Cooperative extension work in agricultural and home economics, 1918: Denver County

~ COOPERATIVE

EXTENSION "WORK IN AGRICUL'TURE AND

HO~KE

ECONOMICS U. S. Department of Agriculture"

and State Agricultural Colleges Cooperating.

States Relations Service~ Office of Extension Work., North and West~

Washington1 D. C. -EXTENSION WORK WITH WOMEN

ANNUAL REPORT

From Dec • 1 , 191 7 to Dec ember 1 ~ 1918 .

Report of Iv1abel Verne Campbell (Name)

Home Demonstration Agent.

(Title)

I

State. Go

;lorado

District

_---

County Denver City Denver

(If the worker has not been employed entire year~ indicate exact period. Workers

resigning dur:lng year she:uld r,m.ke out this report before quitting the ServiC~e.)

Approved :~nd forwarded by: Date ________________________ __

State Leader of Ho~e Demonstration A~ents.

Approved: Date}

Extension Director.

(These reports of the home demonstration agents are to be made in triplicate

form.) one to be sent to this off ice, one tc tl1e State Leader and one retained

by the agent. The reports of the S~3te--wide specia:l-ists will send one to this

offiCe} one to the Director> and one retained by the specialist.)

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WILL NOT . APPLY To· T~IE WORK OF ALL THE WORKF:R3j AND TH2SE)

OF COURSE} NEED .NOT BE ANS'IIVEHED. I'r M.AY OFTEN HAPPEtT THArr THE ADDED I'rEMS .AHE MORE I MPORTANT THAN 'I'HE PROVIDED QUESTIONS.

To the Worker:

In the annual report due from each worker it is desired that a clear ac-count of the work of the year be given. This report should be divided into two parts: (1) a n~rrative report, an~ (2) a tabulated or s~ry report.

(1) Narr.ative Report; This is an important part of the annual report and should be in effect a statement under appropriate subheadings of (1) the plans in-cluding plan of organization) (2) the methods employed in carrying tham out and (3) the results sacured under each plan or project undertaken, as well as all ~iscella­ neous work accomplished. This report may be illustrated with photographs) maps,

diagrams~ blue prints) or any material found of value~

(2) Summary Report: This is designed to be a summary of those features .of the narrative report that can be tabulated. In order that the State and Nation-al summaries may be compiled, it is necf;)ssary that there be some unifonnity ip. the summary report. Under each topic 'space has been provided for sv~h entries as an tndividual agent may wish to add.

i

SUMMARY REPORT.

f·

ORGANIZATION.

~

Training Schools for community leaders Number __ 0 __ Women members in fam bureau Total Number

_o

__

Community groups which have adopted (projects) plans~ Number __

o __

Name of I> ro jec ts _{Communities adopting projects ..}

Members enrolled in girls1 clubs through B.D. _a~nts Means of travel Street car, Taxi-cab, I.[otor Corps

Number· Number Number Number 0 0 0 0

Is there adequate office room

Yes,

since

_s_e_:p_t_._2_l_s_t_. _______ _

Is there a laboratory for practice work

Yes,

sine.

e Sept .

21st .

Used borrowed Laboratory before

that. HVours "Oer week ste11ognu>hic hel-p

_ery

is..~ furnJ.shed Number

~rregular nn~l£ ~ov .9~h ~ow

rrom

12 to 20 hrs

:p~;l-fiH~~~~-a-r.

II. PUBLICITY.

Bulletins1 leaflets, and other material distributed

32254

Issued by U.S.Dept. of Agri •1 No ;±653. Issued by St.College of Agr.No983 •

III ACTIVITIES.

In this tabular fonm will be shown the efforts put forth by the worker and the number who have come in immediate contact with her influence.

Activities in regard to A .. 1. Production 2. Utilization (Use of war substitutes and Ittn1ltu planning) 3. Preservation ;Training c las-;ses for Local

:leadsrs I I

:nJJ:n-

~Attend­ :ber ian-.:e 1 8 ! . 13 144

:tee tures :Demon- :visits : Exhibits ;Total

or 'strations . in : :num11er

: Talks ;Homes ; :pellple

; :reached 5

i:

6(tl~

'· 500 : , x

s·

128 :*11: 159

: I

97 :3604 : 87:2987

I

o: o·

o:

0 . ₀ I

o:

0

o:

0 0

~

sa±i

50

day~ ₄₅₀ 0 0

o:

I

o: o:

I 0

o:

_I

o:

116 4634 ·137

4740 : by

volunteer workers

'llad.e to N _e1g11 ~ ~ "lood . : 410 I .I 7522 I : I

1198

0 0

528

49

0

o:

0 0

o:

0 I. 9707

~V. RESULTS. A. Foods.

1. Production of food:

.

16000 gqr dens

H~me gardens~ No. ______________ __ Poultry, No~ of fowls. ____________________ _

Bees~ No. of hives ______________ _ Butter, No. of pounds. ____________________ _

CheeseJ No. of pounds

_---

Pork1 No. of pounds. ______________________ _

List below all work in relation to production not covered by above items:

2. Utilization community kitchens estabJ.~_shed for purpose of holding

demonstrations and distributing lit eratu r e.

Community kitchens established for distribution of cooked foodJ

1~o··---=--Value cooked food · sold~

$ __________ __

_{Value cooked food made, $~---­}

at l east 5000 .

Families influenced in food saving, Estimated No. __________ __

3. Preservation of food:

Cannot r e-port unt il

I c qn ~et

the resul ts

thr ough ths quest i onnaire .

