HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



home: making 



MISS HELKN A. HAKRIMAN, Demonstiatioll Aeent 



Medicine Free 



If we could have the free services of a 

 physician all the year, we would not be 

 given anything better than we already 

 have in the apple bin and the vegetable 

 cellar. The vei-y best of medicines put 

 up in the most attractive form to take, 

 are found in the shape of fruits and com- 

 mon garden produce. 



Every man who has a kitchen garden 

 has a medicine chest in his back yard. 

 In the onion, for example, he has a sul- 

 phur oil which gives the onion its repu- 

 tation as a remedy for insomnia. There 

 is solanin in the potato and spinach con- 

 tains iron. 



Cabbage is highly regarded as a pre- 

 ventative and corrective of scurvy and 

 scrofula. The composition of the tomato 

 is chemically so subtle that it is not yet 

 fully understood, although several active 

 principles have been isolated and names 

 have been given to them. So the man 

 who eats freely of vegetables is taking 

 medicine without paying for a prescrip- 

 tion. — The Ploivman. 



Suggestions for Dinners for Children 

 During the Second Year 



Give an egg .3 or 4 times a week dur- 

 ing first half of year. 



Give an egg 4 or 5 times a week during 

 last half of year. 



1. An egg, 1 slice bread or toast, 1 

 tablespoon spinach, 1 cup milk. 



2. An egg, 1 slice bread or toast, 1 

 tablespoon carrott, h cup junket, J cup 

 milk. 



3. An egg, I cup green pea soup, rice 

 and milk, h cup milk to drink. 



4. 2 cup string bean soup, 1 slice 

 bread, I cup custard, I cup milk to drink. 



5. 2 cup potato soup, bread, spinach, 

 2 cup junket, h cup milk to drink. 



6. 2 cup split pea soup, 1 tablespoon 

 carrots, oatmeal pudding and milk. 



7. Baked potato, bread, green peas 

 (strained), 1 cup milk. 



8. 2 cup beef broth with h tablespoon 

 cooked rice, barley or hominy and 1 

 tablespoon spinach, bread, 1-.3 cup bread 

 pudding. (No fruit) 



— From Dietetic Bureau, Boston. 



Questions to Thinl< About 



Do women of your town meet for a 

 study of home affairs such as the welfare 

 of children, health, food, clothing? 



Is the future home safe-guarded by 

 the teaching of home-making in the 

 schools or the -Junior Club woi'k? 



Does the housewife have the same 

 grade of labor saving devices in the home 

 that the farmer has in his work? 



Is the home planned so as to save labor 

 for the housewife 



Do we know what our schools are 

 actually doing? 



Are we spending all our money for de- 

 veloping the child's mind and neglecting 

 his body? 



Are we securing the highest grade of 

 efficiency in our schools by retaining our 

 best teachers? How may it be done? 



Do we have a parent-teacher associa- 

 tion? 



Do we have frequent public lectures 

 and entertainments? 



Is medical and dental inspection main- 

 tained in our schools? 



Do we personally follow up this work? 



Are our stores sanitary? 



Do we have a warm noon dish in our 

 schools? 



Is there need of home-making lectures 

 or demonstrations to stimulate interest? 



Have we asked to have a traveling li- 

 brary placed in our town for a period of 

 time? 



The Home Demonstration Agent at- 

 tended, December 16-20, the Annual Con- 

 ference of Extension workers in Am- 

 herst. General state programs of work 

 in Agricultui'e, Homemaking and Junior 

 Club work were formulated. 



Due to the illness of Miss Howard, 

 Franklin County, the home demonstra- 

 tion agent conducted a one-day school in 

 Shutesbury, including Meal Planning 

 and Selection of Foods, and a demonstra- 

 tion on Meat Saving dishes. 



Program Middlefield Extension School 



woman's section 

 Friday 



9.30 A. M. The Challenge. 

 10.30 Selecting Your Food and 



Planning Meals. 



1.00 P. M. Demonstration — Possibilities 

 in Remodelling Clothing. 



3.00 Kitchen Arrangement (Il- 



lustrated Lecture). 



Saturday 

 9.30 A. M. Demonstration — Three Meals 

 (Sponge Cake) 



11.00 Foundation of Strength 



(Child Feeding). 

 1.00 P. M. Home Conveniences. 

 2.30 Round Table: "What I have 



done, and what I can do." 

 Joint Session. 



Mrs. Reed came to the County again 

 December 20, and met the women of the 

 Southampton Clothing Efficiency club. 

 Fourteen women were fitted to the right 

 kind of corset and learned the correct 

 way of wearing. This sort of work is a 

 step toward improving the health of 

 women. 



Three Towns Plan 1919 Homemaking 

 Program 



Evening meetings were held in Decem- 

 ber in three towns. The reorganization 

 of the Farm Bureau was explained and 

 plans for work in Agriculture, Home- 

 making and Club work for the town dur- 

 ing 1919 were di.scussed. 



In Chesterfield, Mrs. Homer Bisbee 

 was elected town leader in Home-making, 

 Mrs. F. H. Bryant and Mrs. Frank 

 Damon leaders of the Clothing project, 

 Mrs. H. L. Merritt leader of the Home 

 Management project and Mrs. A. B. 

 Smith leader of warm noon dish in 

 schools. An Extension School was sched- 

 uled for January. 



In Middlefield, Mrs. Ovid Eames was 

 elected town leader in Home-making and 

 Mrs. A. G. Hatch, leader of the Home 

 Management project. An Extension 

 School in food, clothing and household 

 management was scheduled for January. 

 In the spring, a clothing program will be 

 taken up with the women and girls. 



In Prescott, Mrs. Fannie Mitchell was 

 elected town leader in Home-making. 

 The cooperation of Miss Litchfield, a 

 teacher, was secured to encourage the 

 warm noon dish in the schools. The 

 women have asked that a clothing pro- 

 gram be carried out in the spring. 



The State College and the Farm Bu- 

 reaus throughout the state, feel that this 

 is a better organization than last year, 

 in that a certain person is interested in 

 and responsible for a definite piece of 

 woi'k in Homemaking. The Farm Bu- 

 reau will give their heartiest cooperation 

 toward carrying out these town pro- 

 grams. 



Buying Daily Food for the Family 



RULES TO FOLLOW WHEN WAR PRICES 

 PREVAIL 



Milk 



1. Set aside enough money to buy 1 

 quart of milk a day for each child and 

 one-third quart of milk daily for each 

 grown person. 



Cheese will do for grown people in 

 place of milk — scant 2 ounces of cheese 

 for one-third quart. 



Skim milk has nourishment for grown 

 people ; not so good fare for children ; 

 half the child's daily quart may be skim 

 milk if necessary. 



If anyone has to go without milk, it 

 must not be the children. 



Fat 



2. Buy 2 to 3 ounces of some fat for 

 each grown person. 



Children who are getting a quart of 

 milk daily do not need as much other fat. 



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