The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-14
Reports From
Home DemOnStra-
ton Agents

lHe LollUWlHS oACoTptS are TAKEN
from late reports submitted by Home
Demonstration Agents, United States
Department of Agriculture.
Miss Lucy Cushman, of Miami,
says:-"The Miami people are awak-
ing to the need Of food conservation
more now than ever before. | have
many calls on all lines. I believe the
demonstrations at the church socie-
ties are accomplishing a great deal.
Our committee went before the city
council and got PERMISSION to use
one of the streets, so that producers
Of vegetables may sell from their
CARTS"
This is the beginning of a curb
market in Miami, which promises to
be a great success
The following from the reporth of
Miss Isabel Story Home Demonstra.
ton Agent for Hillsboro County, will
commend itself to those interested in
the conservation of fuel:-"On Fri
day, I gave demonstration on the
use of the pressure cooker at the
house-keepers school held in Plant
City by fitting my ten quart size
Gamer with suitable receptacles, four
in number. / cooked a dinner for
five or sixe people. 1t included a two
pound pot roast, string beans, new
potatoes and beets: they were ready
for serving after being processed
thirty minutes at 20 pounds pressure,
and were pronounced excellent" by
those tasting them!"
Miss Bessie Moore Partee, Demon.
Itration Agent in st. Lucie County, re-
ports six of these pressure Gamers
|ordered by the housewives Of st. Lu.
Gle County.
Mrs. Mabel Cay agent for Brevard
County responsibility country, real.
izing the shortage in wheat, has de-.
cided to purchase no more wheat i'm.
til the new crop is put on the market.
We are still giving help and doing
work in the substitutes for wheat.
Plans are made for public exhibits of
bread substitutes. In order to aid in
the supply of shortage of sugar. | am
doing what | can to encourage the
keeping Of bees. One Of my club
members, Charlie Smith, has recently
sold $500 worth of honey from his
hives"
Mrs. Villa Steed, Of Volusia County,
reports thousand pounds of cabbage
converted into kraut for one grower,
who thought his cabbage crop would
be dead loss to him because Of the
recent depression in the cabbage
market.
MISS Harriet Hawthorn Home
demonstration Agent, Baker County, /
succeeded in interesting Mr.. Vent.
ling, local poultry-man in poultry
work that she had started among the !
boys and girls of Baker County. Mr.
Venting offered to furnish A setting
OF pure bred eggs to one hundred
poultry club members, they to give
him in return two pullets from the
match. This stimulated interest in
the work among these bows and
girls White Wyandotte and White
Leghorn eggs were distributed. As
result no county in the State has
better prospect among its club mem.
bers.
Mrs. Kate Weaver of Gainesville
reports that she has been requested
to give food demonstration once a
month for the Womans Auxiliary of
ne presbyterian Church, as there are
usually IS or 20 women present AZ
hese meetings, this will give her an
interesting class of housekeepers to
work with.
Mrs Dora Barnes, of Polk Comfy
'eports:-"on Monday, April 18th RI
'lslted several girls and found that.
hree of my girls had sold aboutt'
1000 worth each from their gardens
am visiting gardens almost avarv
lay. get good reports from NV
poultry members. We are planning
0 conduct three or four housekeen.
RS schools during the first two
weeks in May. From the reouestS 7
ave coming in, believe that there I
vii be more canning in this county u
nan last year. We will give every
in the county a can.
ing day"
Miss Jean Chappelle reports that. u
probably the most attractive and