Jay 



Montgomery 



St. Joseph 



Madison 



Michigan : 



Van Buren 



Randolph 



Allegan 



New York: 



Iowa: 



Berrien 



Allegany 



Cerro Gordo 



Cass 



Chenango 



Clinton 



Eaton 



Cortland 



Kansas: 



Genesee 



New Mexico: 



Marion 



Ionia 



Dona Ana 



Morris 



Jackson 



Ohio: 



Osage 



Kalamazoo 



Huron 



' The names of clubs given are those of which the writer has had opportunity to gain personal knowledge. 

 They are given as illustrations. Many other clubs which have not been mentioned are doing a work 

 equally important. 



