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.Now o million women take part in home demonstration work in 62000 communities. About half of these women belong to home demonstration clubs organized to help them get the most from epclpnsion education. The other half receive help through the Home Demonstration Agents in some other way. More than half still live on farms.

Women, who take part in home demonstration work to what ever seems most important to them in jmproving their homes Or helping their families. - In Rappahannock 249 homemakers belong to home demonstration clubs and estimated that 460 of farm families and 274 non farm families are reached through extension either 4-H or H. D.

Long Time Goals—For the past ;; two or three years the clubs have been working on three long time goals:

1. Youtfi and Community Recreation. 2. Housing—with emphasis on improving living rooms, kitchens and adding water and bathrooms.

3. Improving Home Crounds. 4 This year .pur federation goal is citizenship. Study of state govern. ment—How liw is passed, et<§ However, with our citizenship goal, special emphasis is being placed on work with 4-H’ers and on recreation for the communities, as well as promoting better international understanding through “Pen Women” and talks by IFYE students. Home demonstration —members receiving and writing letiters to women in India, France and England. ;* In promoting our long time goal in housing we have set up result dem

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