THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, MARCH, 1928 



AROUND THE COUNTY WITH THE H. D. AGENT 



SPRING Styles! Is there any women 

 who is not interested in them? The 

 Norwich Bridge group, under the direc- 

 tion of Miss Pozzi the Home Demonstra- 

 tion Agent, are planning and making 

 their spring wardrobe. They first had 

 color tests to see what colors they were to 

 avoid, next the women had the selection 

 of patterns and material. At the last 

 meeting the women had their pattern 

 checked up and were given a few sug- 

 gestions on finishes that could be applied 

 to the new spring styles. Every one in 

 the group is making a garment of some 

 kind. 



Summary Meeting Held 



Miss Dora Foley of Enfield can tell you 

 how popular the Foods classes have been 

 in Enfield. They had an enrollment of 

 twenty-one. The women have so enjoyed 

 these meetings that they have planned to 

 continue them under the leadership of 

 Miss Foley. 



The menu's for each meeting are being 

 taken from the four sheets that have been 

 passed out to them. In this way all of 

 the recipes will be tested out. 



Score cards have been carefully kept 

 with the result that from an average of 

 78, the group now has an average of 83.5. 



They are to continue keeping their 

 score cards and a report will be made 

 later to the Agent. 



Mrs. Knapp Hostess 



Mrs. Knapp of Southampton was hos- 

 tess to the Home Demonstration Group in 

 Home Furnishing. Problems of floors, 

 walls and ceilings were discussed and il- 

 lustrations were given by Miss Pozzi. 

 This was the first of a series of meetings 

 to be held in the project. The group plans 

 to meet with the Easthampton group for 

 the rest of the meetings. In this way 

 more time be can spent by the agent on 

 other projects. 



Renovation of Furniture 



So. Hadleij Falls 

 The Home Ecomomics Department of 

 the Woman's club of South Hadley Falls 

 met with Miss Pozzi for a talk on the 

 Renovation of Furniture. At this meet- 

 ing the women pi-esent decided to refinish 

 chairs and at the next meeting they were 

 to reseat them. Some are to put Hong 

 Kong grass seats into them and others 

 are to cane. Both will be taken up at the 

 same meeting. 



Cushman 

 Renovation of Furniture is very popu- 

 lar at this time of year with the home 

 maker. She is thinking about her spinrg 

 cleaning which is soon to take place. 

 What a relief to have your furniture all 

 done so that when spring is here you can 

 get the cleaning done. So the folks in 

 Cushman think, for they are now doing 

 over their furniture. 



Ware Women Cane 

 Nine women met in the church vestry 

 in Ware Town for an all day meeting on 

 cane seating. If some of the antique 

 dealers were to come to these meetings 

 they would go away very envious of the 

 women. Some of the chairs brought in 

 were very old heirlooms. At the next 

 meeting, the women plan to do rush seat- 

 ing as well as cane seating. 



Goshen Group Meets 

 Seventeen women met the Home 

 Demonstration Agent in Goshen for an 

 all day session of reseating chairs. Some 

 did cane seating and others put in Hong 

 I Kong grass seats. Every one present 

 was kept busy for the whole day. Here 

 again, many very lovely old chairs were 

 brought in. Another all day meeting of 

 the same kind is planned for next time. 



Painting Bee Held 

 "New furniture for old" might be a 

 good heading for what took place in Had- 

 ley at a recent meeting. Chairs, tables, 

 stands, towel racks, stools, vases, lamp 

 bases, and bowls were painted. Mr. John- 

 son, a representative from the Du Pont 

 concern, was at the meeting and gave as- 

 sistence where needed. The next meet- 

 ing is to be on the reseating of chairs. 



Mrs. Q. Qriffin Hostess 



Twenty-five women sat down to dinner 

 at Mrs. Gladys Griffin's home in Green- 

 wich on Tuesday. This was the third of 

 a series of food meetings held under the 

 direction of the Home Demonstration 

 Agent. The women prepared and served 

 the meal and then the subject of "Over- 

 weight and Underweight" was discussed. 

 The following menu was served : 

 Apple Sauce and Bacon Sandwiches 

 Cabbage, Carrot and Peanut Salad 

 Oatmeal cookies and Cocoa 



Dinner Served To Men's Group 



The twenty-six women in Cummington 



who are enrolled in the foods project were 

 asked to sei-ve a group of men who met 

 for a meeting with the County Agent and 

 Specialists on Tuesday the 21st of Febru- 

 ary. A well balanced meal was planned 

 and served to them. The men were very 

 pleased with the dinner which was as 

 follows : 



California Chicken 



Cabbage, Apple and Raisin Salad 



Coarse Cereal breads. Coffee 



Cereal Desert 



Norwich Hill Meets 



What was supposedly the last foods 

 meeting at Norwich Hill was held with 

 the result that they have planned to have 

 foods work continued in the fall. Twenty- 

 eight women are enrolled in this pi'oject. 

 The following menu was served : 



Cheese balls with Tomato Sauce 



Cabbage, pineapple and Apple Salad 



Coarse Cereal breads 



Cereal Desert 



Hold First Foods Meeting 



The Hatfield group of women met for 

 their first foods meeting on Wednesday in 

 the High School Home Economics Depart- 

 ment. Miss Pozzi demonstrated one Sup- 

 per Dish and then discussed the score 

 card. Enough of the E scolloped Celery 

 and Carrots, was made so that every one 

 of the seventeen women present could 

 taste it. 



Score cards were to be kept and a sum- 

 mary to be made at the end of the classes. 



Home Furnishing Brings Crowd 



Fifty-two women attended the Home 

 Furnishing project meeting in Easthamp- 

 ton. Mrs. Harriet Haynes, State 

 Specialist at M. A. C. gave a very de- 

 lightful and instructive talk on Curtains 

 and Overdrapes. Lantern slides of rooms 

 showing the arrangement of furniture 

 and window treatments were also shown. 

 Every one present spoke of the amount of 

 valuable information that they had re- 

 ceived. The next meeting will be held in 

 the Luthian Hall. 



Similar meetings have been held in 

 Granby, So. Hadley, and Belchertown un- 

 der the directions of Miss Mary Pozzi, the 

 Home Demonstration Agent. 



In all of the groups the enrollment has 

 increased from twenty per cent to one- 

 hundred per cent. This shows that the 

 subject is of interest to the women. 



