FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



HOME MAKING 



MILLINERY LEADERS 



DESERVE CREDIT 



;he cream of its virgin fertility expended 



n the desperate struggle to hold title to 



he land. What advantages the East 



acks in the way of prairie fields are off- 



. ;et by its nearness to market and the ever 

 Work Carried bv Leaders who Received ^ j- j t- • j 



iTuirk wci. ■■..» ^j ^ increasing costs of production in and 



Special I raining ' * * .c „ j- 4. i 



•^ transportation irom more distant re- 



The scene of the millinery training jjong 

 class shifted this fall from the Extension f ..^j^e eastern farmers who see and pre- 

 Service Rooms, Northampton to the little |jj^,.g ^„ j^ggj j.j,g approaching opportuni- 

 brown schoolhouse at Norwich Bridge, ^j^g fj^^j themselves 'pioneers in an old 

 Huntington. Anyone visiting the school- |j^j^j . Instead of the few simple tools 

 house during the past three weeks might ^f j-j^g f^^^^ pioneers, the modern pioneer ' 

 have received the impression that school „,ygt ^j^j^g ^^g qj ^j^g jy,any modern tools, 

 was once more in sessien in the old school- "chief of the tools of the modern pion- 

 house. There were certainly some busyggj. j^ capital, both in the form of ma- 

 days when the millinery leaders from six ^.j^j^gj-y ^„j ;„ ^^e form of fertilizers and 

 of the surrounding communities came] j^g-^^l-jigj., ^^^.g g„ g^j^ggl^^gly gggg^tj^^j ^^ 

 there to learn the best methods of mak- ...^.g^.g^^^g ^.j^g bad effects of the lean years 

 ing different types of hats so they could .j^d t,, ]3j.i„g (.j^g goj] ^ack to its former, 

 go back to their towns and teach the pj.Q(iygj.i^;(.y_ , 



women. "Have faith in eastern agriculture" is 



The leaders at these meetings were ^^^bott's note of encouragement, "organ- 

 Mrs. James Cody, Mrs. Ralph Bell, Mid-i2g tj,e farm on the basis of modern pro- 

 dlefield; Mrs. Doris Thorpe, Huntington -j^ctioj,, capitalize it as it deserves, and 

 Street, Mrs. A. L. Moore, Mrs. Knox, .^g ^.gward will not fail." 



Mrs. William Munson, Norwich Bridge, 



Miss Clara Searle, Mrs. George Barr and ni fV\UT\If( mA nAMrrnAF 



Mrs. Leon Woods, Norwich Hill; Mrs. ^LL PLOWING TO CONTROL 

 Arlin Cole, Mrs. H. D. Stanton, We.st , IMCrPTO 



Chesterfield; Mrs. Frank Burr, Mrs. INoril/liJ 



Ernest Thayer, Mrs. Carl Loveland, 

 Worthington. 



The millinery work was carried on 

 very much as last year. We had one 

 general meeting where an outside .speaker 

 brought us the new styles. Then the 

 home demonstration agent visited every 

 group and a hat was planned for each 

 person. The leaders had two meetings, 

 one to leai-n the best methods of covering 

 and the second to help solve any problems 

 which might come up in their groups and 

 to study the making and placing of trim- 

 mings. 



These leaders deserve a great deal of 



credit for their good work. They were 



new at the job but willing to learn and 



best of all to help others. Their women 



■ have made good looking hats very inex- 



Fortunately, most of the insect pests ' 

 hich are destructive to garden crops can 

 ; controlled by timely applications of an 



secticide, and this fact evidently has 

 ^veloped a tendency to overlook the | 

 -imary cause of severe insect injury, 

 imely, favorable conditions for the 

 ultiplication of the insect. Nearly all 

 the important insect pests of garden I 

 [ops spend the winter in the soil, crop re- 

 ise, or woods. A thorough clean-up in 1 

 le garden during the late fall and early 

 inter will kill a great many of these 

 ?sts, and late fall plowing will kill many 

 ore. Both of these operations are well 

 orth while in the fight to produce qual- 

 Y crops. Why wait until it is necessary 

 use expensive insecticides to protect 



pensively and should be able to continue f'^r "°P ^^^n good farm practice will 



making them if they wish. 



setts Agricultural College, Amherst. 



