Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-09
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HOME DEMONSTRATION NOTES
Mrs. Ellen s. Sterling
Report of Directors Meeting.

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farm bureau held very interesting
meeting at the office of the home
demonstration agent at the court
house. Miss Claire Mae Dunlap, pres
ident of the organization, occupied the
chair and the meeting was given over
largely to the report of Miss Hastings.
Mrs. A. w. Stearns, chairman Of the
women's committee of the Council OF
National Defense, spoke on the rela-
tionship between the work OF the
Council of Defense and that of the
women's division of the farm bureau
The matter of complete organization
of Delaware county that will take in
every woman in the county was
brought out in Miss Hastings report
and by number of other members,
taken up and thoroughly discussed
and the organization will be perfected
Immediately. Miss Hastings then in
troduced Mrs. Ellen Skegg Sterling
who will be her successor as home
demonstration agent Below we print
sort of a summary Of many important
tasks which have been accomplished
Ny Miss Hastings during her six
months work in Delaware county:
Report.
There have been many projects
launched and some of them completed
during the last six months.
.First-The potato campaign with
eight exhibits over the county; thirty
demonstrations on the use Of potatoes
and their value as wheat saver, with
splendid cooperation with the food
administrator and the county agent
on the productive side and the aid of
High school students n at least three
towns of the county and the home
economics teachers.
Second-Wheat saving campaign
was launched and the use Of substi-
tutes as wheat savers, with over rs
demonstrations; posters, displays and
exhibits and talks.
Third-Canning campaign with
about eight public canning demonstra-
tions; six rseven private home dem
onstrations. Formed over ten can
ming clubs among the girls and
women of the county. From these can
ming clubs the Delaware county can
non-aids have been chosen to repre-
sent the county and have won dis
tinction for themselves in Des Moines
at the state fair and will be sent prob
ably among the eight teams of the
state to the Midwest Horticultural
show in Des Moines. This club has
given five or six public demonstra-
tions; six or seven private home dem
tinue to do so during the fall
Fourth-The cottage cheese cam
paign launched in April with about
eleven public demonstrations in all
parts of the county. Distribution of
literature and the use of cottage
cheese as meat substitute and val;
liable food product. q q. %i-sf'tN1@
r, Fifth-A drying campaign was given
in August with three public demon->
STATIONS and the distribution of liter
ature.
Sixth or summary-There were
about 125 home visits and 1000 office
and telephone calls; 65 demonstra-
lions; newspaper articles sent every
week to all the papers of the county
and to one outside; two bulletins have
been issued and sent to all directors,
members and prominent business
houses Of the county.
4 n,,fciHa uoJ~ Holo,oI MI
Lillina Baxter from Washington dur
ing the cottage cheese campaign; Miss
Eta Bardwell from Ames on canning
and canning clubs; Mr.. Holsinger of
Ames on drying.
Exchange-An exchange of food
stuffs, garden production and fruit
and vegetables has been established;
\ labor exchange, by which girls are
provided to those wishing help. !
Food for Threshers-By letters to
Ill the chairmen Of the women's COM
nittees of the Council of Defense and
% all the chairmen of the women's
of the farm bureau, house
wives co-operated with the food-sav-
ng plan by not serving lunches and
making the meals served simple and
n keeping with the food regulations. |
Organizations-The city Of Man
chester has been organized into nine
lifferent districts. The home econ
'mics teachers of the county have
'een organized into a club with
monthly meetings. In all other towns
md townships a complete organiza-
ion has been started
Exhibits-Window displays; display
n public library; float in parade and
'ooth at the Fourth of July celebra-
ion at the Fair grounds, at which !
900 women met and food pamphlets
nd leaflets were given out; child feed
ng display held two days, July 18th
nd goth in Manchester in public
pamphlets, literature, talks
nd lectures; at the fair in Manches-
or a display on child feeding; cottage
heese and sugar saving; $500 visit
RS and 10000 pamphlets and leaflets
iven out; sugar saving display at the
uck Greek fair, with 500 women met
nd personally conferred with
Campaigns-Wool campaign launch
and the plans laid; specialist en-
aged to come from Ames; plans for
meetings and confer
ices on the following subjects dur
g the fall months: Meat saving, use
vegetables, accounts and budgets,
al, -1ls,
serving of balanced
ct, and the planning Of meals, etc.
Carbon for Gas Masks.