The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-12
THE FARMERS ALSO
GETTING IN THE SWIM
New Ideas and Reforms That Are Being Pushed BY
The Farmers Institutes as Educators
r. b. PARKER.
Il. Il. PARK EK.
director " N4th Ger china Farmers Institutes.

these they thought would be most
helpful 10 their people. In that way We
arrived at a pretty accurate estimate
as to Just What they wanted discussed.
Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin, Dean Of
Domestic Science. of the University
Of Oregon, took charge OF the class
of lecturers during this Normal In
stitute. Lecturers on different sub
jectS pertaining to household affairs.
hygiene. health. the education of the
children and other topics were de-
livered. There were also demOnStra-
tiorS i'm breadmaking and other things
pertaining to cookery which helped
to make the conference very inter
esting and helpful to those who were
TO go out as lecturers. This Normal
or Training school feature has been
a feature with US for the past three
years. and has proven TO ne a most
excellent method Of e~QulpplnS our
lecturers for their work.
Prizes That Are offered.
A the institutes were offered prizes
for school lunches put up and exhi-
bited by a women over eighteen years
of age. living on the farm. Also a
prize for the best loaf of bread baked
and exhibited by a girl living on t-e
farm. under eighteen years Of age.
We offer these particular premiums
because we think the school lunch IS
deserving Of more consideration than
is often given it. Many parents seem
to hin that anything that will fill
up is all right for a school lunch.
They seem to forget that the success
or failure of a child at school may be
due to the lunches prepared for him.
Lunches should be appetizinS, nour-
ishing and easily digested. A normal
child Of schoOl age requires consid-
cradle food to meet the demands Of
up-keep and growth. The lunch
should be composed of things that will
5 satisfy the hunger of the child and
at the same time be SO easily digested
as to permit the child to study in the
t afternoon rather than to be put to
t sleep from the effects of the lunch.
r Childhood IS an impresSionab bic
. age, and great care should he exer-
! s ss1n as 10 the i%Shnences on the mind d.
{ given to school lunches it is
: more than likely care will be given
[ to the other meals and to surround
e ings and Influences that may affect
5 the child through life. At the wo-
e mems institutes We eudeavor to en-
: large on these things and bring out
n their Importance. We realize that
better. healthier and stronger chill
dren will develop into better and
" stronger men and women upon whose
shoulders within the next few wears
!" Will fall the responsibilities Of man
II aging our farms and other indus
tries. If We can prepare them for
these responsible positions Sc
that North Carolina shall not lag ir
{ the face for supremacy, we think thu
III time and money invested in farmers
and women's Institutes will have beer
we'll spent.
Beyond h Bread Question.
If The prize to the girl for bakin{
m the best loaf of bread is intended t.
N be far reaching IN it's results. Moth
o. ing adds more TO a meal than goot
"A wholesome hread.\ We have been Of
fering premiums for bread for tn,
e. past three OF four years. The result
obtained have certainly justified tn
n efforts. In many homes where brea'
m was formerly made on the hit or mis-
e. plan, with corresponding results. poo
nd bread is now unknown. The womel
a have studied bread making and knoy
Ia If certain methods are strictly fol
RI lowed the results will not be disap
0s pointing. This is what we call prac
re teal education. The kind tina help
to prepare a girl for her mission i
or life.
Nv BY linking the two Institutes to
no gether. one for the men. to discus
no farm crops. machinery. live stock. &C
nv operation and general Improvement
as on the farm and in the communit,
70 the other for women. at which is dis
he 1uSSeu tHe more NclSnlleT pTopfeIl
"a those Of the homemaker. such as tn
q proper feeding and clothing of tf
A. family; the health. care and educ
ton of the children and the innume1
IL able things that only the wife an
ed ~ hho"s aoout' mus ~eeoS1lHi
On. " IN Il, Wy ~
cot factors the women in the homes an
70 the men on the farms, and securir
ha the complete cooperation of the tw
in we may expect to lay the foundatio
nd ioi d iuia, eiu~en9hip 'ha WIN u
for y ,oi'h ioi,ha q e'aHuiis Setoi
to -
nd ..>-,.- $3.50
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