4 BULLETIN 719, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
country in its effort to meet this difficulty. The National Congress 
of Farm Women has thus far relied upon annual meetings, hut it is 
felt that this is not adequate. 
There are State organizations of farm women in Illinois, 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 in Illinois; 
by farmers' organizations, as in Michigan and Illinois; by the exten- 
sion departments of the State agricultural colleges, as in 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 bring the women of the county together. In many 
instances this has resulted in a county organization of women belong- 
ing to the farmers' clubs, such as the County Women's Club which 
meets at Hastings, Minn. 1 . 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 hicreased 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 hi 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 
Xew Mexico: 
Marion 
Ionia 
Dona Ana 
Morris 
Jackson 
Ohio: 
Osage 
Kalamazoo 
Huron 
i 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. 
