THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, JUNE, 1928 



Around The County With The H, D. Agent 



The first of May saw the Norwich 

 Bridge group very busily at work on 

 spring clothes. Also, making plans for 

 their play which they present at our 

 Summary Meeting. 



This group plans to have their dresses 

 all ready to exhibit. 



Dress Finishes draw New Members 



The Ware evening group are certainly 

 doing a good piece of Extension Work. 

 One woman reported having helped six of 

 her neighbors by demonstrating how to 

 make the dress finishes that she had 

 learned about at our night meeting. An- 

 other woman reported making guide pat- 

 terns for her neighbors. She made the 

 remark that one must have a well fitting 

 dress to make the finishes appear at their 

 best is certainly true. 



Middlefield Meet for First Time 



Eight women in Middlefield met with 

 the H. D. A., Miss Pozzi, for an all day 

 meeting on dress finishes. They plan to 

 meet again to continue the work during 

 the month of July. We are in hopes that 

 more will come at our next meeting which 

 will be on decorative stitches as well as 

 more dress finishes. 



Plainfield Group Finish Up 



Miss Cooley, the State Clothing Special- 

 ist and Miss Pozzi, the Home Demonstra- 

 tion Agent, met the Plainfield group for a 

 finish up meeting. Many reported having 

 made dresses for their children using the 

 finishes that they had obtained from the 

 lessons. Mrs. H. Rice, one of the mem- 

 bers, is in charge of a play which is to be 

 presented at the summary meeting. We 

 are in hopes that nothing will prevent the 

 children from taking part for the whole 

 theme is centered around children. 



First Church Women's Club Meets 

 for Clothing Instructions 



Any one who is interested in making 

 clothes for either her self or children is 

 apt to be attracted to the "Dress Finishes" 

 Course. All whom you talk to, agree that 

 the finishes of a dress either make or 

 spoil it's looks. Again, these finishes are 

 tell tale marks of "home made" garments. 

 No one cares to have their clothes labelled 

 as such, we prefer that they be "hand 

 made." 



The First Church Women's club decided 

 that they wanted to take up dress fini.shes 

 but not until they had a well fitting pat- 



tern. These members plan to continue 

 their work in the fall. 



Williamsburg Meets with 

 Mrs. James Evans 

 Here again dress finishes are causing 

 much interest among the women of 

 Williamsburg. The members are meeting 

 for all day sessions so that more may be 

 accomplished. Each member plans to 

 either wear or bring a garment showing 

 some finish obtained at the previous meet- 

 ing. Mrs. Frank Taylor is to be our next 

 hostess. 



19 Homes Visited 



So. Hadley and Westhampton have had 

 a very interesting time going from one 

 home to another seeing what changes had 

 been made and giving suggestions for 

 other changes. In every case some change 

 had been made and the member claimed 

 that she was very much satisfied with 

 her change because in most cases, it 

 proved to be more convenient. Many very 

 good pictures have been procured showing 

 the changes made. 



Foods Project Completed 



I Twenty-seven women enrolled in the 



j Foods Project in Hatfield completed their 



work this past month. Sixteen women 



reported having passed information on to 



sixty-eight others. 



Eleven reported having increased the 

 use of milk, nine increased vegetables, 

 seven increased use of greens, five in- 

 creased use of fruits, eight increased use 

 of whole grain products, eight increased 

 use of water, seven cut out the use of 

 sweets between meals and three reported 

 improved health. 



At the last meeting, the lowest score 

 was 85 which shows quite an improve- 

 ment. 



Pelham holds first Foods Meeting 



The Pelham folks plan to hold joint 

 meetings later on so that the men can get 

 a little of the Food Selection project too. 

 We hope that this will cause a bit more 

 interest among the men because children 

 do like to copy dad's food habits. 



Spring Salads Demonstrated 



Salads u.sually do make an interesting 

 subject for practically all women like to 

 know some new inexpensive ones that they 

 can sei-ve. The afternoon was spent 

 demonstrating vegetable salads. 



The Ware Women's Club invited in all 

 those who were interested in the demon- 

 stration. The score card was the .subject 

 of discussion. 



After the talk, the salads were served 

 to those present. 



Bondsville starts Home Furnishing 



Twenty-three members met at 7 o'clock 

 to hear Mrs. Harriet Haynes, the Home 

 Furnishing Specialist, talk on Floors, 

 Walls and Ceilings which is the first topic 

 in the Home Furnishing course. They 

 plan to meet every week so that the pro- 

 ject may be finished this month. 



Children Selected for Uood Health 



Twelve children from the Hatfield 

 grammar school were selected by the 

 school nurse as specimens of good nutri- 

 tion. These children were used by Miss 

 Foley, the State Nutrition Specialist in 

 her Child Feeding talk to the mothers of 

 Hatfield. All of them represented differ- 

 ent types of good nutrition. Miss Holmes 

 the school nurse was very cooperative and 

 plans to help in the future with more 

 work of this type. 



Canning Popular Now 



Mr. William Cole Specialist of Horti- 

 cultural Manufacturers has been working 

 in Hampshire County with the H. D. A. 

 He has been to three communities demon- 

 strating jelly making and the canning of 

 asparagus. Southampton had nineteen 

 membei-s present and Enfield twenty-two. 

 His next demonstration will be in 

 Huntington. 



SPRING SALADS 



Ham and Celery Salad 



1 cup ham, diced 

 1 cup celery, diced 

 1 green pepper, chopped 

 Lettuce 



1 cup Mayonnaise 



Toss ham, celery and pepper together 

 lightly and serve on lettuce with mayon- 

 naise or with Tomato Dressing. 



Sardine Salad 



8 canned sardines 



Lettuce 

 4 hard-cooked eggs, diced 



2 apples .sliced very thin 

 1 tablespoon lemon juice 



I teaspoon Worcester.shire sauce 

 15 cups Mayonnaise 



Place two sardines on lettuce on each 

 individual salad plate and put between 



