Show r CIRCLES HELP FARM INCOME Excellent Example Example of of Way In Which Home Homo Demonstration Workers Are Aiding Farmers Prepared br by th the United States Department of at Agriculture Home Heme demonstration workers realize that before substantial Improvements can be made In rural homo home life lite there must be more cash Income with which to Install conveniences correct defects beautify tho the surroundings or Improve clothing On most farms the production tion and selling of ot eggs and poultry offer otter the best Immediate possibilities s for Increasing the income The home homo demonstration agents of ot the United States Department of ot Agriculture and the state agricultural colleges therefore therefore there there- fore tore h have ve turned their attention to giving help In hi this field fiela whenever there seemed to be need of ot It ft Tho The poultry project at Orchard Gardens Gardens Gardens Gar Gar- dens community Dakota County Minn Is an nn excellent example of ot the way In which homo home demonstration work worn thus meets a real want The homo home demonstration agent helped to Interest people In poultry raising as a source of ot Income which would mean menn Income during durinS the winter as well as aa during the summer Bummer The poultry project was started by bythe bythe bythe the poultry specialist During the project the members formed a poultry association I The first fint work of the association as sedation was to pool their orders for feed th thus s saving a considerable sum The second ODd step of the tho association was to organize organise an egg circle to make plans for the marketing 0 of the eggs The Tho egg circle was formed and laws by-laws adopted making provision for tor a guaranty that tha their product would be of ot excellent y 4 see x 1 g A Aa a Ll y ze q f A AFleck Flock Fleck of Laying Hens Henl In Good Health quality Each member was furnished with ith a stamp with the name of ot the egg circle and a nu number Identifying thEe the e eggs In ease case a bad egg was shipped It fould Could be traced to the owner Through the home demonstration went a af nt a a market for tM the eggs was found with the Women's Wernes' Community Council t of Minneapolis the tho office orrice of the a l. l home deo demonstration agent behlar being be be- log ing us used need aa II tko the distributing center The production from the egg circle soon oon outgrew this form torm of ot marketing and the president of ot tho Orchard Oar Gar den deni Poultry association then secured a market for tor the eg eggs through one of 01 the high class markets In eggs and buttel butter butter but but- ter tel In hi Minneapolis |