The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-27

ed the idea and having held the first show in Connecticut. The State Coun- Gil of Defense afterwards organized l the work so that shows were given throughout the state. Patriotic food shows were arranged in RidgefieId, Bedding and Georgetown 450 persons attended.
 Perhaps one reason why Danbury did not hold a patriotic food show 1 was because the County Corn Show was held in Danbury and the food ex- hibtts entered in competition by the women of the county were similar to the food shows. Seven food exhibits were arranged or planned in different towns, including window exhibits, food sales and food features in parades Various drives and campaigns were carried out in cooperation with the 1 State Council of Defense as necessity | occurred do to war conditions. i l. The pototo campaign to save wheat did three things. It saved the surplus potato crop which otherwise would have been wasted 1t created market for the farmers crops which encouraged him to plant potatoes the following year, and 1t saved wheat to a considerable extent.
 Z. Milk campaign took the form of the Cottage Cheese drive. Demon | strat1onS were given on the new way or making cottage cheese and on at tractive ways of using it. This was Intended to save s'lim milk on the farm and at the same time to con- serve meat by using the cheese as a
 substitute.
 5. The campaign to save wheat
 lasted continuously with the varying amounts of substitute Hours required
 by the Food Administration as ne-
 cessity demanded. Demonstrations
 and exhibits were held to help out in
 the situation, and special factory
 demonstrations were given to help
 Foreigners cope with the 50-5O ruling
 of wheat
 4-Organized the Hoover pledge
 card campaign, distributing 10000
 cards, pledge signed and a window
 cara hung in practically every rural
 home plus those distributed in Dan-
 bury.
 6-Organized and helped conduct the canning corps enrolment. 16 out or 70 towns went over the ton with
 their quotas set by the state. 6-Household survey was made for
 the federal government 7-Organized a drive which suc-
 ceeded in collecting 1000 jars of canned goods for the Danbury hos pital.
 Trained 150 students at the Dan- bury Normal school, using course pre- pared in Washington for the instruc- l tion of college and normal schoo, women in food emergency work Stressed need of Hot School Lunch 5 for Rural schools. Held training
 classes of teachers in sewing in one 5 town in order to put Red Cross work
 in the schools. Co-operated with the
 Red Cross generally in sewing clut l work, making layettes and Red Cros!
 supplies.
 ) Helped organize 17 canning clubs
 sewing clubs, Is cooking clubs anC g made 64 visits to clubs 10 instruc
 leaders and members. Total mem
 bership 99O girls under IS years O. . age.
 k Some work has been done on the
 Hot School Lunch for rural school! T and for consolidated schools wher, mdI-nutr1tlon Is prevalent The pro 8 tect is under consideration in town :. in the county.
 II Miss M. E. Dickenson, who follow n ed Miss Alice Thomas on Jan. 1, 1918 a then reported on the Home Econo r mics work in the Stamford Distric r including Stamford, Greenwich, NeV
 Canaan and Darien, for the year end o ing October 1, 1918.
 There were given 52 demonstration Il and 30 talks and lectures, reaching
 about $500 people. These were givel e as follows:
 n Public demonstrations under tn e Home Economics committees of tn 'f four towns, and for churches, granges '- women's clubs and other local organi
 zations.
 l. 2-Before organized classes of fac g tory girls, children of Home Economi 70 classes, mothers clubs, groups of for e eign women, and volunteer teacher
 of foreign women.
 r. These were all onsfood subjects suit st able to the conditions and the seasor l. Of this work, the foreign work ha 7s been most satisfactory in its apparen e- results. The five groups of voluntee r. teachers represented mainly four na