FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



HOME MAKING 



LOCAL LEADERS REPORT 



Two Council Members Tell What Ex= 

 tension Work iWent to Them 



Mrs. Earl Hewlett of Southampton, 

 reporting at the annual meeting on 

 "What Clothing Work has meant to a 

 Busy Farm Woman" said I did not be- 

 lieve that clothing construction work 

 would help me. • I had sewed all my life 

 and was rather proud of the results I had 

 obtained. The reason that I joined the 

 class was that I was interested to see if 

 I could learn how to do things easier and 

 quicker. Then the leader asked me to 

 assist her and of course I succumbed 

 when she told me I could talk better than 

 anyone she knew. 



"The first lesson was worth all the 

 effort I put into the work as it showed 

 me how to alter patterns so that dresses 

 made from them would fit. To my sur- 

 prise I had been doing it the wrong way 

 all of my life. I had got fairly good 

 results but now by using improved 

 methods I am able to make garments of 

 all kinds in half the time it used to take. 

 We studied materials, colors that were 

 most becoming to individuals, and finishes 

 which were simple but effective. We also 

 figured out the commercial value of the 

 completed garment so that we would 

 know how our garments compared with 

 ready made ones. By knowing just how 

 to go about making dresses I found that 

 I was not only saving time but that I was 

 relieved of the nervous strain that usu- 

 ally goes with dressmaking. 



"The County Agent appeals to the men 

 to increase their incomes. The woman's 

 part in the home is of greater value than 

 making money. No matter how large an 

 income a man has, he can not alone make 

 a home. No matter how small an income 

 the woman has available she can make a 

 happy home if she is a good planner. So 

 when the women want to go to an Ex- 

 tension meeting the men should be willing 

 to be left at home with a cold dinner. 

 They should furnish, or make available, 

 transportation for the women and urge 

 them to attend the meetings so that they 

 may be more efficient homemakers." 



Mrs. Robert Schoonmaker of South 

 Amher.st in reporting on "What Nutri- 

 tion Work has meant to a Mother of Six" 

 said "The nutrition work has meant more 

 to me than I can tell you. We started 

 our work by using the food habit score 

 card. This is one of the best ways of 

 which I know to interest small children 

 in eating the right kinds of foods. They 

 strive to get a hundred on their score 

 card and to do so they must eat two 

 helpings of vegetables and fruit every 

 day, drink eight glasses of water, have 

 whole grain cereals, tomatoes, oranges 

 and greens several times a week and use 

 a quart of milk a day. 



to learn to eat some things they did not j daily. Older children and adults gener- 

 like but that was an easy matter. I j ally do not need more than a tablespoon 

 gave them a little of everything that was I daily unless they actually have rickets. 



on the table and they had to eat it before 

 thoy could have their dessert. I think 

 the trouble with most mothers is that 

 they try to make their children eat too 

 much of the food that they dislike at 

 once. I found that a tablespoonful was 

 enough at a time. Parents have to set 

 a good example, too, if they expect their 

 children to eat everything. I have six 

 children and every one of them will eat 

 anything that is put before them. 



"There are many interesting books in 

 the libraries that I have found very help- 



In this event, the physician in charge 

 may prescribe as much as three table- 

 spoons daily. It is best given after meals 

 as it may lessen the appetite and slow 

 down digestion if given on an empty 

 stomach. 



Vitamin D makes bones and teeth grow 

 properly and prevents rickets. Cod liver 

 oil is the best known source of this sub- 

 stance, though eggs are also valuable. 

 Sunshine and vitamin D seem to have the 

 same effect on bone growth, so in winter 

 months and wherever there is little sun- 



ful in making me realize the necessity shine, the College advises cod liver oil. 

 of the right kind of foods. The saying I As a preventative of colds, there is 



is that bread is the staff of life but cer- 

 tainly the demineralized and devitalized 



nothing better than cod liver oil. It is 

 not a medicine but a food, and should be 



product called white bread can not be the considered by every mother as a most 



staff of life. Other nations have dis- 

 covered that the dark cereals are abso- 

 lutely necessary. Are we Americans 

 going to take heed and use them or must 

 we learn their necessity from bitter ex- 

 perience as other countries have done? 

 "You would not think of running your 

 car without water or oil. Are you giving 

 your body the same amount of careful 

 watching? If your car gives you better 

 service for the better care you give it, 

 you will cei-tainly be repaid for the care 

 and the attention you give your body." 



important food. — May E. Foley. 



HOW TO DYE 



SHALL WE GIVE GOD 



LIVER OIL 



Is cod liver oil a medicine? Shall we 

 give it to our children? What is it good 

 for? At what age should its use be be- 

 gun? What amount should be given 

 daily? Should it be given all the year 

 around or only at certain seasons? 



These are a few of the questions con- 

 cerning cod liver oil which thoughtful ' where dyeing plays 



Sixty-five women from Williamsburg, 

 Norwich Hill, Norwich Bridge, South- 

 ampton and Westhampton heard Miss 

 Inez La Bossier of the North American 

 Dye Company give a very interesting and 

 in.structive lecture on "Home Dyeing" at 

 the Westhampton Town Hall, Saturday, 

 November 20. We can tell you what 

 Miss La Bossier said but we wish you 

 might have seen what she showed us. 

 The beautiful tied and dyed scarfs alone 

 made us want to go right home and start 

 the dye bath boiling. 



Miss La Bossier said in her lecture, 

 "It is natural for women to want to look 

 just as well as they possibly c^n. But 

 it is a problem at the present time to 

 dress becomingly and up-to-date. One 

 of the difficulties is that the colors which 

 are popular change every year. This is 

 a big part in a 



mothers are asking at this time of year. I woman's life. She can redye her gar- 

 Cod liver oil may well be given to i ments for herself or for the children and 

 children of all ages, and adults as well, j they will look like new. 

 It is rightly called "bottled sunshine" and \ "Women should not be afraid of hav- 

 during our northern winters when child- ! ing bad luck with dyeing if they know 

 ren do not have as much sunshine as they the fundimental principles of combining 

 .should, cod liver oil is a most valuable : colors, the correct way of preparing the 

 substitute. material for the dye bath and the right 



Babies as young as one or two months way of handling the material while it is 

 may have it added to their water or put in the dye bath, 

 into the milk if they are bottle fed. They "In choosing the color to redye our 



not only do not dislike it, but many babies 

 actually become so accustomed to it that 

 they refuse their milk unless it is flavored 

 with the oil. As the advertisement for a 

 popular brand of medicine says, "Babies 

 Cry For It". The very young babie.'- 



garments we must remember that all 

 colors may be redyed their same color 

 or a deeper shade of that color or black. 

 In dyeing over an old color, the new color 

 will mix with the old color of the material 

 and the resulting color will be somewhat 



may 



begin with ten or twenty drops, i diff"erent, usually darker than the selected 



gradually increasing to one teaspoon 



daily at six months. At two years a 



child may be taking two teaspoons and 



The children had I at three or four years, three teaspoons 



color as shown on the color card. A good 

 example of the mixing of colors is where 

 one uses a blue dye on a yellow dress. 

 The resulting color is not blue but green. 



