WOMEH'S RURAL ORGANIZATIONS axd their activities. 9 
progressive farm women in the locality, made a study of the extent 
to which members of their club were selling farm products. It was 
found that during the past year seven members had sold nearly 
$1,000 worth of farm products, including eggs, chickens, canned 
goods, pigs, and butter. Some members were cooperating in shipping 
eggs, and others were carrying eggs a number of miles for shipment 
when they could have shipped with their friends near by. One 
member was securing high prices for infertile eggs and had more 
customers than she could supply, while others were willing to assist 
in supplying infertile eggs to the trade. The advantages of various 
methods of marketing were discussed by members from their own 
experiences. 
Practical experiments in marketing have been carried on by a 
number of women's rural clubs in Pike County, 111., which have 
aided members in marketing farm products, especially eggs and 
chickens. The rural club encouraged the work among its members 
and secured names of prospective buyers from clubs of city women, 
and while neither city nor country clubs assumed any financial 
responsibility, they stood for upright dealings on the part of members 
and thus helped to establish the necessary confidence between 
people personally unknown to each other. 
By creating an interest in natural history and in agricultural 
education among girls and boys, women's rural clubs are endeavoring 
to prepare them to take advantage of agricultural opportunities 
already open. Agricultural shows and exhibits stimulating com- 
petition in production are fostered by rural clubs in many localities. 
In Massachusetts a woman lecturer of a local grange arranged for 
such an exhibit, where 59 varieties of grasses were displayed, together 
with rare woods, such as blue beech and ironwood, to be found in the 
locality. The bud department exhibited lists of 90 birds which 
had been seen in the neighborhood, and the flower department showed 
160 classified flowers. Junior Audubon societies have been organized 
by women's clubs, the children holding classes and studying birds 
under the direction of members of the clubs. While these studies 
may not in all cases have direct bearing upon agricultural produc- 
tion, they frequently stimulate an mterest in practical agriculture. 
The Women Farmers Club of Missouri has offered an annual scholar- 
ship of $25 for the study of practical farming to the girl who scores 
highest in planting and cultivating a certain amount of ground 
according to the rules of the boys' corn contest. 
Many clubs are instrumental in obtaining better opportunities for 
reading. Volunteer librarians gather Government bulletins on 
agriculture and other material of interest in rural communities, and 
lend them to members of the community. The women's clubs of 
the State of Montana have cooperated in what is called a vocational 
