The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-18

to Speak = Several Demonstrations in
Cake Making.
The Poultry club of the Home and
Industrial league held it's third meet
ing Monday, March Is. Miss Martin
and Principal Smith presided. Miss
Martin gave instructions on keeping
egg records and accounts. OF the Is
members present, Clyde Haskell had
the highest record, SO per cent. Others
having good records were Leighton
Moves, So; Kenmore Emerson, As L.;
Richard Smith, 10; and Frank ShGm
way, 43.
March Is, and several mothers We're
present. Mrs. SweetOn demonstrated,
and the girls assisted her in canning
tomatoes, spinach, and carrots. Each
member was given copy of Home
| Canning club instructions on How to
| Save Fruit and Vegetable Waste These
are the canning recipes tested by the
| United States dpartmnt of agriculture.
/ O. II. Benson, who has charge of
the Boys and Girls club work in the
North and West, will speak to all cluD
members and their parents either We'd
nesday, April 10, or Thursday, April
20. He will make two other visits III
this state, at Burlington and Lyndon.
The women who demonstrated plain
cake for the Main street division of
the Cooking club were Mrs. NJ. G..
Morrill,, Mrs. G. S. Hamilton, Mrs. H.
1 C. Rice, Mrs. Arthur p Simonds, Mrs
Clarence w. Reed, Mrs. Ernest W. Glib
son and Mrs. W. R. Daley. Mrs. Hol-
brook demonstrated plain cake at West
Brattleboro. The following persons
demonstrated this morning the
making of Southern corn cake to
groups of the Main street division:
Mrs. R. E. Coombs, Mrs. c. S. Hamil-
ton, Mrs. c. A. Baker, Mrs. Z. H.
Crane, Mrs. o. f. Benson, Mrs T. NJ.
Adds. Mrs. Henry Bond and Miss
Elizabeth Hildreth have demonstrated
cake making to the high school divi-
sion of the Cooking club. Miss Hill
dreth took that division for bread
demonstrations yesterday. Those who
n demonstrated plain cake to the Canal
street division were: Mrs. McKeon
Mrs Pier. Mrs Miller and Mrs Cham
berlain. Those who demonstrated
Southern corn cake this forenoon
at the Canal street division were Mrs
Hewitt, Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. Barker, Mrs
Massey.
There have not been as many calls
for help through the junior employment
bureau of the Farming club as Miss Ap
plin had hoped for, but she is confident
that more will come. Those persons
who have awaited themselves of this
means of obtaining help for light ser
vices have expressed the utmost salts
faction, which is very gratifying L
any wish to hire boy or girl to help
indoor or out, they may call BIN.
The Potato club will meet Monday
March 20, at 80 ?. m. Mr.. Sweetol
will speak.
Miss Winchester gives the following
instructions to members of her club, tn
Garden club: Those who are startin
tomato plants viii do well to kee
their boxes in quite warm place; 70
example, behind the stove, but do no
let the box get dry at the surface. Wa
ter frequently because it drvs fast i
warm place. Some people even plac
A a piece of flannel over the soil to pre-
/ vent evaporation when keeping tn
l boxes near the stove. Do not use eN
tremely cold water for watering ]
I seed caps come up with first leave
! that is because YOU did not plant quit
I deep enough or allowed surface to b,
come dried. Some times one may hay
/ to push off the seed cap if it persisr
in sticking to the first two leave
4 When you place your plants in vii
I dow, it will be well to remove them
warmer part of the room at night
I they look pale and yellow, they nee
more plant food. When there are fol
l leaves they are ready to transplant.