2 BULLETIN 719, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
A single organization, of national character and not usually con- 
sidered rural in its interests, the General Federation of Women's 
Clubs, counts among its locals in the open country, in hamlets, and 
in small towns, over 3,500 women's organizations. (See fig. 1.) The 
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union has twice this num- 
ber. (Sec fig. 2.) 
