HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HOME MAKING 



MOTHERS' CLUB COMPLETES 

 MEAL PLANNING PROJECT 



Highteen Women Change Methods 



At the last meeting of the Edwards 

 Church Mothers' Club, eighteen women re- 

 ported to Miss Mildred Wood, State Nu- 

 trition Specialist, that they had adopted 

 improved practices in planning their 

 meals and in selecting food for their 

 family. These changes were, made as a 

 result of a series of four meetings under 

 Miss Wood's supervision where different 

 phases of food selection and meal plan- 

 ning were discussed. 



The food habit score card was used by 

 these women at the first meeting and the 

 average score for the group was 63. 

 This was too low for them to be satisfied 

 with because they realized they could not 

 be feeding their families to the best of 

 their ability with that score. They set 

 as their aim an aveiage score of 8.5 and 

 when they rescored, after a period of four 

 months, found they had reached their 

 goal. 



How to Overcome Food Prejudices 



One of the problems which almost al- 

 ways confronts the mother is how to make 

 her husband and children eat food which 



j men were very confident that it was be- 

 cause of their improved practices that 

 their families had been unu.sually well 



t this winter. 



Greenwich and Chesterfield to Continue 

 With Meal Planning Project 



At the e.xtension schools held in Green- 

 wich and Chesterfield, the Home Demon- 

 stration Agent talked to the women on 

 the general principles of meal planning. 

 The discussion included the kinds of food 

 and what they do for the body and in 

 what quantities we should have them. 

 The women scored themselves using the 

 food habit .score card and found several 

 ways they might improve. These women 

 are planning to raise their score and 

 have another meeting when they will 

 learn how to overcome food prejudices 

 and new methods of preparing foods. 



difficult frames which they would have 

 to give advice about to members in their 

 group. 



The towns and the leaders representing 

 them are: 



Amherst (Mrs. S. R. Parker 

 (Mrs. Ralph Bigelow 

 Easthampton (Miss Stella Duda 

 (Mrs. J. Donaghue 

 Granby (Mrs. Charles Goldthwaite 

 (Mrs. Ruby Fuller 

 (Mrs. Earl Ingham 

 (Mrs. Ethel Holman 

 Northampton (Mrs. Sidney March 



(Mrs. Maurice March 

 Southampton (Mrs. E. R. Loomis 

 (Mrs.' Frank Clapp 

 Westhampton (Mrs. Frank Howard 

 (Mrs. Harold Gushing 

 (Mrs. Charles Burt 



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' Combination of Materials Used for 

 Coverings 



The hat with the combination of mater- 

 ial is very good. Materials such as faille, 

 crepes, taffeta and satin are at their best 

 when combined with straw. The all silk 



hat with the narrow straw or braid sewed 

 is good for them but which they dislike. [ on in a pattern is just as good. 

 Several interesting ways of solving this ' Satins and materials with a shiny sur- 

 problem were discovered by women in the i fs-ce should not be worn next to the face 



group. 



One mothei- and father who were very 

 anxious to have their children eat vege- 

 tables made a chart. When .John and 

 Mary ate two servings of vegetables other 

 than potato they were given a gold star. 

 At the end of a month John won a pair 

 of skates as their reward for having over 

 twenty-five stai's. But the biggest re- 

 ward was that the children had developed 

 a liking for some of the vegetables during 

 that time and will continue to eat them 

 without a prize for a stimulus. 



Another father and mother found that 

 pasting on cardboard pictures of food 

 which children should eat to make good 

 ball and tennis stars had a surprising ef- 

 fect on the appetites of the children. 



Other mothers found the simple method 

 of talking about the kind of food we 

 should eat, and why, made even the 

 fathers improve. And because father ate 

 greens the son followed his example. 



More Water Relieves Constipation 



More water has been used by everyone 

 since Miss Wood emphasized the import- 

 ance of its use and the results obtained 

 by this simple change read like a fairy 

 story. 



The use of whole grain cereals and dark 

 breads in one case did not seem to relieve 

 the common disease of constipation. But 

 two glasses of water every morning be- 

 fore breakfast was a cure. Several wo- 



lf one wishes to avoid showing the lines 

 in the face. Crepes are much softer and 

 with their dull finish tone down the com- 

 plexion and give their softness of texture 

 to the face. 



Flowers To Be Worn Again 



When it comes to the trimming, flowers 

 are first in choice, then ribbon ornaments 

 of all kinds and third, embroidery. 



Flowers, small and large are being used 

 on top of the hat. The larger ones have 

 a tendency to fall from the crown to the 

 brim giving the side-top trimming .so 

 popular this spring. 



The ribbon ornaments used last winter 

 are as good this spring particularly on 

 straw hats, which carry out the com- 

 bination of matei-ials. The laige bow on 

 the top of the crown is very "chic." 



Embroidery is done with embroidery 

 floss, gold and silver threads. The last 

 two are in preferance. 



Millinery Project Carried by Local 

 Leaders 



Six communities sent leaders to the 



KITCHENS SHOULD BE 



GOOD WORKSHOPS 



Mrs Haynes Stresses Need of Good 

 Working Conditions in the Kitchen 



Mrs. Harriet Haynes, State Home Man- 

 agement Specialist, in talking to the wo- 

 men of Ware at their annual Extension 

 School emphasized the need of more care- 

 ful thought in planning their kitchens as 

 workshops. 



What is it that takes away "that 

 schoolgirl comple.xion," the springy step, 

 and enthusiasm for her work from the 

 housewife? It is the everlasting stoop- 

 ing, bending, kneeling, and scrubbing 

 where thought has not been given to the 

 pioblem of labor-saving in the home. 

 Manufacturing concerns, great and small, 

 spend time and money devising ways and 

 means of labor saving, but too often little 

 considei-ation is given the necessity of 

 sparing the worker in the home. 



"It's not the jumping 'urdles-that 'urts 

 the 'orses 'oofs; its the amme'r, 'ammer, 

 'ammer on the 'ard 'ighway." .Just so, it 

 is not the cooking, washing, cleaning that 

 wears out the housewife, it is the constant 

 stooping over a sink, work table, or stove 

 which is too low. 



What is the remedy? Furniture isn't 

 a fixed thing, not even sinks with plumb- 

 ing attached. At very little cost, a sink 

 can be raised. It may add years to one's 

 life, and certainly adds pleasure to one's 

 years. If it is not feasible to alter the 

 sink, much relief may be had by placing 



training class held March 4th at the Ex- a box, from four to six inches high, as the 



tension Service Rooms. The Home 

 Demonstration Agent demonstrated the 

 covering of different kinds of ciowms and 

 brims, particularly stressing the new one 

 piece crowTi with the top finishing. 



In the afternoon the leaders started the 

 making of their hats practically covering - 



case may require, undei' the dishpan 

 while washing dishes, or a stool may be 

 used to sit on while washing dishes, or a 

 stool may be used to sit on while dish- 

 washing. 



The 36-inch sink w-hich is so much ad- 

 vertised as being the ideal height, is not 



