8 BULLETIX ":iC_, U. S. DEPAKTMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 



man who works alone every da}". They brmg women together for 

 discussion of the problems of daily life in such a way that they may 

 return to their work with a sense of companionship, renewed en- 

 thusiasm, and interest in their accomplishments. 



COUNTRY WOMEN COOPERATE FOR BROADER AGRICULTURAL 



OPPORTUNITIES. 



Women are cooperating in practical efforts to solve agricultural 

 problems. Personal experiences in seed selection for the production 

 of corn were discussed before the National Congress of Farm Women 

 at its last annual meeting by a delegate who has had marked success 

 in corn and hog raising. Some women of rural clubs in Iowa have 

 been experimenting with seed selection and germination. Various 

 women's colleges located on large farms have arranged for groups of 

 students to remain on the farms during the summer vacation to 

 learn to operate the machinery and to study farm management. The 

 National Farm and Garden Association has published in its official 

 bulletin articles about the work done by members, describing various 

 agricultural activities in which women farmers have been successful. 

 Mention is made of the success of a woman at Whitesbog, N. J., as a 

 grower of cranberries and large blueberries; of one at Wilmington, 

 Del., in raising prize poultry; and of another at Newtown, Pa., who 

 runs a large dairy farm and raises Ayrshire cattle. This association 

 also assists in securing suitable positions for women trained in agri- 

 culture and for other women wishing to do agricultural work. 



To encourage tree planting and flower growing, trees, plants, and 

 roots have been collected and distributed by women's rural clubs. 

 The Big Timber Woman's Club, of Montana, distributed among the 

 women of the town 70 dozen asters for planting. To a community 

 fair in Arkansas, promoted by a number of rural community clubs, 

 each woman brought seeds, cuttings, or roots from all of the flowers 

 grown on the premises. These were not sold, but exchanged, thus 

 introducing a wide variety of plants for the beautification of all the 

 homes in the community. In order to earn the money for trees and 

 shrubbery the Women's Civic Improvement Club, of Huntley, Mont., 

 planted beets in the acre and a quarter of ground which it wished 

 to develop into a park. 



Through the study and dissemination of information relating to 

 marketing, women's organizations are assisting in agricultural de- 

 velopment. At a federation meeting of the Logan County Farm 

 Women's Clubs of Oklahoma a portion of the time was devoted to a 

 discussion of problems connected with the grading, sorting, and 

 packing of peaches for market, as the women assisted in harvesting 

 the peach crop. Again, marketing the apple crop was similarly 

 discussed by the women's clubs at Sunnyside, Wash. A farm 

 woman's club in Denton, Md., whose membership comprises many 



