Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-20
TEACHERS AND WORKERS
FOR CANNING CLUB GIRLS
Leaders in Great Work Assembled
for Instruction, and They
Got a Lot Of Ii.
AGED REPORT is INTERESTING
Canning Club Girls Who Train Under
Miss Agnew and Her Associates
Finding Out Many Things That
Are Worth knowing.
ny ONE OF THE GIRLS.


| l know The Richmond Times Dis
! patch which always gives us all the
! space we deserve, and a little more
perhaps, has long since told in n brief
! newsH way OF the great meeting and
| the great work of tho home dcmonstra-
ton agents which meeting was held
at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
| away yonder last month, but will not
'he industrial section. which is read
| pF all OF the canning club girls, and
/ everybody else as for that matter. AL
low me space, even at this late date.
TO go more into the details of that
| wonderful meeting. and all for tho
| benefit of the canning club girls who
| couid not he there and the people OF
| virginia generally. who really need to
| Know little more about this work
| than they do know? take il for
! granted that have favorable rep,v
! ana SO VIII begin right at the be-
=. 'n ~ Inc meeting was held at the
v r. !. and took up every minute of
| SIN or the lovely days Of May Here
is list Of the good people and hard
workers who were there at the open-
| ing.
Miss Ella C. Asnew, State agent;
! d. Hughes. Office secretary. and the
! Following workers: Miss Maize Nc
! farland. Albemarle County; Mrs Mag
sie King. Allegheny County; Miss Jul
nett Gish, Bedford County; Mrs. Lora
Sunson. Clark County; Miss OWE
! Phillips. Campbell County: Miss sue
| Cleaton. Charles City County: Mrs. w,
| - Jayne. Chesterfield County: Miss
! LESSEE Hudson, Gulpeper County: Miss
L iucie Cleaton, Dinwiddie County; Miss
Mary Dudley, Goochland County; Miss
r. NJ Manning. Greensville County;
| Mrs Oliver c. Coleman. Halifax County:
| MISS Sylvia Slocum. Henrico County;
Miss Bessie Hodsden, Isle of Wight
County; Miss Francis Micou. James
! City County; Miss Sue Clcaton. New
Kent County; Miss Emily Johnson,
trincc William County; Miss Mary
St Clair, Tazewell County: Miss Annie
Sale. Warwick and York Counties.
1t was the first time these agents
have met since the home demonstra-
| ton work canning club work) was
put under the Virginia Polytechnic
institute. Blacksburg, Va. by Legisla-
! ture, July l, 1914
| ALI. KINDS OF
TAKERS on HAND,
j. d. Eggleston, president OF V. T. l.
ana director of the demonstration
work In the State: DR.. Theodore r.
Campbell. dean of the college and DR. !
II. l.. Price. dean OF agriculture. were
all most cordial in their welcome and
glad to give all help possible.
Among the lecturers and their sub
Jects were these: o. B. Martin, United
States Department OF Agriculture.
( Canning Club Work AS a Call to Ser
vice: Professor T. B. Hutchinson, OF
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
soils: j. w. Kinghorne, state agent !
for poultry, Poultry" Miss Mary
Cressweil. United States Department OF
tptt tltrn IL,
Howard s. Reed. Virginia Polytechnic |
institute. Diseases OF the Tomato;
Miss ola Powell United States Depart
nent Of Agriculture. Packing in
Glass; pr. II. l.. Price. Virginia Poly |
technic Institute, Home Fruit Car
den; f. c. Breazeal. representing the
State Dairy and Food Commissioner,
| State Pure Food Laws and How to
Meet Requirements; DR.. NJ. "
StrauEhn United States Department OF
Caroline Hunt. United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture, Planning
Menu" T. o. Sandy. State agent farm
, demonstration work. "Co-Operation";
Mrs. Jane s. McKimmon, state agent
! home demonstration work, North Caro-
lima, "Standardizing Products; J. d.
EEelcston, president Virginia Poly !
! tcchnic Institute. Thoughts for Future |
! Development In Virginia: Miss Rhea |
g. Scott. district agent. Value of Pub
! nc ana HOW TO COnQuCt
| Them: Miss Ella G.. Agnew State |
agent. Gathering Up the Fragments"
Every side of the work was discussed
and suggestions and help given to |
workers. Miss Cresswell gave splendid
suggestions for home demonstrations
along line Of la saving devices, such
as hreless cooker, iceless refrigerator,
| different ironing boards. irons, scheme
| for water works at lowest possible
! price, cleaners, busters. etc.
| Miss Powell. OF Washington. gave
! fine suggestions and instructions In
canning. and Dr. straushn paid special
attention to jelly making.
Miss Caroline Hunt, of Washington.
spoke twice on the subject Of MAX
| Ing Menu" The Home Economic
! Association" said Miss Hunt, ARE try
| ing 10 teach women the cost OF things
! In the way Of time, money and strength
! How can woman know what sh6
| wants In food unless she knows what
| the family ought to have, which she
can eliminate and which she must use
Learn to group your foods. get a better
balanced ration and not multiply a
| number Of foods that provide the same
amount Of nutriment."
| Among other interesting things dis
| cussed were THE Value OF Organiza-
ton by Miss Sue Cleaton.
Miss Mcfarland furnished valuable
suggestions as TO programs for club
I meetings.
! Miss II. c. Scott spoke on the value
! OF public demonstrations.
The Workers and what They Reported.
| Perhaps the most interesting parts
Of the whole program were the reports
| Of the workers themselves. a sum
mary Of their reports shows:
| Girls in canning and poultry clubs.
! $50; o-operators 1870; home demon
I strators. loo; girls owning canning out
! fits tboughD, 40; girls owning canning
/ outfits (home- madel, 3.
/ More girls have come in since these
reports were given. TO give an idea
! Of work done IL may he we'll to quote
! extracts from the reports as follows:
Miss Matte Mcfarland. Of Alhemarle
! County, says: Public demonstrations
| viii he given at the University Summer
| School Three clubs will buy Gamers.
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