HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HOME MAKING 



MISS TUCKER STARTS 

 GRANBY GROUP WITH 

 CHILDREN'S CLOTHES 

 PROJECT 



As organization meetings were held 

 and programs of woik were adopted for 

 1923, it seemed advisable not to have a 

 training class this year because the 

 majority of towns taking clothing are on 

 the very outskirts of the county and it 

 would be impossible to have a central 

 place for representatives to attend. 



Therefore we are planning to have a 

 County Demonstration Group made up of 

 Granby women and the work that the 

 specialist is giving is on childrens' 

 clothes. The agent also attends these 

 meetings, obtains subject matter and car- 

 ries on similar classes in other communi- 

 ties. 



The fii-st meeting was held this month 

 with an attendance of fifteen. The work 

 was on rompers only. Several patterns 

 were available so that the women might 

 take them for their own use. Some time 

 was spent on a discussion of kinds of ma- 

 terials suitable for childrens' clothes and 

 their width and price. Part of the after- 

 noon was devoted to a real sewing lesson 

 when useful hand sewing needed in the 

 making of most any garment was taught. 



The next meeting will be on the bloom- 

 er dress, the third meeting on garments 

 for the little boy and the last on the "best 

 dress" and wool garments, such as coats. 



The Mothers' Club of Enfield with 

 eighteen young mothers are following 

 closely on the heels of the Granby group 

 and it is hoped that at least two more 

 groups of mothers will be interested 

 enough in the project to adopt it for their 

 program of work this year. 



PACKARDVILLE WOMEN WORKING ON THEIR HATS 



THIS MAY INTEREST YOU! 



Length of the Housekeepers Working 

 Day 



This report is based on the records of 

 28 housewives, each record covering a 

 period of fourteen consecutive days. 

 Seven records were from farm homes and 

 21 were from town homes, all except two 

 of them in Missouri. The records were 

 made during the winter season. It was 

 found that on the average these 28 house- 

 wives devoted 6 hours and 10 minutes per 

 day to household tasks, an average of 1 

 hour and 37 minutes for each person in 

 the household. For the town home the 

 average length of working day was 5 

 hours and 51 minutes, or 1 hour and 35 

 minutes per person. In the farm home 

 the average length of time devoted to 

 housework was 7 hours and 3 minutes, 

 or 1 hour and 42 minutes per person. 



SUMMARY OF DRESS 



FORM WORK FOR 1923 



So that we may be sure that the dress 

 form project is worth while and that the 

 women use their forms after they get 

 them, quite detailed reports have been 

 asked for from the local leaders. Fol- 

 lowing is the summary of their reports. 

 All this work has been done by the local 

 women under their local leader. The 

 agent has merely given the demonstration 

 at the first meeting. 



Southampton 17 forms 



Granby 9 forms 



Easthampton 18 forms 



So. Hadley 52 forms 



Northampton 17 forms 



Northampton 23 forms 



Worthington 8 forms 



Westhampton 30 forms 



Hadley 17 forms 



Total 191 forms 



Seventy-five pei- cent of these forms 

 have been mounted and marked, making 

 them as well equipped dress forms as 

 possible. All the women have reported 

 using them and the time saved is esti- 

 mated at about half. 



These forms cost on an average $2.50 

 and the commercial form is estimated at 

 $10.00. Therefore $7.50 has been saved 

 on every form, making a total saving for 

 Hampshii-e County in this one project for 

 this year $1,432.50. This figure in no 

 way takes into consideration the amount 

 saved on the garments made by use of 

 the forms. 



In these 28 homes the average house- 

 wife spent 65 per cent of her time cook- 

 ing, washing dishes, and caring for the 

 house and 43 per cent in the kitchen. 



A mother with an infant under two 



The above picture was taken at one of 

 the millinery meetings held at Miss Collis' 

 home at Packardville. The women are, 

 reading from left to right; Mrs. George 

 Dunbar, Mrs. F. A. Terrent, Mrs. Frank 

 Chaffee, Mrs. Ruby Stevens, Mrs. Sadie 

 Mitchell, Mrs. William Chaffee, Mrs. Wil- 

 liam Plant, Mrs. Fannie Martin, Miss 

 Alice Collis, and Mrs. Lilly Billings. 



Three communities have taken the fall 

 millinery work. Previously, a paid worker 

 has taken charge of the millinery work, 

 but it seems advisable for the agent to 

 supervise the project fiom now on. 



The groups were very enthusiastic and 

 the work was well done. Two all-day 

 meetings weie held as before, so that the 

 work might be completed before having 

 the meeting. 



The renovation part was particularly 

 stressed this year and a large percentage 

 of the hats were made-overs. 



The groups taking the project were 

 Norwich Hill, Huntington, Packardville, 

 Pelham and The Mothers' Club of the 

 First Congregational Church, Northamp- 

 ton. 



Ten hats were made at Packardville at 

 an average cost per hat of $1.21. Ten 

 hats were made at Norwich Hill costing 

 $.98 per hat and the Mothers' Club made 

 fifteen hats at $1.89 per hat. The sav- 

 ings on this fall project are estimated at 

 seventy dollars. 



years old devotes on the average a little 

 over two hours a day to caring for it. 



A reasonable length for the housekeep- 

 er's working day under various condi- 

 tions of living, as shown by this study, 

 is between six and .seven hours. 



