HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



home: making 



MISS H£L£N A. HAKRIMAN, Demonstration Aeent 



County Conservation Meeting 



Keep the date of February 15 open so 

 that we can have a good representation 

 of women at our County Food Conference. 

 All the counties in the State are holding 

 such conferences to outline the plans in 

 conservation for the coming season. Do 

 you really know how important this 

 problem of food conservation is? Is your 

 community, as a whole, doing all it can? 



Mr. Walcott of Washington said .Janu- 

 ary 31st, at the Food Production and 

 Conservation Conference in Boston, 

 ^'This War is our Chief Business Until 

 it is Won." 



Library Extension Work at M. A. C. 



The Library of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College recently made a re- 

 port in which were shown its activities 

 in cooperation with libraries of the 

 Commonwealth for the benefit of those 

 interested in agriculture and related sub- 

 jects. During the year ending .June 30, 

 1917, .56 village libraries throughout the 

 state were loaned a total of 897 books 

 and 143 pamphlets, on such subjects as 

 fruit growing, poultry husbandry, farm 

 crops, home economics, rural sociology 

 and farm machinery. 



Village libraries desiring books, either 

 on special subjects or larger general col- 

 lections should .send a request for such 

 to the college library. The only expense 

 involved is that of transportation which 

 is borne by the library receiving the 

 tooks. Individuals who desire special 

 Ijooks for reference should make such re- 

 quest through their library rather than 

 to apply directly to the college library. 

 Massachusetts Ag^'imdtural College. 



Correspondence Course 



In order to reach more women in the 

 state, the extension service of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, through its 

 home economics staff, offers a correspond- 

 ence course of the lessons on food and 

 food values. This course is planned to 

 cover the different classes of foodstuffs, 

 their place in the diet, the possible food 

 exchanges, and the difficult problem of 

 planning adequate meals during the pres- 

 ent time of high prices. 



The text book is "Foods and Household 

 Management" by Kinne and Cooley. The 

 typewritten sheets will be sent out from 

 time to time either to individuals or to 

 groups which are organized for study. 

 To get the best results, it will be neces- 

 sary to study each lesson, carefully, and 

 answer all the questions thoughtfully. It 

 is hoped that these lessons will help in 

 the present campaign for food conserva- 

 tion. The price for such a course is 

 51.00, to cover postage, etc. 



Directors of Home-making Department 



The following women will serve as di- 

 rectors of the Home-making Department. 

 Seven of these comprise the Home 

 Economics Council, and meet with the 

 State and County Demonstration agents 

 the second Monday of each month. 

 Names in italics are members of the 

 Council. 



Mrs. F. C. Sears. Amherst. 



Mrs. A. Morse, Amherst. 



Mrs. Frank Bryant, Chesterfield. 



Mrs. A. H. Streeter, Cummington. 



Mrs. Walter Bliss, Enfield. 



Mrs. W. C. Tannatt, Easthampton. 



Mrs. Fred Rice, Goshen (Williamsburg, 

 R. F. D.) 



Mrs. C. W. Ball, Granby (South Had- 

 ley, R. F. D.) 



Mrs. Lilla Bishop, Greenwich. 



Mrs. W. H. Walker, Greenwich Village. 



Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley. 



Mrs. Thaddeus Grai'es. Hatfield. 



Mrs. W. A. Munson, Huntington. 



Mrs. Peter Boyer, Middlefield. 



Mrs. B. B. Hinckley, Northampton. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, Northampton. 



Mrs. J. W. Parsons, Northampton. 



Mrs. N. K. Lincoln, Plainfield. 



Miss Clara Hudson, Plainfield. 



Mrs. George Cadwell, Pelham (Am- 

 herst, R. F. D.) 



Mrs. Frank Allen, Prescott. 



Mrs. Edward Searle, Southampton. 



Mrs. A. S. Kinney, South Hadley. 



Mrs. A. W. Bailey, South Hadley. 



Mrs. F. S. Judd, South Hadley Falls. 



Mrs. William O'Brien, South Hadley 

 Falls. 



Miss Ruth Robinson, Ware. 



Mrs. Edgar Winslow, Ware. 



Mrs. S. F. Clark, Williamsburg. 



Miss Vera Chapman, Westhampton. 



Miss Alice Bartlett, Worthington. 



A medium-sized potato (6 ounces) sup- 

 plies about as much starch as two medium 

 sized slices of bread (about 2 ounces). 



Potatoes as a Part Substitute for Flour 



Potatoes are one of the best wheat 

 savers. Cold, left over potatoes may be 

 used, but they are not .so easily combined 

 with other ingredients. It is Well to re- 

 heat in a double boiler before combining 

 proportions, 1 part potatoes to 3 parts 

 flour. 



POTATO BISCUITS. 



1 medium sized potato, II c. flour, 35 t. 

 baking powder, 1 t. salt, 2 T. fat, h c. 

 milk, scant. Sift dry ingredients, add 

 potatoes, and rub in the fat. Mix to a 

 soft dough with milk, handling as little 

 as possible. Roll or pat into shape, cut, 

 place on a greased tin and bake in a hot 

 oven and serve at once. 



Concluded on page 7 



Food Surveys 



The Government Food Surveys which 

 have been placed throughout the County, 

 are beginning to come back to the Farm 

 Bureau. Out of the 22,000,000 families 

 of the entire country, only 44,000 were 

 asked to fill out these food surveys. 

 Hampshire County had 150. Many 

 women were glad to do patriotic service 

 in this way and help show the govern- 

 ment how much food we have as house- 

 holders, and what we can afford to send 

 to the troops and allies. 



If you still have 7jout survey unfilled, 

 and as the time limit has been put to 

 February 15th, will you not make it com- 

 plete at once and send it back to the 

 Home Demonstration Agent? 



A suggestive list of Demonstrations 

 and Talks available at the Farm Bureau : 



DEMONSTRATIONS 



Liberty Breads, without yeast or with 

 yeast. 



Meat Saving E)ishes. 



Attractive Supper Dishes. 



The Home Made Fireless Cooker. 



Alteration and Use of Commercial 

 Patterns. 



Recutting Stockings. 



TALKS. 



The Warm Dish in Schools. 



Labor-Saving Devices. 



Our Food Stuffs. 



Meal Planning in War time. 



How Women may Help win the War. 



The Home Demonstration Agent is 

 glad to be called to any town in the 

 County and her services are always free. 



Have you seen any of the following 

 Food Administration pamphlets? 



"Do you know Corn Meal?" 



"Do you know Oat .Meal?" 



"Choo.se your Food Wisely." 



"Start the Day Right." 



"Make a Little Meat go a Long Way." 



All are available through the chairman 

 of the Town Food Conservation Com- 

 mittee, or may be had at your Farm 

 Bureau. The first two have been printed 

 in Polish, Italian, French and other lan- 

 guages. Could your town use these? 



War Fuel Slogans 



Keep up with the war program — burn 

 tcood. 



Cut-a-cord and help win the war. 



Burn wood and save coal for war in- 

 dustries. 



Wood is war fuel — cut it and burn it. 



Now is the time to cut wood. 



The person who wastes food during 

 war time is helping the enemy. 