Canning kitchens established, No. ____________ _

Canned fruits1 _______ qts. Fruit products1 _________ qts. Dried fruitsJ ______ lbs.

Canned vegetables~ ____ qts. Brined vegetables~ ______ qts. Dried vegetables ___ lbs.

Canned meats, ___ __ lbs. Canned fish~ ____ lbs. Preserved eggs,. ____ doz. List 1below all work in relation to preservation. not covered by a bove items:

The Dehydrstion

Pl ~nt

instal led and operatea

by

the Nqt ionol

League

fo ~

·Jomans Servi ce dri ed I82I5 pounds of vegetabl es .

4. Marketing .of supplies:

Cooperative buying association9 No ·--L. Material purchased, Value

$ ____ _

Cooperative selling associations~ No. ____ __ Materials sold₁ Value $ ___ _ Curb markets e sta bli shed~ No ·---I~ Value of produc.ts sold: FruitsJ $ ____ _

Vegetables

$ _________ .

Butter, $ ________ . Cheese1 $ ______ . Eggs~ $ __ _

B. Clothing Cons ervation.

Families influenced in clothing conservation, Estimated No .. _______ _ Fabric saved, Estimated value $ ___ . Salvage shops established, No._ . _ ~-.. _

c.

_*

Fuel Conservation.

·coal saved Es 'tirna te-d. value $.

Wood saved Estimated value $

~ _{Kerosene saved} Estimated value

$

Gas saved Estimated value $

Electricity saved Estimated value $

Families influenced in fuel con~ervation~ Number

D.

_*

Income c'ons~rvation.

Families making budgets~ No·---- .... Families keeping expense records No. __ _ Changes in standard of living resulting from expense-record keeping.

E.

*

Health conservation.

Water systems installed~ Number ____________ __ Value

$~---Lighting systems installed, Number ____ _ Value$---~---Houses screened~ Number __ . ________ _

Kitchen and other rooms remodeled~ Number ________ __

Pieces of improved household equipment adopted~ Number ________ _

Families interested in health ccnservation~

List below all work in relation to conservation of health not covered by above items:

*

There may not be much to report on these projects as they are comparatively new in some counties., but report what has already been accomplished~

V. COOPERATION.

Or~nizqtion (social~ civic, educational)

Name of Organizat~on

~ateRocky

Mountain Red Cross

· Food Administration

County , City, Community .•

Parent-~eachers

Association.

cfil

City Chari

t_~s

__

Purro3e of coo·peration.

Training their

civili ~n

nelief

work-er.s in adeauate diet

_{Mak1ng budgets}

_{for tbe1r} an~ budg~t .makin

~aw~I1es.

In demonstratjons

~nd

lectures

helping put across any definite

problem.

l9utlining their pl9.ns for yea.r

and

.giving demonstrations and talks in

their

organ~i~z~a~t~i~o~n~s~.L---Training their Relief

~orkers

in

a.df)guate

die~ a~d budg:~t

making.

Making

budge sor th Jr

famil!es.

woma~'s

council Nnt'l Defense.

As

chairman of

· foad , produation ~ and

conservation committees

takin~

chqrge

of all conservation ":7ork .

--Giving lecttn'eS

ana::

d:emonstrations

in ne1ghborhood and precinam meetings.

Home Economics

In

public scfiools

and

colleges.

~¥?¥¥¥~.¥. ou~uggest

work for them

so

that they carry

~

Woman's Club.

my

P!rft§nged thru them for lectures and

demonstration classes.

National League for woman's Service . Helping push the work of the

Dehydration Plant thru

the

srumner.

Office and laboratory

at

their

headquarters.

I

Housewives

Le ~gue,

~R~~:ia~

₈

8

_~si

0

_8~r~~r8ns

~oc~a Iu

s,

,

~aa1a

_l'oun

·en

ers,

d

ry

ee an

Horticultural

Societies.

·'Organizations thru which it was

possible to arrange for organization

of lectures

and

demonstration cl '1.sses

VI. .RE_COJmENDATIONS FOR 1919.

A. Organization

We do not need any new orgq,ni -:ations

~t

leg.st '7hile the

war organtzations continue their effective

~-'lorlr. As

their

work graduqlly

cA~ses

it will be n8cessary to select from

the workers of the Womans County Council of D8fens9 good

leg,ders in each

co~a:nuni

ty- doubtless

ke',pin£r

their

district chairmen, cs:ptains '-3-nd lieuten.c.tnts as

1

J-9.ders

in

a ~ermanent org ~nization.

B.. Publicity

0--:-.ring to l.qck of ti-me

my

efforts in ootqining sufficient

publicity have not been s*ccessful. I t seems

th~t

I

must secure the volunteer servic8s

o:Z

sorne

·ne~son

w!1o

c~n

devote considerqble

ti~9;

often without results .

to this work

C. Activities.

Thw

main qctivity will be t he

org qni~ation

of classes

for the study of the

"Adequste

Diet"

qnd

Budget

~nd KJ1pi

of Accounts" Demonstrations -.-rill

be

g-iven to illustrG. te

the work in adequqte diet , the

eli~in~tion

of wqste of

materials

ti~e qnd

energy

and

t he making

and

use of the

fireless cooker and iceless r 3frigerator . We will push

the increased poultry and

gqpi~B veget~ble

production

and the preservation of

veget~bles

especi ally

by

storRge

and drying.

D.

Cooperation

We expect to

crioper ~ te

with qll the

~g9nci0s

of the past

year also the visi tin2 nurse A-nd child welfare ·:.ssocis.tio

Signed~---Date

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It is desired that you give here what you consider the best plans for the development of permanent work in your county.