HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



home: making 



MISS HELEN A. HABRIMAJJ, Demonstration Aeent 



Greatest Opportunity Women Ever Had 



It was given to the women of this 

 country to perform the greatest service 

 in the winning war vouchsafed to any 

 women in the history of the wars of the 

 world — to feed the warriors and the war 

 sufferers. By the arts of peace, the 

 practice of simple, homely virtues the 

 womanhood of a whole nation served hu- 

 manity in its profoundest struggle for 

 peace and freedom. 



— From U. S. Food Administration. 



Spend Food Carefully ! 



By saving and sharing, America kept 

 the world together during the war crisis. 

 By saving and sharing America will help 

 bring the haling of Nations. 



America has been called upon to sup- 

 ply added millions of food stuffs. Last 

 year we sent 11,820,000 tons of food to 

 Europe. Now we have to send 20,000,- 

 000 tons, practically the limit of load- 

 ing capacity at our ports to help feed the 

 millions of people liberated from the 

 Prussian yoke who are depending upon 

 us for food to keep them from stai'va- 

 tion. 



Eighty millions of men cannot be 

 taken out of production for four years 

 without lasting losses of yield. It will 

 be years before their fields recuperate, 

 farms are restored and herds restocked. 

 Save Food. Economy is still needed. 



The End of a Hoover Day 



I have come to the end of a Hoover Day, 

 And peacefully lying in bed. 

 My thoughts revert in a musing way. 

 To the food which today I've been fed. 

 When I think of the cheese, the beans 



and fish. 

 And the oysters I've had to eat, 

 I've no regrets for the good old days — 

 I really don't miss the meat. 

 I have come to the end of a wheatless 



day; 

 I've eaten no cookies or pie; 

 I have had no bread that was made from 



wheat — 

 It was made out of corn and rye; 

 And I liked it so well that when war is 



past. 

 And a glorious victory won, 

 I'll keep on observing "Wheatless days," 

 And I'll eat corn pone for fun. 



— Oconto (Wis.) Enterprise. 



Clothing Schools Popular 



A second Clothing Efficiency School 

 was held under the direction of Mrs. 

 Reed this past month in Chesterfield and 

 Southampton. Both groups have formed 

 continuation clubs and will "carry on" 

 Mrs. Reed's work, welcoming new mem- 

 bers at any time. The members have 

 made their own patterns and learned 

 many efficient points in the making and 

 remodeling of garments. One woman 

 in Chesterfield made this statement: 



"This kind of teaching is exactly what 

 the farm woman has been needing and 

 waiting for." The groups are looking for- 

 ward to the third school which will prob- 

 ably be held next fall. 



The Home Economics Club in Hunt- 

 ington will take up a clothing program 

 for a number of weeks this winter. 

 Lectures and demonstrations will be giv- 

 en on cutting, alteration of patterns, fit- 

 ting, and garments will be actually reno- 

 vated and remodeled. Later on in the 

 year, it is hoped that an exhibit can be 

 made of work accomplished. 



Many people are finding the sheets on 

 Color, The Home-made Dress Form, and 

 Recutting of Stockings, very useful. 

 What can we do for your town? 



Home Demostration Work, 1918 



Do You Know 



that no less than 40 homemade Fire- 

 less Cookers are in us in this Coun- 

 ty, saving the housewife time, labor 

 and fuel? 



that several woinen have made wheel 

 trays and save thousands of steps 

 between the dining room and kitch- 

 en? 



that 1015 families in this County have 

 canned this year 41,816 jars of 

 fruit, 48,38.5 jars of vegetables and 

 20,102 of fruit products? (Belcher- 

 town, Westhampton, Easthampton, 

 Greenwich, Prescott, Hatfield, Pel- 

 ham and Ware did not report) 



that five kitchens have been absolute- 

 ly remodelled, saving the housewife 

 miles of travel during the year? 



that three towns are having wide- 

 awake meetings on clothing and are 

 learning short cuts and efficiency 

 methods in making and remodeling 

 paterns and garments? Women in 

 Chesterfield say, "Mrs. Reed's Cloth- 

 ing work is exactly what we women 

 have been needing and waiting for." 



that Prof. Novitski of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College and 

 two Polish workers reached about 

 600 Polish people with demonstra- 

 tions on canning and substitute 

 cookery? 



that a Southampton woman has a 

 homemade kitchen cabinet (table, 

 box of shelves, window shade) and 

 finds it excellent to save steps and 

 labor? "Better than a commercial 

 cabinet for me," she says. 

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Extension Schools 



Plans under way now for the Exten- 

 sion Schools to be held in the towns this 

 winter. The schools may be of four 

 days, two days or one day duration, and 

 the programs are interesting. The 

 Homemaking program includes these 

 lectures and demonstrations: 



Selection of food 



Kitchen arrangement 



Foundation of strength 



Home Conveniences 



Planning your meals 



Sanitation 



Hygiene 



Child Welfare 



Tried out Fats 



Milk 



Cereals and Fruits 



Use of Left-overs 



Bread 



Winter Vegetables 



Three meals per day 



The Home Demonstration Agent will 

 be glad to make plans to hold a school in 

 cooperation with the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College in any town. Re- 

 member there is greater need for food 

 saving and planning than ever. 



Use More Squash 



A recent survey by Marketing Agents 

 and members of the Food Administra- 

 tion brought out the fact that the squash 

 situation, at this time, is really serious 

 because the markets are glutted, due to 

 the fact, that hundreds of tons of squash, 

 for want of storage facilities, must be 

 moved immediately to prevent almost 

 total loss through freezing. Again, ad- 

 ditional hundreds of tons must be moved 

 because, strange as it may seem, a large 

 quantity of the best quality squash ever 

 produced in the state is not keeping well 

 and if it is to be saved, it must go into 

 consumption immediately. 



The farmers' price, which in 1916 was 

 $69 a ton, in 1917 $45 a ton, is today 

 from $20-$25 a ton. In other words, the 

 farmer is receiving from one cent to one 

 and one-half cents a pound and many 

 retailers are selling as low as two or 

 three cents a pound. 



To buy squash is not only good econo- 

 my, it is also sound patriotism in that 

 every effort on the part of the consum- 

 er, helps to relieve the tension on the 

 producer, who is thereby heartened and 

 encouraged for he realizes that even 

 though he barely gets the cost of produc- 

 tion, at least, the product is a real con- 

 tribution to the usable food supply of the 

 Nation. 



Use squash liberally, regularly, buy- 

 ing a whole squash at a time to reduce 

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