HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



PROJECT REPORTS 



Given at Annual Meeting 



All project reports were given by Coun- 

 ty Project Leaders who gave a summari- 

 zed report of the work in their project 

 accomplished in the county during 1923. 



Mrs. A. L. Moore gave the nutrition 

 report. 



Two towns and two communities adopt- 

 ed the meal planning project as part of 

 their program for the year. One of these 

 groups was a county demonstration group 

 conducted by Miss Lucy Queal, State Nu- 

 trition Specialist, and the other was con- 

 ducted by the agent. 

 • The results of the project are as fol- 

 lows: 



6 received valuable information on ade- 

 quate diet. 

 .5 received valuable information on varie- 

 ty in meals. 



2 Mothers secured their children to take 



milk. 



3 Mothers secured their children to take 



vegetables. 

 •5 being helped with constipation. 

 3 being helped with headaches. 

 3 homes serving more milk, 

 fi homes serving more fruits and vegeta- 

 bles. 

 2 homes serving less sweets. 

 1 home serving more eggs. 

 42 homes reached by women passing on 

 information. 



Mrs. S. R. Parker reported the results 

 of the clothing project. Her report be- 

 gan by telling how the work had been 

 carried on in the county by two divisions: 

 one was by means of the training class 

 for local leaders so they could teach their 

 own group ; and the groups taught by the 

 agent. After all the communities had 

 completed the work a summary meeting 

 was held at Noithampton so that each 

 group might see what the other groups 

 were doing and to give them an oppor- 

 tunity to meet the specialist. 120 women 

 were present. 



The summarized .statistics for the pro- 

 ject are: 



Number of women adopting project 131. 

 Number of women carrying project 



through 9.5. 

 Number of women carrying part of pro- 

 ject 36. 

 Machines put in good running order 109. 

 Women who are using binder and hcm- 



mer successfully 94. 

 Aprons made 237. 

 Guide patterns in use 86. 

 Women reporting improved practices in 



choice of color and line 86. 

 Women reporting improved practices in 



selection of material 92. 

 Women passing on information 71. 

 Women receiving information 2-53. 

 Saving of $929.11. 



Mrs. Clifton Johnson reported on the 

 Household Management and Furniture 

 Renovation Project. Seventy-three pieces 



of furniture have been worked on by the 

 women taking this project. These pieces 

 have been renovated and refinished at a 

 saving of ."fl79.00. This of course does 

 not take into consideration the satisfac- 

 tion of knowing how and being able to 

 do their own things. 



For the Household Management work, 

 Mrs. Johnson used the kitchen score card 

 printed in last month's paper. Each 

 number might be followed while Mrs. 

 Johnson explained how she scored her 

 kitchen and brought out the points where 

 she had to deduct. 



The Eflicient Kitchen shown at the Tri- 

 County Fair was the main work done 

 on the project this year. 



The Millinery and Dress Form Report 

 was to be given by Miss Stella Duda of 

 Easthampton, who was unable to attend 

 because of sickness. Her report would 

 have in biief been: The millinery project 

 was carried by eight communities, part 

 of these .supervised by a paid worker 

 (Miss Sarah Farley) and part by the 

 agent. Eighty-four hats were made at 

 a saving of $177.76. One hundred and 

 ninety-one dress forms were made with a 

 saving of $1,337.00. 



One hundred and seventy women were 

 reached by the Food Preservation Pro- 

 ject. Only two groups took the part as 

 a project, that is, having several meet- 

 ings on it and doing the work by labora- 

 tory practice. All other groups had dem- 

 onstration work given by Profes.sor W. 

 R. Cole of M. A. C. 



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Continued from page 4, column .3 

 During the year: 

 2 towns and 2 communities reached by 

 nutrition work, 22 homes cooperated. 



8 towns and 14 communities reached by 

 dress form work, 195 women cooper- 

 ated. 



6 towns and 8 communities reached by 

 millinery work, 78 women cooperated. 



9 towns and 11 communities reached by 

 clothing construction, 277 women 

 reached. 



.5 towns and G communities reached by 

 furniture renovation, 73 women co- 

 operated. 

 9 towns and 11 communities reached by 

 food preservation, 170 women coopoi-- 

 ated. 



The.se last statistics show that goal 

 number 4, that the county program of 

 work be a balanced program, was reached 

 only in part. Consequently as an aim 

 for next year I have a more balanced 

 county program of work, one that has 

 three or four communities studying 

 kitchen improvement or some vital phase 

 of household management and the same 

 number choosing phases of nutrition be- 

 sides carrying the already popular pro- 

 jects of clothing, millinery, dress form, 

 furniture renovation, etc. 



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 ing the communities that really need ex- 

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