FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



FOOD CLUB WORK 



Girls in Granby, Pelham, South Had- 

 ley, Hatfield, Hadley, Amherst, Plain- 

 field and Northampton are interested in 

 food club work. Miss Harriet Wood- 

 ward has visited many of these places 

 with the Club Agent and told the girls 

 of the way, the fun and value of a 4-H 

 food club. Imagine ten 4-H club girls 

 going home from a club meeting and 

 making baking powder biscuits or making 

 clam chowder. That explains what food 

 club work is, the cooking of foods. Of 

 course there are requirements like other 

 clubs. 



Food Preparation 



3 kinds quick bread 



2 S0U13S 



2 scalloped dishes 



2 milk desserts 



.3 kinds vegetables 



3 bakings of cookies 

 Food Habits Scoring 



Home Tasks 

 Choose three 



Dishes — 50 times 



Beds — 2.5 times 



Clean silver — once 



Set table — 10 times 



(Clean windows twice) 



(Dust twice 



(Sweep twice 



(Iron twice 



Exhibit 



1 kind of quick bread 



Story and Record 



You can see that the girls are asked 

 to cook only wholesome foods — the kinds 

 of foods we like to eat and also those that 

 are good for us. The food habit scoring 

 is required. It encourages the girls to 

 eat the proper foods. When the list of 

 foods was selected for the girls to cook 

 the food habit score card was kept In 

 mind and so if the girls eat or learn to 

 eat what they are required to cook, their 

 food habits percentage will be high. 



The home tasks are required. A 4-H 

 club girl to be at her best must help about 

 the house. The exhibit will come in the 

 spring and many other foods than 

 quick bread will be on exhibition. 



A record sheet is being prepared for 

 each food club girl on which to keep an 

 account of her accomplishments in cook- 

 ing and in doing home tasks. 



In many places the girls will meet 

 once in two weeks with their leader and 

 take up the cooking of some foods. Be- 

 tween the meetings the girls will cook at 

 home a number of times the food learned 

 about. 



The leaders of these clubs are mostly 

 expert cooks themselves. With their 

 help the mothers of these club girls will 

 get more willing cooking and more home 

 tasks done than ever before. 



fHrrry (EhristmaB 



To every 4-H Club Member. May 

 "Santa Claus" bring you your 

 heart's desire and when "Old Fath- 

 er Time" cuts down 1925 may the 

 new year, 1926, find you happy and 

 full of courage. 



WEST FARMS CLUB CARPENTERS 



They are going to have a work shop if 

 they have to build it themselves. Ten 

 boys under Mrs. Mabel Smith's directions 

 have cleaned out the wood shed to re- 

 finish it for a workshop. They have re- 

 moved two tons of coal, ripped up the 

 worn out floor and are ready for recon- 

 struction. The room is twelve feet 

 square. Mr. Congdon, Superintendent of 

 Schools, succeeded in securing the materi- 

 als to make the changes. A floor will be 

 the first job. Then a window will be cut 

 on the south side and the walls and ceil- 

 ing will get covered with beaver board. 

 A stove and bench will follow and a job 

 will be well along — work for the boys 

 while being done and a place to work in 

 when finished. There can be no better 

 club work than such practical jobs. 



SOUTH HADLEY GIRLS MEET 



On the evening of November 16 Miss 

 Harriet Woodward, assistant state club 

 leader, talked to a group of girls at Mrs. 

 R. O. Nicolai's home in South Hadley 

 about a 4-H Food Club. Twelve girls 

 were present and were interested in hav- 

 ing such a club. Mrs. Arthur Ryan, 

 another enthusiast for club work, was 

 present. Doubtless two groups will be 

 formed with Mrs. Nicolai as one leader 

 and Mrs. Ryan the other. 



At West Worthington Mrs Carl Love- 

 land has taken the leadership of seven 

 girls in clothing work. 



Boys at Pelham, Cold Spring and 

 Bondsville in Belchertown, Worthington 

 and Southampton have taken up chair 

 caning. Demonstrations have been given 

 at each community at which chairs were 

 started. 



Miss Martha Conklin, household arts 

 teacher, has a group of twenty-five girls 

 in food club work in Belchertown. 



Make some resolution for the new year. 

 To aim high is a good policy. Therefore 

 make some big, desirable, upbuilding 

 resolutions. Hitch your wagon to the 

 stars. 



DEVELOP THE HEALTH H 



Remember that the 4 H's in 4-H club 

 work stand for Head, Heart, Hand and 

 Health. The Head H is developed by 

 clear thinking; the Heart H is developed 

 by greater loyalty, that is, more interest 

 and effort on the job being done. The 

 Hand H is developed by larger service. 

 What about the Health H? That is 

 developed by better living — better food, 

 more sleep, better care of one's self. 

 This winter we want to work a little more 

 on the. Health H. What do you eat? 

 What should you eat? 



We want every 4-H club member in 

 1926 to have a food habit score card and 

 score his or her food habits. We further- 

 more want each 4-H club member to in- 

 crease his or her score during the year. 



There will be a place for the name of 

 the club member and her address on the 

 top of the card. Below on the card will 

 be the following list of habits and scores. 



Perfect 

 HABIT Score 



At least 15 pint milk daily 15% 



Two servings of vegetables daily, 



not including potato or dried beans 15% 

 Leafy vegetables twice weekly 10% 



Fruit once daily — fresh, dried or 



canned 157c 



Whole grain breads or cereals three 



times weekly 15% 



Six glasses water daily 10% 



No tea or coff'ee 10% 



Candy at end of meals only 10% 



The Bay Path Handicraft Club will 

 make an eight foot bobsled as one of their 

 handicraft requirements. 



Total score 100% 

 You will do this scoring yourself. 

 Don't try to see how large a score you 

 can get. Be fair with yourself and real- 

 ly put down the score you deserve and 

 then try to increase it during the year. 



Whether you be a food member or a 

 clothing member, a dairy member or a 

 handicraft member, you will receive di- 

 rect by mail or through your local leader 

 d food habit score card. 



Let's set this as a goal. 100% of the 

 4-H club members are trying to develop 

 the Health H. 



leadersIn^ub work 



The back bone of 4-H Club Work is the 

 local leader, the adult who takes charge 

 of anywhere from five to twenty-five 

 youngsters and directs, encourages, 

 pushes, helps them to complete a piece of 

 work. We know from experience that a 

 club won't run without a local leader. 

 You wonder who we get for leaders. We 

 are advised in communities to see such 

 and such a person because he isn't very 

 busy and would have time to help the 

 youngsters. The chances are that such 

 individuals won't do anything— they are 

 out of practice. We are fast believing 

 that the one to seek out for a local leader 



