HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HOME MAKING 



CHRISTMAS CAKES REPORT OF HOME 



AND CANDIES DEMONSTRATION AGENT 



Brownies 



1 cup sugar 



1/4 cup melted butter 



1 egg unbeaten 



2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melt- 

 ed 



3/4 teaspoon vanilla 



1/2 cup flour 



1/2 cup walnut meats cut in pieces 



Mix ingredients in order given. Line a 

 seven-inch square pan with paraffin 

 paper. Spread mixture evenly on pan 

 and bake in slow oven. As soon as taken 

 from oven turn from pan, remove paper, 

 and cut cake in strips, using a sharp 

 knife. If these directions are not fol- 

 lowed paper will cling to cake, and it will 

 be impossible to cut in shapely pieces. 



Bitter Sweets 



Melt bitter sweet chocolate, made from 

 half bitter chocolate and half sweet 

 chocolate. Beat well. Into this dip nuts 

 or sweet fruits and place on oiled paper 

 to dry. 



Hunky Dory 



2 c. popped corn 



1 c. nut meats 



2 cakes sweet chocolate 

 2 Tbsp. rich cream 



Melt the chocolate over hot water. As 

 soon as it is melted add the cream, corn 

 and nuts. Stir quickly with a silver fork 

 and lift out in small balls. Place on 

 waxed paper to dry. 



Stuffed Prunes 



Wash and steam 1 pound prunes and 

 remove stones. The kernel from the 

 stones may be chopped and mixed with 

 other nuts or raisins or dates and figs 

 and used for stuffing the prunes. An- 

 other good suggestion is to stuff the 

 prunes with stiff" orange marmalade. 



Caramels 



2 c. syrup 



1 1/2 squares chocolate (unsweetened) 

 1/2 c. cream or condensed milk 



2 Tbsp. vinegar 



Mix all ingredients, stirring constant- 

 ly while cooking. When it forms a firm 

 ball in cold water, pour on buttered pan. 

 When cool cut into s(|uares. Wrap in 

 oiled paper. 



laffy 



2 c. maple syrup 

 2 Tbsp. butter 

 1 tsp. lemon 

 1 tsp. vanilla 

 1/2 tsp. soda 



Cook syrup until it forms a .soft ball 

 when dropped in cold water. Add butter, 



As Given at Annual iVleeting 



This report consists of the goals set 

 by the agent at the beginning of the year, 

 how they have been reached and the 

 goals as set for the coming year's work. 



The following were the things given 

 special emphasis during this year: 



1. That the homemaking department 

 should be strengthened through the de- 

 velopment of community chairmen, com- 

 munity project leaders, and county pro- 

 ject leaders. 



2. Every town in the county should 

 be reached in some way. 



.3. And as far as possible all spot 

 demonstration work should result in pro- 

 ject work. 



4. That the county program of work 

 be a balanced program having several 

 different projects carried in the county. 

 j Having the first goal in mind, one of 

 the first accomplishments was the re- 

 organization of the Advisory Council. 

 I This was done on a county project leader 

 j basis, everyone on the Council being 

 j chosen by the community leaders to offici- 

 j ate and be responsible in a county-wide 

 j way for one project. These leaders, 

 I chosen at the annual spring meeting of 

 I project leaders have cooperated splendid- 

 ly with the agent and are now the back- 

 bone of the department, acting in an ad- 

 visory capacity. 



This development of county and com- 

 munity local leaders is a big factor in 

 extension work and the effort this year 

 has resulted in .39 volunteer leaders help- 

 ing to carry the work in the county. In 

 every way possible these leaders have 

 been used : for arousing enthusiasm, for 

 summing up of reports, foi- spread of 

 influence, and even a training class has 

 been held at which the leaders received 

 instructions from a specialist and carried 

 the work back to their communities, 

 teaching interested groups themselves. 



With their help goal number two has 

 been easily reached : every town in the 

 county has been reached in some way. 

 These 23 towns are divided into .53 com- 

 munities, 38 of which have been reached. 

 Two towns had no demonstration work or 

 pioject work but the agent has visited 

 leaders and made home visits in these 

 towns. 



Most of the programs of work that 

 these towns have adopted were made out 

 at the ten community meetings and ten 

 extension schools held at the beginning 



when melted remove from fire, add soda, 

 and stir until it has stopped foaming. 

 Pour into buttered pan. When cool 

 enough to handle pull till white, cut into 

 small pieces with sharp sterilized scissors. 



of the year. These meetings were held 

 in conjunction with the other agents and 

 presented a fine opportunity for a new 

 agent to meet the people of the county. 

 They gave a good foundation on which 

 to develop the work for the year. 



At the community meetings programs 

 of work only were adopted while at ex- 

 tension schools demonstration work was 

 given. If the town or community had 

 already had a community meeting the 

 extension school was used to start the 

 project, if not, some spot demonstration 

 was given that would give an opportunity 

 for the agent to meet and know the 

 women. 



Because of the splendid organization 

 work done by my predecessor there was 

 no difficulty in reaching goal number 3. 

 She had practically all the work in the 

 county on a project basis. By this is 

 meant having several meetings held in a 

 community on one project and enough 

 work done so the accomplishments could 

 easily be checked up. Out of the 21 

 towns really carrying on work only two 

 had spot demonstrations that did not re- 

 sult in project work, the other 19 carried 

 a project of several meetings. By carry- 

 ing the work on in this way it was a 

 very easy matter to check up results of 

 the year's work. Reports show that 815 

 women were reached in the county 

 through the spread of influence, 561 

 women were reached personally by agent 

 and leaders. 489 of these women adopted 

 practices. 



This means that about 87 per cent of 

 the women reached are really carrying 

 out suggestions received. If the work 

 had not been carried out in this fashion 

 these statistics could not have been ob- 

 tained. 



The projects that have been carried 

 this year are clothing construction, mil- 

 linery, dress form, meal planning, food 

 preservation, household management, and 

 furniture renovation. All of these pro- 

 jects have had a far-reaching goal. For 

 instance, in the clothing construction 

 work, more than the making of the dress 

 has been emphasized. It is hoped that 

 the women have a better idea of becom- 

 ingness of dress in general; that they 

 know the common materials so that they 

 can buy to the best advantage; and know 

 the points in the making- of a good dress 

 so that they may buy readymade dresses 

 intelligently as well as make their own 

 dresses. For the dress form work we 

 want the women to not only have their 

 form equipped to the best advantage but 

 to know how to use it and to do so eco- 

 nomically. The meal planning- project is 

 so the women will know how to serve 

 meals from an aesthetic, economical and 

 nutritive standpoint and by so doing to 

 prevent or cure some of the common ail- 

 ments that are due to defective diet. 

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