BULLETIN 71C, U. S. DEPARIMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 
man who works alone everyday. They bring 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 tree's 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 
