The Idaho Republican., 1915-09-24
MISS KELLEY's MESSAGE.
TO THE EXHIBITORS
How TO Get Good Of the Fair. Tips
for Farmers Wives and the Young
, Folks.

Miss Amy Kelley, who is connected
with the department of agricultural
extension in this state, and served as
one of the judges in the Womans
building last week asked us to con-
vey her hearty congratulations to the
women and youth of this county upon
the very creditable displays they
made and upon the good work they
are doing. The marked Improvement
this year over 1914 bespeaks the
spirit of progress and perseverance,
and the new opportunities unfolding
in every department and especially in
the work of the boys and girls clubs,
holds out magnificent promise for the
future. Every community that has
these clubs this year should have
local or neighborhood superintendent
for next year to lead them and to
advise with them in their work.
Every boys club should find some
man willing to read up and specialize
in wratever the club is undertaking,
and act with them, giving them at
least one meeting week at some
central point in the neighborhood at
some home in winter and some boys
|. field or patch in summer, to study
/, the work. Every girls club should
find some woman to lead them in the
same way in their work.
Miss Kelley finds more women dis
posed to aid the girls than there are
men willing to aid the boys, but the
fine building devoted to women's
work and education in the fair at
Blackfoot, is assurance to her that
men are willing to finance their work,
and from that she reasons that men
will be found to lead each of the
boys clubs. Marked improvement
in the culinary department as exhibit
ed this year shows that progress
!, made has been based upon study, The
bread, for, instance, scored higher this
year along the lines of merit as meas
ured by an accepted standard, and
the scores showed that the bread
makers are studying scientific meth
DDS. The exhibit of canned fruits
and jellies shows similar improve
ment approaching greater perfection
and less of those fatal mistakes that
spell failure due to wrong handling.
The preserves showed more care in
handling; less of bruises that were
so common year ago, and more of
perfect flavor. What is known as
preserving qualities" is lining up
so well that of 80 glasses of jelly
tested, only six scored below 80. That
could not be said year ago. Here
tofore much fruit was put up in
water, with doubtful results; that
condition is improving. The products
exhibited in these lines this year
show that there are individuals we'll
enough versed in these matters to
take the leadership and teach the
girls clubs so their efforts shall be
directed. She hopes these persons and
the girls will find each other in every
community, and she looks forward to
the 1916 exhibit with keen interest.
She wants the department of nourish-
ment in every home to improve If it
can be improved; she wants men to
be better fed when they go to their
work. She wants the children better
nourished, and she wants the kitch-
ems provided with more conveniences
| to work with.
One of the things suggested for
putting more delicious things on the
tables is sweet corn. She observes
that we raise it here, and the girls
clubs have shown that they can sue
cessfully can 1t. When girl can
can corn she can do lot of other
things, for canning sweet corn and
preserving the flavor is one of the diff
ficult tasks in canning. Only few
farmers appreciate the great saving
in the grocery bill, that comes Of
raising some sweet corn and using it
in season and canning it for the year.
SO much of it has been canned wrong,
not many people realize what they
are missing.
Miss Kelley wants to see more of
the children's work exhibited at the
fair. Once the children become in
terested a new world opens to them
and there will be better times ahead.
It will solve some of the hardest
problems the parents have to deal
with, both in town and country. The
great problem in the country is to
have suitable tract or patch where
the young folks can have conditions
right for their experimental work.
1t Is SO easy to neglect to provide
/, If for the boys and have the plowing
and other work done at the right
time. II II is something that needs