HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



home: making 



EXTENSION SCHOOLS PLANNED 



Interested Commnnities should Arrange 

 Dates Harly 



The Bureau is making preparations 

 for a series of extension schools in ag- 

 liculture, horticulture and home econom- 

 ics and other meetings to be held dur- 

 ing- the winter months. It is extreme- 

 ly desirable that the schedule be com- 

 pleted at as early a date as possible in 

 order that the various members of the 

 Bureau staff and the extension special- 

 ists from the college may use their time 

 to the best possible advantage. Individ- 

 uals and organizations who wish to have 

 meetings or extension schools held in 

 their communities during- the fall or 

 vdnter are urged to take the matter up 

 with the Bureau without delay. 



HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT GROUP 



HOLDS MEETING 



Miss Gilford of the Mass. Agricultural 

 College met the Account group in East- 

 hampton and discussed with them 

 methods and values of account keeping. 

 The meeting- was small due to the lack 

 of understanding as to date and place. 

 On November 17, at McConnell's Market 

 in Easthampton there will be a meat 

 cutting demonstraton and the uses and 

 cooking of cuts of meat will be discussed. 

 The meeting is open to any who are in- 

 tei-ested. Those are especially urged to 

 come who are keeping or planning to 

 keep the Mass. Agricultural College 

 Household Account book. 



THANKSGIVING 



"The year rolls round its circle, 



The seasons come and go. 

 The harvest days are ended, 



And chilly north winds blow. 

 Orchards have lent their treasures, 



And fields their yellow grain. 

 So open wide the doorway. 



Thanksgiving comes again." 



Keep our Annual Meeting date in 

 mind — 10.30 A. M. Tuesday, November 

 18. Plan to be present and get an in- 

 spiration to take back to your town. 



The first Farm Bureau organization 

 meeting of the season was held in Worth- 

 ington, October 28, at an open meeting of 

 the Grange. It was interesting to note 

 that the homemakng program which the 

 women laid out last year was well 

 covered; namely. Clothing Efficiency, 

 Meat Canning, Home Conveniences 

 (firesless cookers and wheel trays and 

 remanagement of kitchens). This year 

 the women plan to continue with Clothing 

 Efficiency work and take up some pro- 

 ject in the Grange. 



Requests for Clothing- Efficiency groups 

 have come from Turkey Hill (Belcher- 

 town), North Hatfield, North Hadley, 

 Amherst, Florence, Hatfield and South 

 Hadley Falls. It will be impossible for j 

 Mrs. Reed or the Home Demonstration I 

 Agent to meet these groups for work un- 

 til after January 1, 1920. 



The County Missionary, Mr. Wight- 

 man, took the Home Demonstration Agent j 

 to West Farms, October 30, to call on 

 several of the families. 



DO YOU— 



U.se a high stool in your kitchen? 

 "You can use it for a great part of 

 your work, and if it is the right 

 height for your working surfaces you 

 will find you can work as quickly and 

 more comfortably." 



"Use a hose to carry your wash 

 water. If you have a pump use a fun- 

 nel and fasten on the hose with a 

 wire. Try to plan some way to con- 

 nect your wash tubs with the drain to 

 avoid all the back-breaking work of 

 emptying the tubs. If you have a low 

 sink on which to place the tubs and 

 an outlet with a stopper in bottom of 

 tub it is easy. 



"Have you the working surfaces 

 the right height for you? If tables 

 or cabinets are too high it is easy to 

 cut the legs off to the right length. 

 If too low, raise, adding blocks of wood 

 fastened by metal strips or place legs 

 in blocks of wood with a socket in which 

 the table leg sets securely. 



"Realize how many steps you save by 

 the use of a wheeled sewing tray or a 

 small table or stand on castors or wheels 

 to carry things from the kitchen to the 

 dining room? 



"Use a spatula or palette knife when 

 cooking? It will remove all the mixture 

 from the bowl with little work. 



"Use a— 



"Wooden spoon for cake and pre- 

 serving, 



"Double boiler, 



"Large size egg beater turbine or a 

 well made large dover, 



"Measuring cup. 



"If you have not the following are you 

 planning to have them as soon as pos- 

 sible? 



"Running water with a sink, 



"A washing machine, 



"A bread mixer, 



"A fireless cooker, 



"A vacuum cleaner, 



"A screened porch." 



CORRESPONDENCE COURSES 



IN HOME MAKING 



Do you want to study Home Economics? 

 The Mass. Agricultural College is ready 

 to enroll women and girls who wish to 

 take correspondence courses. Poultry, 

 Fruit Growing, Beekeeping, Gardening 

 and many other subjects are offered be- 

 side Home Economics. They are a 

 series of lectures written by members of 

 the College faculty who are specialists in 

 the particular subjects about which they 

 write and are prepared with one aim in 

 view — home and group study. 



The registration fee is $2.00 for each 

 course or part thereof to residents of 

 Massachusetts and $5.00 to residents of 

 other States. 



The study course term is fiom October 

 1 to .June 1 and the courses are so ar- 

 ranged that they may be completed with- 

 in those dates if the student gives a 

 reasonable amount of time to them. Upon 

 application a student is sent an enroll- 

 ment card which she returns properly 

 filled out together with enrollment fee. 

 The first two lessons are then sent. She 

 studies the first lesson and returns the 

 answer sheet to the College where it is 

 corrected while she studies the second les- 

 son. 



Very often five or more students who 

 are working on the same course or 

 courses form a class and carry the work 

 on together, meeting at regular times. 

 The College will send a collection of books 

 for supplementary study and also send to 

 the class two or three times during the 

 term some member of the college 

 faculty who is in a position to discuss 

 the problems confronting the class. 



The subjects covered in the Home 

 Economics course are Food stuffs, Food 

 Composition and Digestive Processes, 

 Fruits, Vegetables, Cereals, Milk, Meats, 

 Eggs, Salads, Desserts, Menus and 

 Diets for adults and children. Table 

 Setting and Serving. The course con- 

 sists of 10 lessons. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College 

 Extension Library 



The following is a list of books on 

 Homemaking in the Mass. Agricultural 

 College Extension Library which your 

 library may borrow for two months by 

 paying transportation charges. If you 

 want them, send word to the Home 

 Demonstration Agent. 

 Bruere, R. W. Increasing home efficiency. 

 Child, G. B. The efficient kitchen. 

 Farmer, F. M. Food and cookery for the 



sick. 

 Fisher and Fisk. How to live. 

 Frederick, C. Household engineering. 

 Frederick, C. The new housekeeping. 

 Richards, E. H. The art of right living. 



