HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HOME MAKING 



HOMEMAKER TURNS FRUIT 

 PRODUCTS INTO MONEY 



About two years ago Mrs. George Burt 

 who for a number of years has come into 

 the Community Market received several 

 requests for jellies, jams and canned 

 fruits as well as the fresh garden prod- 

 ucts. 



About that time Mr. William Cole, Ex- 

 ttn.sion Specialist of Horticultural Manu- 

 factures, was giving demonstrations on 

 the two extration method for making 

 jelly. One of these demonstrations was 

 held in Westhampton and Mrs. Burt at- 

 tended. During a conference Mr. Cole 

 suggested places where jelly glasses 

 might be bought for commercial u.se, what 

 sizes would probably prove most popular, 

 the kind of jelly and the price. 



Mrs. Burt used 4-oz. glasses and made 

 strawberry, blueberry, apple, peach and 

 apple, currant, cjuince, blackberry and 

 various combinations of jelly. Twice a 

 week she came into Community Market 

 with Mr. Burt and sold her jelly for 

 twenty cents a four ounce glass. 



Practically every day she went home 

 with twelve to thirteen dollars, selling 

 right around 60 glasses of jelly. The 

 small glasses proved very popular be- 

 cause so many of the customers bought 

 the jelly for lunches or to keep in their 

 rooms to make sandwiches. Every morn- 

 ing a railroad man came after his glass 

 of jelly for his lunch. 



Currant seemed to be the most popular 

 and blueberry next. Several dozen 

 glasses of blueberry jelly were sent to 

 Georgia by one of the customers who had 

 found the product of high grade. 



Mrs. Burt is firmly convinced after 

 being in the Community Market for two 

 years and netting each year around 

 $.300.00 that it is a profitable business. 

 She has only handled jellies and pickles, 

 — but for anyone who has the products 

 and the time and could go into it more 

 extensively, selling jams, canned goods, I 

 pickles, etc., they would be able to do a 

 "real honest' to goodness" business. 



HOME HAPPENINGS 



Polish Group Make Fine Record 



The last meeting of the clothing con- 

 struction project of the Ware group was 

 held with a fine exhibit of the work done. 



Thirty-three of the members were 

 present and wore the dresses they had 

 made. Miss Marion L. Tucker, state 

 clothing specialist, was present and talked 

 to the group about their finished dresses 

 particularly the finishings and what 

 points to look foi' in buying a dress as 

 well as in making one. 



Mrs. Cebula, the project leader, ob- 

 tained the report of the work done by 

 the group during the project and found 

 that: 

 35 women reported increa.sed confidence 



in handling their clothing problems. 

 46 women had information passed on to 



them making 81 different women 



reached. 

 89 aprons made (using the machine 



binder). 

 54 dresses made. 

 45 had better sewing equipment. 



Bondsville Qroup Finishes Project 



Bondsville is another new community 

 that has taken up some form of project 

 work this year. Early in the winter the 

 Home Demonstration Agent visited the 

 club girls with Mr. Whippen and gave 

 them a demonstration on the use of the 

 machine attachments. One of the ladies 

 in the community was present and she 

 was so interested in the work she aroused 

 the enthusiasm of sixteen more women 

 and they chose the clothing construction 

 project. 



The meetings have been held at the 

 schoolhouse and the three teachers are 

 members of the group. They are allowed 

 the afternoon off for industrial work. 



Training Class in Food Preservation 



Under the leadership of Mrs. Anna 

 Cebula of Ware but not with the same 

 members as the clothing group, a training 

 class in Food Preservation has been start- 

 ed with Mr. William Cole, M. A. C, as 

 instructoi-. The clothing group consisted 

 of many young polish girls who worked 

 in the mills, stores, etc. This group con- 

 tains only young married Polish girls. 



The first meeting was held this month 

 in the basement of the Poli.sh church. It 

 has been so arranged that four ladies 

 have been chosen to represent different 

 sections of the town. They do all the 

 work at the meetings and they are the 

 source of information for their section. 

 Every woman attending the meetings is 

 supposed to pass on information to some- 

 one else. 



Spinach and rhubarb were canned the 

 first time to bring out the main princi- 

 ples of the canned cooked method of vege- 

 tables. Next time one or two fruits will 

 be canned and a jam made. 



WHAT DOES GOOD 



MANAGEMENT MEAN? 



"My wife," .said a representative man, 

 "can put it all over those extension work- 

 ers when it comes to keeping house. Why 

 should she go to meetings to hear how to 

 do it?" 



Home management extension work of- 

 fers this answer: 



Your purpo.se, and the purpose of all 

 good citizens, is to make the best prac- 

 tices of homemaking, such as your wife's, 

 the standard practices of the community. 

 How can this be done unless your wife 

 gets acquainted with other homemakers, 

 and shares her knowledge and experience 

 with them? Surely every member of a 

 community is entitled to a .share in its 

 benefits. 



Through the help of women like your 

 wife, and the help of your home demon- 

 stration agent, your wife's knowledge can 

 be shared with other communities as well. 

 Your wife herself will be benefited be- 

 cause there is nothing that makes facts 

 clearer in one's own mind than the give- 

 and-take of sharing them with others. 



This is as ti-ue in the individual home 

 as in the community. The first essential 

 of home management is not that the 

 housewife — unassisted — gets the meals 

 prepared, the dishes washed, and the beds 

 made — no matter at what cost in woman 

 power; it is to plan the job of homemak- 

 ing so that all the joint owners of the 

 home — father, mother and children — have 

 a share in its responsibilities and its 

 benefits. Good management is "not what 

 we give, but what we share." 



ORANGES ARE CHEAP 



Some Recipes for Iheir Use 



It is many years since oranges and 

 grapefruit have been as cheap in pi-ice 

 and as high in quality as they are this 

 season. They should be eaten freely, as 

 they contain many of the desired food 

 elements not found in many other prod- 

 ucts. 



In addition to consuming these fruits 

 in their fresh condition, it is very desira- 

 ble to use them as marmalade. 



Orange Marmalade 



1. U.se 6 medium size oranges and 3 

 lemons. 



2. Wash, quartei', remove seeds and slice 

 veiy thinly. 



•3. Measure the sliced fruit and mix with 

 li cups of water for each cup of 

 fruit. 



4. Let mixture stand for 24 hours. 



5. Boil for one hour, then let mixture 

 cool. 



6. When thoroughly cooled, add 5 cup 

 of sugar for each cup of the mixture. 



7. Boil again for one hour. 



8. Pour into jars or glasses and seal, 

 or when cold cover with paraffin. 



Grapefruit Marmalade 



1. Wash, quarter and remove seeds from 

 4 grapefruit. Run through food 

 chopper. 



2. Put the fruit into a saucepan and 

 just cover with water. Let stand 10 

 hours. 



