HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 

 HOME MAKING 



THAT SCHOOL LUNCH 



It must be Attractive and May Often 

 Contain a Surprise 



Is the school lunch attractively packed 

 in a clean box, so that it looks palatable 

 to a hungry youngster at noon? 



Put a surprise in the lunch box. It 

 gives a joy to recess that is worth all the 

 trouble. 



Mustard, onion, Worcestershire sauce, 

 tomato sauce and celery salt are good 

 seasoning for meat sandwiches. 



Rasin or nut bread, brown bread, muf- 

 fins and corn bread will relieve the 

 monotony of the plain sandwich and pro- 

 vide a vai-ied diet. 



Sandwiches form the most substantial 

 part of the luncheon. Make them dainty, 

 fillings simple and easily digested, but 

 varied. 



Eggs are not just eggs. There are 

 stuffed eggs, minced eggs with chopped 

 celery, chopped eggs with pickles or 

 olives, and even eggs mixed with spinach. 



Try eggs a new way, and note the ap- 

 preciative comment after school. 



The school lunch demands more plan- 

 ning than any other meal. It is one of 

 the most important meals, and is eaten 

 without the embelishments of the 

 home dining room. Too often it is a 

 dreary monotonous meal, failing to .satis- 

 fy, lacking in balance and in pleasure- 

 giving qualities. Any attention given 

 to making the school lunch more appe- 

 tizing, more effective in building a sturdy 

 body and keen brain, is a labor of love 

 that will yield both immediate and lasting 

 results. 



MISS CARPENTER RESIGNS 



Hope to fill her place immediately 



The Board of Trustees has received 

 Miss Mary Carpenter's resignation as 

 home demonstration agent for Hampshire 

 County. Due to an accident which oc- 

 curred in June it is impossible for Miss 

 Carpenter to continue her work here. 

 There is a committee from the Board 

 now at work to procure a new agent. 



Home-made Table Pad 



Take enough newspaper to make a 

 layer one-fourth inch thick, baste them 

 together, cut to fit the table and cover 

 sides with part of an old sheet and you 

 will have a good table pad at no expense. 



If one has small washings there is no 

 need of going to the expense of getting a 

 large clothes basket. A bushel basket 

 lined with white oil cloth is much cheaper 

 and easier to handle. 



NEW STATE LEADER 



Lucile Reynolds U ill Head Home 

 Demonstration Agents 



Miss Lucile W. Reynolds, former home 

 demonstration agent and assistant State 

 Leader in Montana, has been appointed 

 Massachusetts State Leader of home dem- 

 onstration agents. She succeeds Mrs. 

 Frank Haynes of Sturbridge, who has 

 been filling the position temporarily since 

 Miss Marie Sayles resigned in February 

 to accept the position of State Leader in 

 Ohio. 



Miss Reynolds has studied in the Uni- 

 versities of Wisconsin and Minnesota and 

 before going into home demonstration 

 work had taught in county high schools 

 of agriculture and home economics. She 

 comes splendidly recommended to lead 

 the home demonstration work carried on 

 in Massachusetts. 



Do You Know? 



1. That a straight or turned-down 

 brim on a hat is becoming to a full face, 

 but broad curves should be avoided as 

 they seem to increase the fullness of the 

 face ? 



2. That a thin face requires a small 

 hat with a very small brim, straight or 

 turned-up ? 



3. That large hats emphasize the thin- 

 ness of a face? 



T'ontiunpti frrmi l>a{<e 2, coluinu ;s 



vegetable exhibit was far larger than in 

 past years and did credit to the farmers 

 exhibiting. It would indicate that this 

 section is interested in cash crops to 

 balance out the farm business. 



Northampton 



A Board of Directors that will call off" 

 all the horse races the first day of the 

 fair and make it a real Boys' and Girls' 

 Day certainly are to be commended. That 

 their judgement was justified was shown 

 by the attendance and the enthusia.sm 

 with which the young folks entered the 

 program. There was something doing 

 every minute and youngsters surely 

 owned the place. 



In Floral Hall eight Granges put on 

 exhibits that were surely works of art 

 with Belchertown taking the blue ribbon. 

 This is the largest number of Granges 

 exhibiting in a number of years. As 

 usual the fruit display was large and 

 competition keen in all classes. The 

 vegetable display was larger than com- 

 mon and some fine produce was exhibited. 

 The exhibit of cattle was about the same 

 as usual with the Jersey perhaps putting 

 on the strongest show. For the first 

 time in several years weather conditions 

 were favorable and good attendance was 

 obtained. The directors are already 

 planning a bigger and better fair for 1922. 



Note 



Acknowledgement is made to the 

 Weekly News Bulletin. The Monthly 

 News Sheets for Stafford County, Cape 

 Cod and Bergen County, from which ex- 

 tracts have been taken for this page. 



Continued from page 1. column '^ 

 shalled by Alberta Bardwell of Hatfield, 

 riding her horse "Bobby". Katharine 

 Johnson of Hadley rode next carrying 

 the Stars and Stripes. Then followed 

 Mr. George L. Farley, State Club Leader, 

 appearing as Uncle Sam and carrying a 

 4-H clover flag. The American flag was 

 then carried out flat by the first troop 

 of Northampton Girls Scouts. These 

 girls had a home economics club in the 

 winter, the first troop of scouts in the 

 state to combine with club work. Fol- 

 lowing this came Robert Cutter and Anna 

 Graves both of Hatfield riding horseback. 

 They were followed by boys and girls 

 carrying letters spelling Club Work. 

 Then came the main feature of the 

 pageant, the competive floats. There 

 was the keenest of competition. This 

 was proved by the long time it took the 

 judges to decide the placings. The win- 

 ners were in order, Belchertown, Pelham, 

 Northampton, Middlefield, Huntington, 

 Westhampton; South Amherst receiving 

 honorable mention. Other floats wore 

 from Amherst, Chesterfield, Hadley, 

 Worthington, Easthampton, Williams- 

 burg, Goshen and Hatfield. Five other 

 floats had planned to come in but were 

 unable to at the last minute. All were 

 very good and told their story of club 

 work. After this followed the Hamp- 

 shire County Calf club headed by Jean 

 Belden riding her white horse. There 

 were eight calves in this section. Be- 

 hind them came all the club members not 

 in some other part of the pageant. 



After the pageant came the greased pig 

 race. There were three and all caused 

 much excitement to participants and 

 spectators. The pigs were caught by 

 Ii'ving John.son of Hadley, William 

 Chumura of Hadley and the boy who 

 caught the third pig did not even wait 

 to give his name or get his ribbon but 

 started right for home with his spoils. 



The peg race next held the attention. 

 It was run in three heats. Ribbons were 

 awaided on the time basis. The winners 

 were Tom Flaherty of Hadley, William 

 Chumura of Hadley and Helen Clark of 

 Williamsburg. 



The program then took the form of a 

 High School Track Meet. Gold, silver 

 and bronze medals were awarded in the 

 various events and a silk banner was 

 given the winning school. Ware. 



The day was voted a success by all. 

 Much credit and thanks are due the di- 

 rectors of the fair for giving the boys 

 and girls such a splendid day. 



