HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HOME MAKING 



THE 1924-25 CLOTHING 



PROGRAM 



During the last two years the clothing 

 program in Hampshire County has con- 

 sisted mainly of the making of the dress 

 form, Clothing Construction Project 2A 

 (the making of the guide pattern) and 

 Children's Clothes Project 3. 



It is quite essential that the women who 

 wish to take clothing and have not a guide 

 pattern, plan to take the 2A Project, be- 

 cause it is the base of all the construction 

 work. If, however, you have taken the 

 2A Project and still wish more clothing, 

 we recommend that you choose Clothing 

 Construction Project 2B. 



This project is new to this county and 

 is planned especially for the further use 

 of the guide pattern and can therefore 

 be taken only by those women having 

 taken 2A. We are planning to have this 

 our major clothing project for this year. 

 If your group is interested, will you let 

 the agent know as soon as possible so we 

 may start our clothing work early in the 

 fall. 



The following is in brief the work to 

 be taken up at the five meetings. 

 I. Check up on guide pattern. 



Use of guide pattern for under- 

 garments. 

 Styles, materials, and trimmings 



for undergarments. 

 Construction, such as .seams, 

 stitches and finishes. 

 II. Ready made undergarments, such 

 as stockings, knit underwear, etc. 

 Decorative finishes for undergar- 

 ments. 

 Seasonal styles for dresses. 

 Seasonal materials for dresses. 

 Use of guide pattern for various 

 styles of dresses. 



III. Comparison of undergarments, 



home-made and ready-made. 



Construction finishes for silk. 



Decorative finishes for silk. 



Becoming Color. 



Use of guide pattern for over- 

 blouse. 



Kimono sleeve pattern. 



IV. Construction finishes for wool. 

 Decorative finishes for wool. 

 Becoming line. 



Skirt and petticoat patterns. 

 V. Comparison of home made and 

 ready made dresses. 

 Scoring of garments made. 



HOME HAPPENINGS 



Hampshire County did its bit at Farm 

 and Home Week by reporting on two pro- 

 jects, Care of Clothing and Children's 

 Clothes. 



Mrs. Henry Strong and Mrs. Fred 

 Pomeroy, who dramatized the telephone 



THE CORRECT HAT FOR YOU 



County wide Millinery Meeting 

 September 11, 1V24 



The demand for the millinery project 

 for this fall has been so great that it 

 will be impossible for the agent to carry 

 each group individually. So it has been 

 planned to take care of the work through 

 a training class, having each group choose 

 a leader and assistant to represent them 

 at Northampton. There they will under 

 special supervision be taught the fine 

 points in the making and trimming of 

 fall and winter hats and will be just as 

 capable of conducting the work in their 

 community as the agent. 



It was the census of opinion last year 

 if we were to do away with the "home- 

 made" looking hat it would be necessary 

 to spend some time on the choosing of a 

 becoming frame, proper materials for 

 covering and correct trimming. 



September 11th will be a real chance 

 to obtain a great deal of information 

 about these subjects. There is to be a 

 county-wide meeting held at the Exten- 

 sion Service Rooms at 2.00 p. m. Miss 

 Gertrude Franz, former Home Demon- 

 stration Agent of Holyoke and Supervisor 

 of the Evening Practical Arts Classes is 

 now associated with Filene's Clothing In- 

 formation Bureau. Miss Franz will have 

 charge of the afternoon program and will 

 lecture on Millinery only, her subject 

 being "The Correct Hat for you." She 

 will supplement her lecture with the fol- 

 lowing illustrative merchandise: 



1. New French models. 



2. Untrimmed pressed shapes. 



3. Buckram shapes. 



j 4. Newest trimmings as well as cover- 



j ing material. 



This lecture will be of interest to all 

 women and we .shall be very glad to have 

 everyone wishing to, attend. We are 

 particularly anxious for every woman 



I who is going to take the millinery project 



' this fall to be present because it is to 

 be our first meeting and the remainder 



' of the work will be based on the princi- 

 ples Miss Franz gives in her lecture. 



conversation at the county summary 

 meeting, repeated it at the college. Dur- 

 ing the conversation various helps were 

 brought out which have been used as a 

 result of Miss Tucker's two talks on this 

 subject. 



The report on the Children's Clothes 

 Project was supplemented by living 

 models. Little Miss Allaire, the Misses 

 Bitner and Master MuUaney from Hat- 

 field and Miss Sawyer from Franklin 

 County were the models who showed off 

 to the very best advantage and made a 

 stronger appeal for the children's clothes 

 project than any report could possibly 

 have done. 



The agent has been visiting the kitchens 

 of the home demonstrators in Chesterfield, 

 Worthington and Cummington. Some of 

 the improvements have been large and 

 the kitchens show a great change for the 

 better. Others have been small, but in 

 every case the improvement has lessened 

 labor in the kitchen. All things point 

 toward a fine kitchen tour which is to 

 take in the thi'ee towns. 



Mr. Cole held his third meeting with 

 the group of young married Polish women 

 in Ware. In this series of four meetings 

 Mr. Cole is teaching the canning and pre- 

 serving of the seasonal fruit. At this 

 meeting, peaches and tomatoes were 

 canned, currant jelly and raspberry jam 

 were made. The leaders who actually do 

 the work under Mr. Cole's supervision are 

 held responsible for passing on the in- 

 formation to the women not able to at- 

 tend or understand the English language. 



HAVE A HEART 



FOR THE JUDGE 



It is Fair time once more and if the 

 county fair is to be a success we must 

 send in an exhibit of our household prod- 

 ucts. In fact there is something of real 

 educational value we can obtain from ex- 

 hibiting at a fair if we are wide awake. 

 Never let the opportunity go by without 

 inspecting the work of others. If their 

 standards are higher and their products 

 better than ours let us find out how it is 

 done and go home and improve our tech- 

 nique. We have a fine chance to get new 

 ideas in selection and construction of 

 household furnishings and equipment. 

 And further more we find exhibiting de- 

 velops a spirit of cooperation, friendly- 

 contest and good fellowship in the com- 

 munity. 



But how can we hope to get anything 

 out of the exhibits if year after year 

 we take the same garment or piece of 

 embroidery; if at the last moment we 

 decide to take the cake we baked yester- 

 day and after getting it there just shove 

 it in the case. 



Did you ever stop to think just how 

 hard a task you ai-e asking of the judge 

 when things are in this condition? It is 

 impossible for the judge to be fair to the 

 exhibitors unless all articles meet the re- 

 quirements set up in the premium list 

 and have not been exhibited in previous 

 years. And if the standard of the ex- 

 hibits are to be kept high, articles having 

 no competition should not receive a 

 premium unless they are realli/ worthy. 



If we are to exhibit good food, let us 

 send only such food as meets the stand- 

 ard requirements as to size, shape, de- 

 scription, ingredients, variety, texture, 

 and quality. And then prepare it for 



