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The mountaineer is interested in extending the 

 abundance of summer food into winter rations by an 

 easier and larger method than that of evaporation. 

 Wagon freight of sixty cents per hundredweight for ten 

 miles, on sugar and glass jars, as well as on canned goods 

 from Indiana, makes the women of the mountain counties 

 welcome instructions that enable them to can beans and 

 corn with the same success as they have had with to- 

 matoes and berries. 



The farmer of central and western Kentucky knows 

 the advantages in conserving the waste of garden and 

 orchard, of time and labor, and of having more and bet- 

 ter food for the family use, plus some to sell. While we 

 have sectional differences of appreciation of the work, 

 and different problems to meet, we find the same general 

 need everywhere, and one remedy is indicated in all 

 counties, the application of both ideals and science to 

 conditions of home making. 



The Home Demonstration Work was undertaken in 

 Kentucky in an experimental way, leaving each agent to 

 initiate plans and methods best suited to the particular 

 home interests of her county. Incidental to supervision 

 of Canning Club Work, a great deal of help was afforded 

 the mothers and girls in the home. The "drop in visit" 

 has proved to be the best means of giving demonstra- 

 tions. Many of the agents have helped to cook dinner, 

 wash dishes, dress poultry, churn and work butter. The 

 services have been so varied and so helpful, that the 

 greatest pleasure in the lives of many country women is 

 the visit of the County Agent. Our short term Agents 

 have been most successful in establishing Home Demon- 

 stration Work, and have done it in a spirit of true 

 service. 



As an indication of this service, I note the mileage 

 report of our Agents. Thiity-four traveled 33,352 miles, 

 an average of over 980 miles. Seventeen Agents aver- 

 aged 100 miles each in walking. The Agent of McCreary 

 county walked 450 miles, and traveled double that dis- 

 tance by train. The Agents of Logan, Bourbon, Madi- 

 son, Fayette, Daviess, Henderson and Mercer counties 

 averaged 1,690 miles by horse, 



