Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-11-12
DEMONSTRATIONS In HOME
ECONOMICS FOR FARM WOMEN.

The county women agents who dur
ing the summer have been teaching
Southern girls to can their garden
products and tend poultry win con-
tinue during the winter to make other
practical demonstrations In home
economies for such farm women as de-
sure them, If the plans materializo
which the U. 8. Department of Agri-
culture hopes to carry out in co-opera-
ton with the State colleges. These
ladies will have the club members.
grow winter gardens. It is also pro-
posed to have capable county agents
make demonstrations in such lines as
the following: utilizing canned goods
in cooking, bread making, use of fire.
less cookers, preparation of vegetables
from winter gardens, homemade step
and ~labor-saving devices, and similar
subjects. Thus the Girls Club work
will be carried into the home, and
mothers as well as the girls in south
ern rural communities may become
acquainted with the most up-to-date
methods. of homework.
The various county women agents
who have finished canning instructions
will endeavor to enroll the women of
rural communities where the canning
has been undertaken, for a continu-
ance of practical demonstrations in
home economics. 1t will be the object
of the county woman agent not only
t0 impart the best she knows but to
learn good recipes and methods of
work from those who have excelled in
any particular line and pass them on
for general use in the community.
Meetings will be, arranged in schools
or private homes for the purpose OF
reporting on the progress of work and
for showing results. Social gather
ings will be features of the work as
they have been for the Girls Garden
and Canning Clubs: Bulletins are
row being prepared which will be fur
nished to workers to aid them in fol-
lowing the instructions of the county
agent. Under preparation Though
not yet for distribution) are the fol-
lowing:
Use of Vegetables from Winter
Gardens.
How to Make and Use Fireless
Cookers,
Preparation of Canning Club Pro-
ducts for the Table.
Some Homemade Step-saving De-
vices.
Practical demonstration work for,
the South has only been carried on
actively since 1910, when a few can
ming clubs were organized. Since then
the canning clubs have taken in more
than 10000 girls under the supervision
of nearly 400 women agents. The to-
tai value of the canned goods of these
young ome of the South was $780,
420 .05 in 1913. Special products of
Southern fruits and vegetables have
been developed to a considerable ex-
tent. Reports thus far received indi7
cate that the records of 1914 will far
surpass those of last year. A more
recent development, the poultry club,
has now 1880 members. a
These young girls have increased
materially the supply of wholesome
food as we'll as the income of the farm
home by their sales of products. They
are now to be taught the actual pre-
paration of wholesome food in a
wholesome and economical manner in
the kitchen.
There will also be home demonstra-
ton work in cooking meats grown by
the boys, many of whom have done so
we'll in raising corn and pigs, as many
homes supplied with choice home
cured meats prepared by the young.
club members, will testify.