FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



HOME MAKING 



GOOD FUN 



Easthampton Women Enter Work 

 Enthusiastically 



It is fun to work with a group of 

 women who enter into what they are do- 

 ing heart and soul. That is the way the 

 home demonstration agent has found a 

 group of women who meet her at the Ger- 

 man Church in Easthampton. 



The project they are studying is 

 Children's Clothes. At the fir.st meeting 

 only thirteen women came. At the second 

 meeting twenty-two attended. These 

 women brought in thirteen rompers they 

 had made since the first meeting and they 

 had bound all the edges in the machine 

 binder and made beautiful bound button- 

 holes. Twelve of the original thirteen 

 members passed on information to some- 

 one who could not attend the meeting. 



At the third meeting twenty-six women 

 were present and thirty-five garments 

 were on exhibit. On every one of these 

 garments the women had some of the sug- 

 gestions they had learned at the other 

 two meetings such as bound buttonholes, 

 two kinds of set in pockets, arrowheads, 

 seam finishes, piping and facing combina- 

 tion, false binding and decorative stitches. 



The women decided to invite their 

 friends to the last meeting and have a 

 real exhibit of the garments they had 

 made. Sixty women attended and about 

 fifty garments were on exhibit. The 

 hostesses served coff'ee and Kuchen and 

 everyone seemed to have a good time. 



The reports show that one hundred and 

 thirteen garments were made and that 

 eighteen women passed the information to 

 fifty-four of their friends who could not 

 come to the meeting. We'll say it was a 

 good group of women! 



MISS TUCKER RESIGNS 



New Clothing Specialist Appointed 



It is with regret that we announce 

 Miss Marion L. Tucker, state clothing 

 specialist, has resigned her position to 

 study for her Masters degree at Columbia 

 University. Miss Tucker has been state 

 specialist for the last three and one-half 

 years and has conducted several very fine 

 leader training groups in this county. 



We are however very fortunate to be 

 able to announce that Miss Bertha 

 Knight, clothing specialist of Maryland, 

 has been secured to succeed Miss Tucker, 

 She began her duties March 1st. 



Miss Knight has been trained at the 

 following institutions: Dakota Wesleyan 

 University 190.5-1906; 1908-1909; North- 

 ern Normal Industrial School, 1910-1911; 

 Lewis Institute, Chicago, 1914-1915; Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, 1917-1918. (Received 

 Bachelor of Science degree University of 

 Chicago.) 



She has had the following experience: 

 Taught in South Dakota 8 years, Home 

 Demonstration Agent in Iowa 3 years; 

 Clothing Specialist, Maryland, 4 1-2 

 years. 



Miss Knight was home demonstration 

 agent in Iowa while Miss Tucker was 

 clothing specialist for that state. We 

 feel doubly fortunate in having some one 

 who has worked with Miss Tucker and we 

 hope soon to welcome her to Hampshire 

 County. 



HAPPY'S EPIGRAMS 



Laugh through the months and grow 

 healthy with Happy. 



Vacuum cleaners are a great develop- 

 ment but they have nothing on prunes. 



You'll find the seven wonders of the 

 world in an apple. 



In hot weather get in the shade of some 

 lettuce leaves. 



Morning showers make your powers. 



A well balanced meal means a well 

 balanced scale. 



LEST WE FORGET 



Remember if we are to have a good 

 vegetable garden this year we cannot 

 have it on acid soil. Perhaps that is the 

 reason why you are not able to raise good 

 peas or spinach. If you will send a sam- 

 ple of soil to the Hampshii'e County Ex- 

 tension Service, we will be very glad to 

 test it and tell you how much lime or 

 wood ashes you will need to use per acre. 



The women who used lime or wood 

 ashes last year should have the soil 

 tested again this year. The land will 

 probably need liming for at least three 

 years to bring it back to neutral condi- 

 tions. 



•lust the group members were at the 

 Westhampton meeting but thirty-two 

 women were there, so it shows what kind 

 of meetings the leaders, Mrs. Harold 

 Cu.shing and Mrs. .1. C. Williams have 

 been having. They had a real com- 

 munity meal, everyone doing something. 

 Their menu was: 



Meat Loaf 

 Escalloped potatoes Tomato sauce 



Dark bread and butter 

 Pineapple Sherbert Coffee 



Both of these lunches were served foi- 

 twenty-five cents per plate. Now, if 

 lunches like these can be served for 

 that price, some of us ought to give a 

 lot of thought to the type of community 

 meal we are serving. 



Perfection Salad 



2 tablespoons gelatin 



1/2 cup cold water 



1/2 cup mild vinegar 



2 tablespoons lemon juice 



2 cups boiling water 



1/2 cup sugar 



1 teaspoon salt 



1 cup finely shredded cabbage 



1 cup celery, cut in small pieces 



1 grated carrot 



Dissolve gelatin in cold water for at 

 least five minutes. Add hot water and 

 stir well. Then add lemon juice, vinegar, 

 sugar and salt. When gelatin begins to 

 set, add vegetables. Pour into individual 

 or large molds. Serve on lettuce leave.? 

 with boiled or mayonnaise dressing. 



This makes ten servings. 



COMMUNITY MEALS SERVED 



The Community meal was the topic of 

 discussion at our last meeting of the food 

 selection project and in most of the towns 

 a meal was served. 



The agent was not able to attend all 

 the meetings but the two she did visit 

 were certainly successful. 



South Hadley had visiting day and 

 fifty-two women sat down to delicious 

 lunch prepared by the leaders, Mrs. C. E. 

 Barney, Mrs. Arthur Ryan and Mrs. R. 

 O. Nicolai. The menu was: 



Escalloped Salmon and Peas 



Date Bran Muffins Butter 



Jelly Relishes 



Perfection Salad 



Pinapple Bavarian Cream 



Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies Coffee 



HeaKlN nnil Hat.s 



Continued fi-om pas'e 1. column 1 

 shiny materials are apt to be trying too. 

 As a matter of fact, the flexible felts and 

 velours now in vogue are the most be- 

 coming things we have worn for a long 

 time. 



Beware of bright colors! Pink is to be 

 a very popular shade this spring. But 

 there are several shades of pink. The 

 light pink is for the younger girl and 

 should be worn by the matron with dis- 

 cretion. There is, however, a very pretty 

 rose that is generally becoming to the 

 older woman who wants a bright hat. 

 The new green is very hard to wear be- 

 cause it brings out the sallowness in our 

 complexions. Many people will wear 

 green this spring because it is popular 

 who would look much better in some 

 other color. 



It is always well to remember how close 

 a hat comes to the face. Sometimes a 

 color that is becoming in thin material 

 and used for a scarf proves not so amia- 

 ble on top of the head. It also makes a 

 color difference how big the hat is, and 

 how shadowy its brim. 



Hats tell a story about us. The person 



