HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE: COUN"rY CLUB WORK 



IF DAD DON'T LET ME JOIN A CLUB 



I'LL GO OFF AND BE A CITY DUB! 



(By VV. E. Vaplon, State Club Leader, Colorado) 



A man came to our school today and told us all about the way some other boys 

 and girls had joined the Club and how these kids had coined more money than a 

 load of hay. He said that one boy name of Jones had made almost a hundred 

 bone a-raising corn to sell for seed, he said that we'd be wise to heed and join a 

 club and not be drones. He told about another boy who raised some spuds and 

 got more joy than ever'n his life before, he said it wasn't such a chore, the hoe 

 was only just a toy. A girl had canned of ga? den stuff so much that there would 

 be enough to feed tne family through 'til spring; he said 'twas fine to hear her 

 sing although the work had sure been tough. Two hundred dollars one boy m.ade, 

 a-selling pigs, he found it paid and at the fair he won the prize from boys that 

 were most twice his size, he's glad that on the job he stayed. All this is what I 

 told my dad and now I'm feeling mighty sad, for he said it's all foolishness, that 

 I just show my muleishness that Clubs are nothing but a fad. He said that when 

 he was a lad, there were no clubs and he was glad to work for just his clothes and 

 hash the only thing worth while was cash, the modern notions made him mad. 

 And so I can't raise spuds nor corn, I'll have to work from early morn 'til late at 

 night and never owti a calf or pig for just my own. I'll mijs the monthly meet- 

 ings too, I can't do things as others do; I can't go to the fair or win a prize nor 

 have a four-leaf pin ; it seems that some have all the fun and have a chance to earn 

 some mun, while some just have to work and sweat and nothing but abuses get. 

 But just you wait 'til I am grown and dad'll wish that he had known enough to 

 let me join a club because I'll be a city dub! 



THE JOYS OF CLUB WORK 



Southampton Qirl Tells Her Experiences 



The lirst time that Mr. Gould came 

 down he asked the girls if they would 

 please all go to one side of the room. He 

 also asked us if we would like to start 

 a young girls' sewing club. The first 

 thing of course, was to find out what 

 the club would be like. Next, he gave 

 us all a sheet of paper that told about 

 the club and what we were to do. We 

 talked it over among ourselves for about 

 a week, until Mr. Gould came down again. 

 There were only two girls that were go- 

 ing to join. After talking it over an- 

 other week, there were seven that were 

 willing to enroll. Our leader was all 

 chosen. 



At our first meeting we chose our offi- 

 cers and planned out our work for the 

 three months, between January fifteenth 

 and April fifteenth. 



In the work that I chose, I had twenty 

 hours of sewing, darning, and patching, 

 ten hours of cooking, thirty hours of 

 household tasks. 



The first thing I made was an apron 

 all by hand. I succeeded very well until 

 I came to make the buttonholes, which, 

 when I had them finished looked like ) 

 pigs' eyes, as they were the first I ever 

 made. 



The next week I began a dress for my 

 sister. I had to take out in several places, 

 but finally, I had it to fit her. The but- 

 ton holes on the dress looked a little more 

 like button holes — the last one more so. 



Every week I did at least one patch 

 and a darn. When Miss Klopfenstein 



I showed us how to put on a patch, I 

 thought I could never take such small 

 stitches. Soon, I was able, with care, to 

 make one to somewhat resemble Miss 

 Klopfenstein's. That was my aim. It 

 was fun trying. 



My cooking I did all on Saturdays. I 

 had very good luck with all of my cookies 

 I made. One Saturday, everything 

 seemed to go wrong. I made six cup- 

 cakes and one layer cake. Both ran all 

 over the oven and what was left in the 

 tin fell. Just before I sat down to din- 

 ner, I stirred up another loaf of cake 

 This did not run out. The first time I 

 looked in the oven ; it was nice and light. 

 The next time I looked in it had taken 

 a great fall. I certainly was disgusted 

 with baking. I learned that the oven was 

 not hot enough. However, the dog en- 

 joyed the first cake while we, at the other 

 loaf and the cupcakes. The rest of the 

 time I had very good luck with everything 

 I made. 



In household tasks, we each had a list 

 to choose from. I made beds, filled 

 woodbox, did dishes, swept and d'asted, 

 ironed, and prepared meals. The iron- 

 ing I did all in my spring vacation. When 

 I started sweeping. Mama told me that 

 I made too much dust. She also told me 

 whenever I swept, I would have to dust. 



I certainly have enjoyed all of my 

 club work. It has been very interesting 

 and I have learned many new things, 

 besides helping out mother and father. 



MORE WORK PLANNED WITH 



DEMONSTRATION TEAMS 



state and Inter State Competition 



County .demonstration teams in corn, 



I canning, poultry, onion and pig club work 



will probably be developed this season. 



County teams from different parts of the 



state will compete at the New England 



Fair, Worcester, next September, for tha 



state championship. The winner at this 



fair will represent Massachusetts at the 



Eastern States Exposition, September 



12-20 in the inter-state competition. 



I Hampshire County can play a part U 



this demonstration contest, and with thi 



j support of local leaders, profitable ro 



suits may be looked for. 



CANNED GREENS NO 



LONGER REQUIRED 



Canning Club Rules have Been Revised 



i The State and County Club Leaders 

 have finally agreed that canned greens 

 are not necessary for canning club ex- 



! hibits. Greens may still be canned where- 

 ever practical, but their place in the ex- 

 hibit will be taken by another vegetable, 

 hereafter. 



Another change makes the minimum 

 canning requirement for a member 2J 

 jars instead of 24 quarts. Any type oi 

 jar may be used. Also no jars are ta 

 be opened when judging this season, and 

 a revision of the score card is being made 

 to that effect. Canning club enrollment 

 must be in by July 1st. The club work 

 continues until October 15. 



PIG CLUB FILMS PROVE POPULAR 



Local Leaders Instrumental in 

 Arranging Good Meetings 



Motion picture film of the Pig Club, 

 shown by State Pig Club Agent Rice, 

 created much interest in club work. 

 Every community where meetings were 

 arranged came out with a big attendance. 

 There is no doubt but what the pictures 

 were a big help, not only to pig club mem- 

 bers, but to the old people too. They filled 

 a big need in the county. 



The Goshen Home Economics Club fur- 

 nished a supper given up by the members 

 at its exhibit recently. Each member 

 prepared .some article of food. 



Evelyn Vijfn Pease, 



Soiilhiiinijtirii, Mass. 



The Woithington Home Economies 

 Club gave a very good demonstration of 

 a club meeting in connection with tha 

 exhibit. This was one of the hardest 

 working little clubs in the county and de- 

 serves special credit for its careful work. 



