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Direct Sales to City Women 
1T> mu: t do it oil metre ft! But some* 
times we must have a little start in order 
to get going. Then when we do get under 
way it is always comforting to feel that 
when we get into a tight place there are 
those who will lend a helping hand. The 
man on the farm needs help to dispose 
of his products, and the farm woman no 
less. Few people can realize what it 
would mean to many a hard-working 
farmer's wife if she could have a little 
cash income all her own. Town women 
whose husbands have a regular cash in¬ 
come and who have at least a small share 
of it for their spending cannot realize 
what, it would mean to many a country 
woman if she could have some cash of 
her own. It is not likely that the woman 
herself would greatly benefit from such 
spending—for she would use most of it 
for others—but the joy of doing what she 
pleased with her own money would he a 
wonderful thiug for her. 
But how can such a woman obtain 
money? Naturally it must come in some 
way from her own labor. Some women 
have the egg and butter money, which 
helps somewhat. Others raise some little 
crop or enlarge the flock of poultry, but 
all cannot do that. Some are specially 
gifted at cooking or preserving or at 
making fancy or useful articles. The 
goods they produce are very superior and 
would find ready sale in the city if they 
could he advertised and properly offered. 
Of course a busy farm woman cannot 
afford to advertise and solicit city trade 
for such articles as she alone can make. 
Farm women are willing and eager to 
do it Ihemselvet up to the limit of their 
power, but in the matter of selling the 
goods others must come in and help. 
A number of well-known women have 
organized the Farm and Garden Associa¬ 
tion. It has various activities, such as 
encouraging gardening among women, 
helping women to secure positions and, 
best of all, to help in marketing the pro- 
duets of women's labor. The New Eng¬ 
land Branch, which covers the New Eng¬ 
land States, has opened a store or sales¬ 
room in Boston, where they offer goods 
made on the farm and shipped to them 
for sale. Their object is to interest a 
large number of well-to-do eiry women 
who are willing to buy these farm pro- 
ami con- 
It’s Economical to Operate, Too 
The simple air-cooled engine of the Westinghouse 
Light and Power Plant uses for fuel either kerosene, 
gasoline or natural gas with the utmost economy. 
Moreover there are no complicated parts about it 
likely to get out of order and require replacement. 
A few easy adjustments will care for nearly every¬ 
thing that can happen. It has been the experience 
of users that the cost of maintaining a Westinghouse 
Light and Pov/er Plant is practically limited to the 
cost of fuel. 
This is what Mr. J. R. Weaver of Irwin, Pa., who 
installed a Westinghouse Light and Power Plant 
on his farm March 3, 1921, has to say about it: 
“During December, the month of shortest days, 
I furnished light for my residence, ran a washing 
machine, electric iron, vacuum cleaner, and sewing 
machine, and lighted a 500 hen poultry house, on 
1H gallons of kerosene and 1 pint of lubricating oil 
per week. During the 18 months I have had the plant 
no repairs have been necessary and I have never been 
without light nor the use of the appliances mentioned.” 
Let us tell you how easy and economical it is for 
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ducts, thus bringing producer 
sumer close together. 
We believe this is a good movement—a 
step in the right direction—and the char¬ 
acter of the women who are engineering 
it insures confidence. We think it will 
pay our New England renders to investi¬ 
gate this. They may write Mrs. Emma 
I.. Crocker, t>75 Boylston Street. Boston, 
Mass. 
A Successful Farmers’ Club 
Since reading the account of the 
Farmers' Club in Niagara County I have 
had a great desire to let you know that 
another and older club existed in Chau¬ 
tauqua County. 1 am sending you a 
couple of our yearly programs and news¬ 
paper clippings of our last meeting, as 
well as plans for the Winter lecture 
course to let you know that we, too, tire 
up and doing. 
In our club the whole family is privi¬ 
leged to attend. In the Winter we go 
for our dinner, and the program follows; 
in Summer we have our. program first, 
about Ihreo o'clock, followed by supper. 
Each family is asked to furnish one arti¬ 
cle ol food and the hostess plans her own 
meal, serving whatever she wishes.' 
We became such a popular dub that 
membership had to bo limited to those 
directly engaged in farming, and the 
dues raised from $1 to $2 and an initia¬ 
tion fee of $5. We were becoming too 
large a society for the average home to 
accommodate, and we did not wish to 
do that, for fear we’d lose our socia¬ 
bility. BLANCHE B. M'ANDREW. 
B. N.-Y.—This is the Hanover Farm¬ 
ers’ Club, established in 1S77. It has 
been kept going since its beginning, and 
is still strong and popular. Nearly 45 
years of such a club means a great thing 
for any community. Each meeting has 
a good program, one talk being of in¬ 
terest to men, another to women. When 
this feature was started the men dis¬ 
cussed “corn” and the womeu “bread.” 
Farming Section, Westinghouse Electric 4 Manufacturing Co 
East Pittsburgh. Pa. 
Send me complete information about the West imf house Liifht 
and Power Plant. 
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The Child 
is a charming story of a child taken 
from the poorhouse and reared and 
loved in a lonely farm home. The 
story was written by the “Hope Farm 
Man. It is a book of 192 pages, in 
clear readable type, on book paper 
and handsomely bound in cloth. Simi¬ 
lar books sell now for from $1.00 
to $1.50 each. We have a stock on 
hand and wish to close them out. We 
will mail them, as long as they last, 
postpaid for 25 cents. The stock must 
be closed out, and we prefer to let 
any of our oeopie who would like to 
have Mr. Collingwood's story have 
them. Send order to 
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