Henderson Daily Dispatch

Twenty-Two Years Of Demonstration Work Is Reviewed
College Station, Raleigh, May 14- Twenty-two years of home demonstration work in North Carolina were summed up today by Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, assistant extension director at State College.
Two factors loomed large in her mind: first, the strength and the influence of the organization which has been created; second, the leadership which has been developed.
In rural communities over the State 45,000 farm women and girls have come together in clubs averaging 29 to the county and 30 members to the club, she said. "This constitutes machinery through which the farm woman may speak to her county. State, and Nation . . and in return through which her government speaks to her."
In 1933, there were 1,761 recognized rural leaders who threw themselves in to the work of aiding farm families in making their homes more livable. in better clothing themselves, and in producing and conserving an adequate amount and variety of food
The development of farm women's curb markets has provided a source of cash income which added a vital supplement to the farm in times of stress, particularly in the past three years, she said.