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Show EXAMPLE COUNTS FOR MUCH When One Citizen Makes Exterior of Home Attractive, Others Will Be Found to Follow. A systematic effort has been made for several years in Cass county, Tex., by the home-demonstration agent to Inspire a greater love for him through making it more attractive on the exterior ex-terior as well as gn the interior. As a j rule where one family makes the yard attractive with plantings and gives the house a freshening coat of paint or whitewash, others in the community soon follow. Emphasis has been placed on neatness neat-ness and suitable plantings which would be possible for even the simplest home. Trimness can be achieved at small expense if fences, gates, and steps are kept In repair. Vines, flow-I flow-I crs, grassy lawns, trees, window boxes and flower beds cost relatively little if the members of the family are all willing will-ing to do their share in planting and caring for them. The extension worker work-er has brought out these points in encouraging the rural people to improve im-prove the outsides of their homes. The United Spates Department of Agriculture has received a report stating stat-ing that since home beautification work started in the county four years ago there has been the greatest interest in a better understanding of artistic planting. plant-ing. Instead of the former hit or miss color masses of flowers, there is considerable con-siderable harmony. Many yard and box plants are seen everywhere, even In the poorest negro homes. There has been an annual flower show at the Hughes Springs community. This year there was both a rose show and a chrysanthemum show in the county. Several women are making a successful business of selling boxes, plants, slips, seeds, vines, and rustic stands. In cases where it has not been possible to paint, the home has been whitewashed. white-washed. More homes are being re modeled, painted, and screened than ever before. |