The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-16
Practical Value Shown by
Reports from All
Over Country
POSSIBILITIES FOR
WINDHAM COUNTY
Many Agents Organizing Clothing
Glasses for Making Over Old Gar
ments-Granges Cooperating in Many
Places with Women Workers.

| idSco "itu WOIucu WORKERS.
Reports coming from different sec
| tions of the country where home dem
onstration work has been taken up en-
Enthusiastically show many results of
practical value to women who have en-.
| tered into it. For instance, realizing
| the Importance of clothing conserva.
| ton many agents are organizing
clothing classes for study and for max !.
ing over old garments.
In Uintah County, Utah, the agent,
reports saving of $500 last spring
by women of that county by remodel.
ing hats and clothing under her super
vision. In Arizona a campaign to
make Arizona feed herself was carried
out. Women were encouraged TO use
the native grains as far as possible and
several varieties of flour are being
made from them
Food study classes have been organ.
lied through the Parent Teacher associ-
alton in Illinois. The presidents of all
these associations were called together
and asked TO select representative
from each district to interest her neigh
hors in course of six lectures given
by the agent.
The agent in Atkinson county. No.
has used the schools for effective DEM
onstration work. She gives instruction
TO the children and visits the schools
on patrons days. In the morning she
starts bread and gives a short talk on
mixing, taking a few minutes from
the regular program of the school. At
noon she helps prepare the luncheon.
winch - good form of demonstration
IN itself. In the afternoon she gives
fun demonstration, baking the bread
and making cookies of some kind. In
our own county effective canning dem
onstration work has been done in the
schools and plans are under considera
ton for taking up the school lunch
problem
,--7AfastpF agents have-~used- Red Cross
meetings. through which to assist
groups of women in food study. All
Red Cross meetings in Spokane eoun-
IT, Wash, are open to the agent In
kenesha county, Wis. Ahe agent goes
TO certain all-day Red Cross meetings
She helps the women prepare dinner
and later in the dav gives demon
stration. In Haverhil1, Mass. the
agent conducts regular food study
course of foods for the Red Cross.
In department stores in Chicago
demonstrations have been given biz the
agent. Each purchaser receives re-
eelpts and instructions. On smaller
scale this same thing has been tried
out IN this county, in Bellows Falls. |
oranges are cooperating actively
with many of the agents In Oregon a |
number of them have taken M home
economies as part of their program for
the year, and are serving more conser-
vatlon meals under the direction of
their agent. In Maine one of tho
Oranges has thrown open IT'S meetings
to the public and has invited the agent
TO lecture on foods to its guests.
The farm home study tours in Yam. |
hill county, Ore, have been taken I'M
with great enthusiasm They are held |
10 encourage better country homes. |
hghung, water systems, labor saw
ers, interior arrangements and dee |
orahons. sanitation and conservation.
me home demonstration agent and |
the county agricultural agent cooper |
ate IN arranging the program. One
hundred farm women and men went
on one of these tours. A hun. |
dred miles Were covered in two
days by automobile. five homes were |
VISITED each day. Short talks were I
made at each stop where the host and |
hostess were introduced and gave brief |
iy the cost of installing the particular |
labor saver under consideration at that |
place.
These reports may suggest to those |
as yet not thoroughly acquainted with |
nome demonstration work some of its
possibilities for Windham county |
towns