12 BULLETIN 719, U. S. DEPART ME XT OF AGRICULTURE. 
be placed on the old Santa Fe Trail and also on the road which now 
follows the trail blazed by Daniel Boone on his way to Salt Lick in 
Howard County. Neighborhood celebrations and dedications roused 
community interest in these events. A community history is being 
compiled by an organization of men and women in the progressive 
agricultural community of Sandy Spring, Md., of which organization 
the president, secretary, and historian are women. Each year a com- 
munity historian is appointed to write a record of the achievements of 
the community for the current year, which is read at the annual mass 
meeting. Several volumes of this history have been published. 
Other rural clubs, such as the Evergreen Daughters of Ceres, near 
Eagle Grove, Iowa, are studying the State laws affecting women and 
children in connection with the study of town and State history. 
Women's clubs have been instrumental in securing better roads. 
Dinners were served to road workers by the women of the Clarksville 
Pike Social Club, near Hopkinsville, Ky. In a comity in Iowa, where 
a a Travel on Gravel" campaign was in progress, the Troy Culture 
Club, near Eagle Grove, furnished meals for all volunteer workers on 
the roads in that community. In another locality the Mothers' Club 
furnished lunches for the men on "Road Working Day." Members 
of the Missouri Women Farmers' Association pledged themselves to 
furnish teams for work on roads in their localities and to drag the roads 
in front of their own homes. 
Rural cemeteries have been improved and kept in good condition 
through the activity of rural club women. The work of the Women's 
Cemetery Association of Dysart, Iowa, may be cited as an example. 
This association has a membership of over 150 women. The cemetery 
was given to the town some years ago, but no one attended to it. The 
undertaker sold the lots. Several members of the community felt 
that the women would be able to improve the general appearance of 
the grounds and asked that they undertake it. The women in return 
invited all public-spirited people to meet in the cemetery one evening 
and help clear away the debris. Subsequent meetings were held and 
pledges were made to meet the expense of improving the cemetery. 
Reports of the progress of the work were given at monthly meetings, 
and though only a few attended these meetings, all were enthusiastic 
about assisting in the work when called upon to do so. The women 
undertook to sell the lots themselves, raising the price from $10 to 
$25 and more, depending upon location. Money was raised in this 
way and through popular subscription, so that now they have over 
$2,000 in the treasury. A caretaker is hired for the summer months 
at a salary of $45 per month. 
Clean-up and paint-up campaigns have been popular in the country 
as well as in the city. At Glendale, Ariz., the women's club of 75 
members offered prizes for the largest refuse heaps. One hundred 
