Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-22
NATION TO TEACH
HOUSEKEEPING
Government Plans to Teach Do
nestle Science to Women.
TO AID THE FARMERS WIVES

Department Of Agriculture Has the
Project Under Way, and Details Of
the Movement Are Already Decided
on-@Farmers' Institutes For Wo-
men" ls the Slogan.
Convinced that the countFywOman is
not getting the necessary training in
the way to manage a home and be-
cause OF the fact that instruction In
domestic science Is for the most part
confined TO students In towns and cities
the department of agriculture has TAX
en- up seriously the question of how to
train the women of the rural districts
to do their work and manage their
homes.
The individual brought Up in the
country may suspect that the farmers
wife knows more about running home
properly than her sister IN the city, but
the department OF agriculture doesn't
feel that way about IT, Ii finds great
need for instructing the farmers wives
and daughters In domestic science and
purposes to make a beginning through
farmers Institutes for women
Results Of Ignorance In Home.
According to report on the subject
by John Hamilton. farmers institute
specialist OF the department Of agricul-
ture, comparatively little is being done
In training women and girls who live
In the country IN domestic science or
the management Of the home. The
rural schools do little. and ether op-
pOrtunities are few. Ignorance In the
home of the proper way to manage It,
Mr.. Hamilton points out, means food
improperly prepared and sanitary con-
ditiOns neglected Moreover. the selec-
ton and cooking OF food and the keep
ing Of things clean are not all the items
In the duties Of the countrywoman.
Other problems exist. such as those
connected with the rearing and educa-
ton Of children, the clothing OF the
family and the social, intellectual and
aesthetic improvement OF the housewife
herself.
Radical Change In Methods.
According to the census Of 1900,
there were 3T.244,145 women and girls
In this country. About % per cent, or
over l3.O0O.O0O, lived III the rural dis
tricts Mr.. Hamilton says that to reach
this great multitude with even limited
educational facilities for the study of
domestic science and household art
will require. as Mr. Hamilton views IL,
a radical change In the methods here.
tofOre pursued. The Introduction Of
the study Of domestic science and
household art into the rural schools.
the high schools and The normal
schools is only part of the work that
will be required
Winter schools for adult women
will have to be organized = says Mfr
numbers will have 10 l,- SenI cut: suit
able Transportation schemes viii need
to be devised: expert advisers to visit
country women viii have to be EN-
ployed. and publications. adapted 10
the capacity aud needs OF rural house
wives will have to Be introduced into
their homes "
Institutes Foe Womsn.
Farmers Institutes heretofore have
been largely conducted for men II
women attended, they have had to con
slider the same subjects as the men. as
a rule. But now the movement for
distinct farmers Institutes for women
Is rapidly growing. and IL is considered
by the department the best agency at
present To Increase the country wom-
ans knowledge Of domestic science.
Last wear no meetings far country