HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRI 



COUNTY CLUB NA/ORK 



GET YQUR DAD TO READ THIS 1920 HOME ECONOMICS CLUB 



Then ask him to take you to the Farm 

 Bureau Community iVleetings 



We talk much about the development 

 of "Community Spirit." We seek ways 

 and means of developing this spirit. One 

 of the best ways to arouse good com- 

 munity spirit is to make a community 

 prosperous. To make a community 

 prosperous you must make the home pros- 

 perous and a home will be prosperous 

 when every member in it is happy. 

 Large sums of money are not needed for 

 happiness. 



To attempt to develop this spirit in n 

 community and neglect the boys and girls 

 is short-sighted and fool-hardy. Adults 

 have all too few years of active life to 

 center on themselves, and forget the next 

 generation, Although money is an es- 

 sential, nevertheless the sooner this old 

 world gets over thinking that money is 

 the only thing worth striving for, and 

 gets over giving all its energy to train- 

 ing the youths of the land so that they 

 have but one object in view and that is 

 the dollar; the sooner will we I'eturn to 

 a normal and contented state of mind. 



We haven't heard much since 1914 of 

 the "splendid system of vocational educa- 

 tion of Germanij." Those who were in 

 educational work previous to that time 

 heard little else and much vocational 

 education in our country today was or- 

 ganized to pattern after it. 



Now we are beginning to hear of the 

 French system of Education. Isn't 

 there by any possibility of an American 

 education which can be developed; a sys- 

 tem big and broad and deep. Can't we 

 get up something that will fit our smaller 

 communities, make life in them have an 

 appeal which will reach our young people. 



If Farm Bureau work has come to stay, 

 it must stay with the home as a center. 

 Some day we will believe that the biggest 

 job we have is to train our own children 

 to think for themselves; to i-eason for 

 themselves; to believe that n-ork is the 

 greatest thing in the world. Meantime 

 we will jog along full of the troubles we 

 are surrounded with today. 



What we fail to realize is that young 

 people carry responsibility just as well 

 if not better than do we adults. Let 

 them have a fair share of responsibility. 



The home organization was one of the 

 first established by the human race. 

 When it disappears so will civilization. 

 Club work seeks to help young people 

 learn that lesson of carryng responsi- 

 bility commensurate with their years. It 

 gives parents a chance to make home a 

 place worth while. It is so conducted 

 that it can be made to fit into every com- 

 munity in the .state. 



Make Your Plans Now 



A great many boys and girls have al- 

 ready signified their intention of joining 

 the Home Economics Club this winter. 

 Five women have volunteered to act as 

 leaders in as many communities. Why 

 not have a club in your town and enjoy 

 a profitable winter? 



The club runs 4 months instead of 3. 

 Dates January 1-May 1. Members who 

 have completed first year work and won 

 the bronze pin have the chance to select 

 the second year and earn a silver pin as 

 in the canning club. 



Either bread or sewing must be se- 

 lected as the major, not both. No record 

 of time need be kept of these, but 50 

 hours of housework requires a record 

 sheet. The first year's work includes 

 two simple garments and five pairs of 

 stockings darned, or 15 bakings of bread 

 (2 loaves at a time). All take the house- 

 work. 



The second year's work has been se- 

 lected to require more skill but not more 

 time. This should make it interesting to 

 high school girls. It includes one gar- 

 ment more difficult than before, stocking 

 and dress darns, and patching. In 

 bread making, 14 bakings of two diff'erent 

 kinds of yeast bread and some quick 

 breads. 



Housework is cut down to 40 hours. 

 In addition, the helping in cooking and 

 serving of 12 meals aids to teach good 

 housekeeping and comes with both majors 

 as does the housework. 



WATCH JAMS AND JELLIES 



It has been found that jellies and 

 canned goods show evidences of mold 

 around the paraffin and the rubbers, due 

 to the damp weather of this sea.son. The 

 products showing mold should be used 

 at once and the others carefully watched. 

 One housewife reports that even though 

 her cellar is dry, mold is very abundant 

 and she has even had to cook over some 

 of her products. 



More Prizes Awarded 



.Junior Canning Club exhibits have 

 been judged in the following towns and 

 prizes awarded : 



LITHIA 



Minnie Barrus, first 

 Cordie Allen, second 



BONDSVILLE (FranklinSchool) 

 Cassie G. Sullivan, first 

 Mary Klaus, second 

 Helen C. Rys, third 



WORTHINGTON 



Winifred Mason, first 



Maude Giltrop, .second 



Muriel Clark, second 



Elizabeth Porter, third 

 The girls who have done second year 

 work show great improvement in quality 

 of products and packing. 



At the annual meeting of the Farm 

 Bureau on November 18, some of the 

 boys and giiJs are planning to tell thd 

 grown-ups how they carry on club work. 



A boy in Ware who hadn't been 

 reached by the County Leader so as to 

 enlist in the Garden Club, decided he 

 would go ahead on his own account and 

 do his best. He finished his job and kept 

 accurate account of all vegetables sold. 

 Besides supplying the home, he sold over 

 .$10.00 worth and had a good time doing 

 it. This is the kind of spirit we like t& 

 find. 



Stories from the members of the Calf 

 Clubs are just coming in and they are 

 certainly interesting. Everyone has had 

 a wonderful time, has gained a lot of ex- 

 perience, and most of them have a well 

 grown calf or yearling to show for their 

 efforts. More boys and girls should join 

 this club next year. 



Fathers and Mothers, let us take for 

 our first task to train our own children 

 to right action, right thinking, right 

 acting. Let us make them a part of our 

 community planning. Let us find a place 

 for them in all our plan of action. 



Give them some responsibility and 

 watch them grow. 



George S. Farley 

 State Boj/s and Girls 



Club Leader 



At the Worthington Community Meet- 

 ing, the Girls' Canning Club had a long 

 table filled with canned fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, showing what they had been doing 

 during the summer. While their dads 

 were growing crops, they were busy do- 

 ing their share. Everyone has a part tot 

 play. What is yours and are you making 

 the most of it? 



Through the kindness of the Florence 

 Manufacturing Company, five dozen tooth 

 brushes were sent to Miss Denis, School 

 Nurse, Easthampton, for the children 

 who had no brushes. A small fee was 

 paid by each child. Any school children 

 in the County have the same opportunity 

 to get brushes. Remember "A clean 

 tooth never decays!" 



