HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 

 HOME MAKING 



MISS HKLKN A. HAKRI.1IAN, D.iiionstratioil Agent 



Southampton Leads the Way 



. The first of the home economics clubs 

 has been organized in Southampton. 

 There are twenty-five members. The 

 following officers have been elected: 

 president, Mrs. Edward Searle; vice- 

 president, Miss Mildred Sheldon; secre- 

 tary and treasurer, Mrs. H. G. Healy; 

 corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. L. 

 Brewer. The club will hold monthly 

 meetings in the homes of the members, in 

 which the following progi-am will be fol- 

 lowed : 



October — Health of the women in the 

 home. 



November — Labor-saving devices in 

 the home (experiments are to be made 

 outside during the winter and reported 

 on). 



December-Household accounts (house- 

 wives will start to keep them the first of 

 the year). 



January — The school lunch. 



February — Sanitation in the home. 



March — What can we do for South- 

 ampton? 



April — Household furnishings (pre- 

 liminary to house-cleaning). 



Blay — First aid in the home. 



June — Meal-planning for summer days. 



Three of these meetings will be con- 

 ducted by the home demonstration agent, 

 and the others by local women. Besides 

 these monthly gatherings, the club plans 

 for various outside activities: debates, 

 exhibitions, illustrated lectures open to 

 the public, and individual work in the 

 home. 



The Mothers' Club of Enfield is : 

 planning to use a similar program in a 

 similar way. The Bureau feels that 

 these study groups may be made of in- 

 estimable value to the women who take 

 them up. The work has been planned in 

 such a way that individuals are required 

 to do little beyond practical experimental 

 and demonstration work. It might be 

 well to call attention to two other pro- | 

 grams which are recommended. The 

 first is entitled Feeding the Family and 

 is based upon a text-book of the same 

 name by Dr. Rose. In this program a 

 certain amount of home reading is ex- 

 pected and the meetings are devoted to 

 discussion and supplementary lectures. 



The second program also has to do 

 with foods and is called Planninrj ThrA 

 Meals a Day. There are lectures, demon- 

 strations and discussions provided for 

 and an interesting book is read in con- 

 nection with them. The work is divided 

 into the following phases: 

 o — Fruits. 

 6 — Cereals, 

 c — Breads. 

 d — Beverages. 



e — Left-overs. 



/ — Meats and economical use. 



f) — Meat substitutes. 



h — Milk and eggs. 



i — Salads and desserts. 

 These programs are subject to change 

 to meet local needs and interests, but 

 they are fairly comprehensive and in 

 many cases will doubtless be adopted 

 without I'evision. In the same way, the 

 number and nature of the meetings and 

 outside activities may be determined by 

 the women themselves. The home demon- 

 stration agent stands ready to cooperate 

 in every possible way. The work is 

 highly important and should be under- 

 taken at once. 



Hampshire Girl to Demonstrate 



The state leader, Miss Norris, has 

 selected a team of three girls to give a 

 demonstration in sewing a canning club 

 uniform, in competition with teams from 

 other states at the Eastern States Ex- 

 position in Springfield. Two of the girls 

 are from Franklin county and the third 

 is Dorothy Comins, of Hadley. 



In this connection it might be stated 

 that Hampshire County canning clubs 

 are limited to forty jars for exhibition, 

 and that these must be exceptionally 

 good with the 4 — H labels attached. 



Mrs. Billings, of Cummington, is start- 

 ing a warm lunch project in her school. 

 She is equipped with a home-made fire- 

 less cooker and an oil stove and proposes 

 to sec to it that her children have some- 

 thing warm with their dinner. She will 

 depend upon the children for help and 

 thus make the work of educational value. 



In Granby last year, the Woman's Club 

 saw to it that on very cold days the chil- 

 dren had something warm with their 

 lunch. It was usually cocoa. The work 

 was carried on and financed by the club, 

 although the children paid a little some- 

 thing for their food. It was noted that 

 those children who were accustomed to 

 buy a few cookies at the store at noon, 

 after the introduction of the hot dish 

 were inclined to buy a plainer kind. 



Something of this nature ought to be 

 tried out in every town in the county 

 this winter. If you are interested, get 

 into touch with your home demonstra- 

 tion agent. 



Report has come in of a woman who 

 has preserved until she has a jar a meal 

 foi' over a year. 



A rumor has gone abroad to the efl'ect 

 that the government plans to confiscate 

 all canned goods in excess of 100 quarts 

 and has been urging people to preserve 

 with this in view. So prevalent has the 

 feeling become that Washington has ex- 

 pressly and emphatically denied it. 



Economical Menus 



(Meatless Meals) 

 Breakfast — Oatmeal, toast, milk or cocoa 

 for children, coffee with hot milk 

 for adults. 



Dinner — Pea loaf with cream sauce and 

 carrots, graham bread with oleo- 

 margarine. 



Supper — Rice baked with cheese and 

 tomatoes, graham bread with oleo- 

 margarine, stewed prunes, milk. 



Breakfast — Cornmeal mush with milk, 

 milk or cocoa (made from milk) for 

 children, coffee with hot milk for 

 adults. 



Dinner — Macaroni with bacon and milk 

 gravy, cornmeal bread with oleo- 

 margarine, greens (in season). 



Supper — Baked beans, apple sauce (dried 

 or fresh apples), rye bread, milk. 



Breakfast — hominy with milk, toast, 

 milk or cocoa for children, coffee 

 with hot milk for adults. 



Dinner — Noodles with cream sauce and 

 cheese, greens or other vegetables, 

 rye bread with oleomargarine. 



Supper — Stewed lima beans, cornmeal 

 muffins, rice baked with raisins, 

 with milk. 



Breakfast — mush (cornmeal — white fa- 

 rina, equal parts), toast, milk or 

 cocoa (coffee with hot milk for 

 adults). 

 Dinner — kidney bean stew, rye bread 



with oleomargarine. 

 Supper — Scalloped carrots, Boston brown 

 bread with oleomargarine, stewed 

 dry peaches, milk. 

 These menus come from the Teachers' 

 College, Columbia, and are good sugges- 

 tions for meatless meals. Notice that 

 milk, cheese, beans, peas, and peanuts 

 are excellent substitutes for meat. In 

 many cases a dish offered constitutes a 

 whole meal in itself. 



Southampton Man's Invention 



Mr. H. B. Lyman of Southampton has 

 invented a hot water evaporator which 

 is much less expensive than the ones on 

 the general market and promises to be 

 most serviceable. He is perpared to give 

 information and supply orders for any 

 who desire to buy. 



Here's a Nev.- One 



One of the conservation enthusiasts of 

 the county has successfully canned the 

 Umbrella Brake, — as greens. This may 

 remind some of the men of Sweet Fern, 

 dried, and used as tobacco. 



