HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 

 HOME MAKING 



FARMERS' WEEK PROGRAM 



July 15'iH, \9>i 



Farmers' Week at the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College means four days of 

 college discussions on the farm house, an 

 opportunity to visit your State College 

 and at the same time meet other home 

 makers. 



The following is the program as ar- 

 ranged : 



Tuesday, 25 -Home Furnishing 



10.00 A. M. Choosing the Background. 

 Mrs. Grace R. Wilmott, 

 consulting decorator 

 11.00 A. M. Flower Arrangement in the 

 Home. 



Prof. C. L. Thayer, 



M. A. C. 

 2.00 P. M. Textiles in the Home. 



Miss Agnes Craig, 

 Springfield Schools 

 3.00 P. M. Social Hour. 



Wednesday, 26 — Nutrition and Home 

 Management 



10.00 A. M. Round Table on Food For 

 the Family. 

 11.00 A. M. Nutrition Work in France. 

 Miss Frances Stern, 

 Boston Dispensary 

 2.00 P. M. Round Table of Home Man- 

 agement, by farm women. 

 3.00 P. M. Home Management Problems 



Miss Craig. 



Thursday, 27— Preservation and 

 Nutrition 



10.00 A. M. Round Table on Food for the 



Family. 

 11.00 A. M. What the War taught us 

 about Nutrition. 



Miss Stern. 

 1.30 P. M. An Hour in the Flower Gar- 

 den. Prof. Thayer 

 2.30 P. M. Preservation Problems. 



Prof. W. W. Chenoweth, 

 M. A. C. 



Friday, 28 — Home Management and 

 Furnishing 



10.00 A. M. Round Table on Home Man- 

 agement. 

 11.00 A. M. The Living Room. 



Miss Marion Tucker, 

 Unv. of Michigan 

 2.00 P. M. Pictures for the Home. 



Miss Tucker 

 The program seems unusually good and 

 has features of vital interest to every 

 home maker. 



Rooms for oveinight can be reserved at 

 rea.sonable rates. Write the Extension 

 Service, M. A. C, Amherst. 



THIRTY-EIGHT HATS MADE 



Week of May 7th 



The week of May 7th Miss Sarah Far- 

 ley of Torrington, Conn., taught a gi-oup 

 of women at Norwich Biidge, Southamp- 

 ton and Williamsburg to make hats. Two 

 days were spent with each group, two 

 days intervening between the first and 

 second day. In this way each worker got 

 a good start on her hat the first day, 

 knew what work was to be done on it at 

 home and finished it the second day. 

 Thirty-eight hats were made or trimmed. 

 With one exception the cost of the ma- 

 terials was well under five dollars and the 

 store price of any one was easily ten dol- 

 lars. 



Miss Farley scored high with the 

 women. On the whole every one seemed 

 well pleased with her hat. 



This article was to have been in the 

 ■June Monthly but was omitted because 

 of lack of space. 



DRESS FORM EPIDEMIC 



Nine lowns Reporting 



Of the twenty-three towns in Hamp- 

 shire County, fourteen have had a dress 

 form demonstration. 



The making of the form has been dem- 

 onstrated by the home agent, then the 

 women organized themselves in groups 

 for making the forms for each other. It 

 was found that a form was more easily 

 and quickly made when four women were 

 working. Reports to date from nine 

 towns show one hundred ninety forms 

 have been made. 



SIX STATES REPRESENTED AT 



HOME-MAKING CONFERENCE 



In the May issue of the Monthly an- 

 nouncement was made of a conference of 

 Home Demonstration Agents to be held 

 at Connecticut Agricultural College, 

 Storrs, Connecticut, .June 19-23. 



There were lectures on water supply 

 and sewage disposal, heating and light- 

 ing. Perhaps you will wonder why home 

 agents should be concerned with such sub- 

 jects but certainly each has to do with 

 the business of home making so why 

 shouldn't a woman at least have an intel- 

 ligent understanding of them. 



Then there were exhibits of various 

 washing machines and other household 

 appliances. It certainly was an eye- 

 opener for the good and bad points of 

 these appliances. 



State and County Workers were pre.sent 

 from New York, New .Jersey, Vermont, 

 Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachu- 

 setts. The conference was most worth 

 while. This conference was unique in 

 being the first of its kind ever held. 



NEW IDEAS IN JELLY-MAKING 



"Because Mother Did It" not Always 

 a Uood Practice 



There was a good attendance at each of 

 the jelly making and canning demonstra- 

 tions given by Professor W. R. Cole of 

 M. A. C. The demonsti-ations were as 

 follows: Norwich Bridge, June 29, West- 

 hampton June 30, and Easthampton July 

 1. 



One of the "most different" practices 

 used by Professor Cole was taking two 

 and in the case of currants three ex- 

 tractions of juice from the fruit in jelly 

 making. Most of the women present had 

 been taking only one extraction. By 

 taking only one extraction it can with no 

 fear of exaggeration be estimated that 

 half as much material for jelly making 

 has been wasted as was ever used. The 

 proportion of sugar to juice used was 

 a smaller amount than ordinarily used. 



The making of jam was also demon- 

 strated. Since the proof of the pudding 

 is in the eating, the jam was sampled by 

 each woman present. All voted it good 

 jam. At each of the meetings there was 

 some discussion on canning fruits and 

 vegetables. 



Do You Want Your Daughter to Marry 

 a Farmer? 



This question was asked in the Janu- 

 ary number of the Farmer's Wife. For 

 the sixty-eight best answers to this ques- 

 tion the Farmer's Wife offered the fol- 

 lowing cash prizes: 



For the First Prize Letter $200 



For the Second Prize Letter $100 



For the Third Prize Letter $.50 



For the Next Five Best Letters, each $10 

 For the Next Ten Best Letters, each $.5 

 For the Next Fifty Best Letters, each $1 



Before the first of March over seven thou- 

 sand farm women had answered them in 

 the affirmative. Some of the reasons in 

 the affirmative are as follows: 



One woman says, "I might not enjoy 

 farm life so much if my husband treated 

 me as though I could not understand fi- 

 nances and figures. But my husband and 

 I are partners in everything." 



Another women writes, "After thirty 

 years of married life on the farm I want 

 my daughter to marry a farmer. In the 

 ideal country home family ties are 

 warmer and closer and there are more 

 common interests." 



Eight of the letters are given in the 

 June 1922 Farmer's Wife. Read these 

 letters. You will find them most in- 

 teresting. 



