HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 

 HOME MAKING 



MARCH MEETING 



Clothing Efficiency 



The second county meeting in clothing 

 efficiency was held March 15th. Fifty 

 women were present representing Wil- 

 liamsburg, Hatfield, Northampton, East- 

 hampton, Southampton, Amherst, Gran- 

 by and Pelhani. Two women were 

 present from Franklin County. 



The opening feature of the meeting was 

 health work by Mr.s. Reed. This was fol- 

 lowed by a competitive measuring drill. 

 Three women measured the same woman 

 and after the measuring was completed 

 compared measurements to see if they 

 had gotten within half an inch of the 

 same results. The remainder of the 

 morning was given to waist develop- 

 ments, that is, showing how many designs 

 can be gotten using the same foundation 

 pattern. Developments were then made 

 from the three and four gore skirt pat- 

 tern. Some fifteen or twenty different 

 ■designs were shown all from the same 

 foundation pattern. In the afternoon 

 garments were shown on a living model, 

 all of which were made from the patterns 

 as worked out in Course I. Some gar- 

 ments were shown on garment forms, 

 which were loaned by McCallum & Com- 

 pany. Lively interest was manifested 

 throughout the meeting, the only criti- 

 cism seems to have been that the program 

 was too full. 



PREPARE FOR THE MOTH 



Methods of Control 



All of us have already noticed one or 

 two moths flying around. Care must be 

 taken or later these moths will cause a 

 great deal of trouble. The moths of 

 course are innocent enough but they de- 

 posit eggs which hatch into tiny white 

 larvae that eat clothing and other articles 

 found in the house. When the eggs 

 hatch into the larvae then the trouble be- 

 gins. 



Methods of Control. 



1. Cedar Chest. 



It is doubtful if the odor emanating 

 from a cedar chest will kill clothes moths, 

 eggs or larvae. The odor does have 

 a repellant effect on the moths and if 

 clothing is free from the eggs and larvae 

 when put in the cedar chest it will be pro- 

 tected from the moths and remain un- 

 damaged apparently, for a long period of 

 time. 



2. Napthaline. 



Napthaline flakes and balls when used 

 in sufficient quantity apparently do have 

 a killing effect on the moths, lai-vae and 

 eggs. From J to I pounds of flakes or 

 balls should be scattered thoroughly 

 throughout the layers of clothing and ma- 

 terials that are stored. 



BUY YOUR SPRING TONIC 

 IN THE FORM OF 



GREEN VEGETABLES 



Beat that tired, run-down feeling that 

 so often comes in the spring by including 

 plenty of green vegetables and foods es- 

 pecially rich in iron in the diet. Egg 

 yolks, lean beef, green vegetables, raisins, 

 dates, prunes and whole cereals are all 

 rich in iron. 

 Suggested menus rich in iron. 



Menu No. 1. 

 Boiled spinach or kale with soft poached 



eggs. 

 Mashed potatoes. 

 Corn muffins. 

 Baked custard. 



Menu No. 2. 

 Spiced ham. 

 Scalloped potatoes. 

 Apple sauce. 

 Lettuce salad. 

 Raisin pie. 



Menu No. 3. 

 Pot roast. 

 Baked potato. 

 Creamed cabbage. 

 Rice and raisin pudding. 



3. Sunlight and air are among our best 

 available agents of protection from 

 clothes moths. Before garments are put 

 away for the summer, they should be 

 hung in the air and sunned, and then be 

 thoroughly brushed and shaken so as to 

 dislodge eggs and larvae that may be on 

 them. In addition they should be taken 

 out frequently perhaps once a month and 

 brushed, shaken, and aired. The same 

 treatment should be given woolen bedding 

 and blankets. Once the clothes are 

 thoroughly cleaned, sunned and aired 

 they may be packed away with a supply 

 of camphor balls distributed among them 

 to repel the moths. 

 4. Paper bags. 



Moth proof paper bags of large size 

 are now to be had at drug stores and de- 

 partment stores. They are very satis- 

 factory provided the suggestions in (3) 

 have been followed. 

 .5. Heat. 



Temperature from 120° — 128' F main- 

 tained for 6-11 minutes will kill the eggs, 

 larvae and no doubt also destroy the 

 moth. 

 6. Cold. 



Cold storage plants are common nowa- 

 days in all cities in many small towns. 

 During the summer these plants are 

 available for the storage of furs, rugs, 

 and other valuable woolen goods. 40° F 

 is sufficient to maintain the larvae in an 

 inactive condition and thus prevent in- 

 jury by them. 



A CONVENIENCE FOR SEWING 



GUMMED TAPE DRESS FORM 



The problem of fitting one's self always 

 confronts the woman who does her own 

 sewing. The inexpensive paper dress 

 form made over the natural form and re- 

 producing every line and curve of the 

 body has solved this problem. 



Eleven towns in the county have asked 

 for dress form demonstrations. In some 

 of the towns the demonstration has been 

 given with the following result: 



Town No. of forms made 



Amherst, 60 



Belchertown, 11 



Enfield, 17 



Goshen, 15 



Mrs. B. has this to say of her from: 

 "My dress form has proved invaluable to 

 me. I have made several attractive house 

 dresses, fitting them on the form. One 

 was started in the afternoon and finished 

 the next morning. My form is quite 

 valuable in remodelling. When using the 

 form in remodelling the old saying, "Cut 

 the garment according to the cloth" is 

 quite true as I can plan for the seams to 

 fall under the trimmings." 



This is but one of the splendid reports 

 that have come to us about the dress 

 forms. 



Write and tell us how you are using 

 yours. 



1500 BOOKS TO LOAN 



SMALL LIBRARIES 



M. A. C. Adds to Its Library Extension 

 Service 



Recent accessions to the library ex- 

 tension shelves of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College Library make the 

 total number of books reserved for loans 

 to small town libraries nearly 1500. 

 These books are shipped out on request 

 to libraries in the State to .supply de- 

 mands for readings in various branches 

 of agriculture and in home economics. 

 This is an Extension Service activity of 

 the college, and express charges both 

 ways, as well as the cost of the books, are 

 paid by the Extension Service. 



Last year, the Librarian reports, 31 

 libraries borrowed sets of books from the 

 college, the books most frequently de- 

 manded being on poultry, fruit growing, 

 beekeeping and home economics. The li- 

 brary announces that new books have 

 been added to the library extension col- 

 lection, on beekeeping, forestry and the 

 city milk supply. 



The Hampshire County libraries that 

 borrowed books from the college during 

 the year 1921 were Easthampton and 

 Cummington. 



