HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



WHAT'S BEEN DOING IN 

 THE HOME DEPARTMENT 

 DURING MAY 



Clothing 



Westhampton — Has had three meetings 

 in clothing construction. This group 

 did not begin until late and are anxious 

 to finish before the summary meeting so 

 that they may wear their dresses. 



Greenwich Village — Has had two meet- 

 ings in this project. This is the first 

 project this group has ever carried and 

 they have an average attendance of over 

 twenty at each meeting. 



Granby — The fourth meeting of the 

 clothing project was held. A large num- 

 ber of dresses were brought in and all 

 signs point to a fine exhibit from this 

 town. 



Huntington, Norwich Bridge — The sec- 

 ond meeting was held at this town. It 

 is an enthusiastic group and it is hoped 

 that each lady will have finished one dress 

 by the last of .June so that they will have 

 a part in the summary meeting. 



Goshen, Prescott — These two groups 

 have not carried any one project through. 



A spot demonstration has been carried 

 on in both of these towns in the clothing 

 project. 



Prescott had a meeting at which the 

 cleaning and oiling of the machine and 

 the use of attachments and decorative 

 stitches were taken up. At Goshen the 

 commercial pattern, its use and altera- 

 tion, were discussed and each woman al- 

 tered her pattern and received some in- 

 formation about a dress which .she was 

 making. 



Food Preservation 



Amherst and Ware — These two groups 

 have carried the food preservation work 

 in a little different way — that is with 

 laboratory practice. Instead of Mr. Cole 

 giving a demonstration they have actually 

 done the work under his supei-vision. A 

 most interesting class at Ware was held 

 last time when three groups made differ- 

 ent kinds of jellies; two groups made jam 

 and one group canned strawberries. The 

 Amherst group has had their meetings 

 at the Horticultural Manufactures Lab- 

 oratory at M. A. C. under the instruction 

 of Mr. Robmson. 



Hadley, Chesterfield and Cummington 

 have had Mr. Cole give his demonstration 

 on the making of jellies and jams and 

 obtaining the three extractions from 

 fruit. 



Organization 



Northampton — The Mothers' Club of 

 the First Church invited the agent to 

 one of their meetings to talk over plans 

 for the coming year. They have for 



HOME MAKING 



PLAN TO ATTEND 



County Clothing .Vleetins to be Held 

 June 26th 



Every woman in the county is invited 

 to attend this county clothing meeting, 

 June 26, at the Odd Fellows Hall, Center 

 Street, Northampton at 10..30 A. M. 



As you know this year we have had a 

 large percentage of communities carry- 

 ing the clothing project. Williamsburg, 

 Easthampton, South Hadley Falls, South- 

 ampton, and South Amherst have sent 

 leaders into Northampton to a training 

 class conducted by Miss Tucker, State 

 Clothing Specialist. Westhampton, Nor- 

 wich Bridge, Granby, and Greenwich Vil- 

 lage have been carried by the agent. 



This summary meeting is being held so 

 that these women may meet the other 

 women carrying the same project and see 

 the kind of work they have done — but — 

 whether you have taken the clothing pro- 

 ject or not you ought to be interested to 

 come to the meeting and see the exhibit 

 of their work and hear the speakers. 

 The tentative program is as follows: 

 Reports fi'om different communities 

 County Clothing Work Home Agent. 

 State Clothing Work State Specialist. 

 Talk on Posture and Its Relation to 



Dress — Outside Speaker. 

 Dinner — Served by Northampton 



Grange — 75<- per person. 

 Club Play — South Amherst Sewing 



Club. 

 Talk on Becoming Line and Color — 



Miss Tucker. 

 1924 Clothing Program— (Will be 

 formed according to the ideas you 

 give us at this meeting as to what 

 work will help you most.) 

 Each lady having taken the 1923 cloth- 

 ing work will wear one of the dresses 

 she has made and the exhibit will con- 

 sist of everything from hats to dress j 

 forms. We feel it will be well worth | 

 your time to attend. 



their program the meal planning project 

 also the two day school in millinery which 

 will be conducted similar to the millinery 

 work carried on in the county this spring. 

 This is the first I'eal project carried in 

 Northampton. 



Furniture Renovation 



Williamsburg — The Own-Your-Own- 

 Room Club met with the agent for three 

 meetings during which time they painted 

 and refinished their chairs. 



Chesterfield — The meeting at Chester- 

 field this month finished up the caneing 

 work which was started in the fall. 

 About ten chairs have been caned in this 

 town. Several pieces of furniture were 

 started to be refinished and another meet- 

 ing will be held the 13th to finish up these 

 articles. 



For "That Tired Feeling" try Greens, 

 but Cook Them Right 



Spring and green things! If you 

 would be healthy, wealthy and wise you 

 should apply to yourself the thought ex- 

 I pressed above. For "that tired feeling" 

 try greens — plenty of them — spinach, 

 dandelion, lettuce, kale — whatever is 

 available. Try having some kind of leafy 

 vegetable once each day. Your body will 

 appreciate the increased supply of min- 

 erals, especially iron and lime, and of 

 vitamins. 



I Use them raw with any dressing which 

 you particularly like. Or if you cook 

 them, be sure that you get the full nutri- 

 tive value. 



The following method is recommended 

 by the home economics department of the 

 New .Jersey Agi-icultural Experiment 

 Station : 



Remove the roots and wilted leaves. 

 Wash in a large amount of water several 

 times to remove sand and dirt. A suf- 

 ficient amount of water will cling to the 

 leaves so that none need be added for 

 cooking if the pot is tightly covered. So- 

 da should not be added as it destroys 

 two of the vitamins. If the lid is re- 

 moved from the pot for a few minutes 

 before the leaves are done, they will re- 

 tain their light green color. 



Dressings for Cooked Greens 



Dressing No. 1. For h peck of fresh, 

 or 1 quart of canned greens, melt 3 table- 

 spoons of butter or other fat in a pan, 

 add the chopped spinach and cook for 3 

 minutes. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of 

 flour, stir thoroughly and add i cup of 

 milk. Cook 5 minutes. Sliced, hard 

 boiled eggs may be added or used as a 

 garnish. 



Dressing No. 2. Heat 2 tablespoons of 

 bacon fat, chicken fat, or oil ; add 2 table- 

 spoons of flour and stir until the flour is 

 bi'own. Add slowly while stirring S cup 

 of chicken or other stock or the water in 

 which greens were cooked. Add the 

 chopped greens, season with salt and 

 paprika and cook slowly for .5 minutes. 



Mrs. Haynes, the State Specialist in 

 Home Management, spent one day with 

 the agent visiting the different women in 

 Chesterfield and Cummington who were 

 refinishing furniture as a result of the 

 meetings and helping the agent with sub- 

 ject matter. 



Easthampton — This group had its 

 fourth meeting which \ffas conducted by 

 Miss Lucy Queal and took up the weekly 

 standards for meal planning. 



Pelham — Has had two meetings in the 

 meal planning work. During one of 

 these meetings a demonstration of the 

 fireless cooker was given. 