"The reason for the so-called decadence 

 of eastern agriculture," according to Mr. 

 Abbott, "was its inability to compete 

 with the exploitation of the virgin soil of 

 the West and the willingness of the 

 western farmer to produce and sell re- 

 gardless of cost and prices." 



"Conditions have changed, fortunately 

 for both eastern and western farmers. 

 The farmers of the Middle West and 

 West are now farming for present profits 

 and can no longer afford to flood the East 

 with farm products sold at prices far be- 

 low their real cost of production. 



ten make spraying or dusting unneces- 



ry? 



Some of the pests to which these sug 

 gestions apply, are : 



IMPORTED CABBABE WORM~\ 

 spends the winter as a chrysalis among 



Worth Trying 



To avoid lolumbers' bills, pour a cupful 

 of kerosene down the sink once a month, 

 and the next morning pour down a couple 

 of gallous of boiling water. The kero- 

 sene loosens and eats away accumulated 

 grease, and the boiling water dissolves 

 and carries it away, thus keeping the 

 pipes clear. Lye often unites with the 

 grease and forms a soap, which may clog 

 the pipes worse than the grease alone. 



FELT HATS POPULAR 



Women Making Very Attractive But 



li. expensive Hats From Comn.ercial 



Patterns 



We hope the women who have been in 

 the millinery groups for the past two sea- 

 sons are still making their hats. Per- 

 haps the nice velvet hat made last fall is 

 still good but a knockabout hat is needed. 

 If so, the work of this year's millinery 

 class will be of interest. 



Most every member is making at least 

 on3 felt hat. They have obtained felts of 

 every color from the American Felt Com- 

 pany, Boston, and have made the snap- 

 piest little hats imaginable for only forty 

 cents. These hats are just as good look- 

 ing, just as durable, often more becoming 

 and a whole lot cheaper than the felt hat 

 which costs six to fifteen dollars if bought 

 fi'om a store. 



Mrs. Nellie Draper, millinery special- 

 ist of Middlessex County, gave us the 

 idea when she spoke to the millinery 

 leaders and their gj-oups at Huntington. 

 Mrs. Draper gives the following sugges- 

 tions in the Middlessex County paper for 

 the use of commercial hat patterns to be 

 ured in making these hats or similar ones. 



Some very excellent commercial hat 

 patterns are being offered by various pat- 

 tern makers, some of which are given be- 

 low to assist our readers in making new 

 hats. Number 4703 Ladies' Home Journal, 

 view A, C, and I), is veiy good for ladies 

 and misses. This is in one size and used 

 only for felt, silk, velvet, etc. Butterick 

 number 5966 is very good for felts, home- 

 spun, etc., in sizes from 20j in. headsize 

 up to 225 in., in quarter inch gradations. 

 It may be enlarged by allowing larger 

 seams. This is one of the easiest and most 

 popular patterns. 



Butterick also offers an excellent pat- 

 tern for girls from 2 to 12 years. Pat- 

 tern number 6089. This has a six section 

 crown and a brim that may be dropped 

 or rolled up. This may be developed in 

 cotton, silk, or linen materials. Velvet, 

 felt, and especially duvetyn are attrac- 

 tively fashioned in this style. 



For very little children there is a 

 Ladies' Home Journal pattern number 

 2474, four to eight years. This has 3: 

 different styles in one folder, view A be- 

 ing a very good four piece crown and 

 Gal EIGHT— Job 4117— Rogers— tight 

 rolling brim. 



Butterick has the patterns for the new 

 gored Tarn O'Shanter, or artists' cap, 

 number 6246, to be developed in silk, vel- 

 vet, wool, flannel, or duvetyn. A gathex-- 

 ed Tam is number 6188. A boy's sailor 

 Tam is number 5815. 



For children, other hats which But- 

 terick supplies are number 5904 a hat 

 with round four section crown and a brim 



