Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-10-27
farm BUREAU
WORKS IN HOME
The Coming Years Pro-
gram is Outlined by Mrs.
Louise II. Campbell
=" Here.
MEET AT CITY HALL
Assistant State Leader Tells
Of Branches Of Home
Work.
MEET AT CITY HALL

has program, thrice armed-the men
the women and the children. Two
thirds of the work of the bureau cen
ters in the home, with the women and
children enrolled in the Home Demon
stration Bureau, which would be more
rightly named the Home Bureau"
The coming years program of the
Home Demonstrate ton Bureau in Ham
ilton county and in every county where
the organization exists, was outlined
before a meeting Of the bureau direc.
tors by Mrs. Louise II. Campbell, as
sistant state leader of home workers
at the city hall Friday afternoon
The home bureau work in this county
is under the able direction of Miss
Ethel Guthrie.
For better understanding of the pur.
pose, advantage and workings of the
farm bureau, Mrs. Campbell very brief.
ly outlined its structure.
Get Government Support.
Congress appropriates sum of mon
ey for the use of the agricultural de-
partment. This fund is divided among
the states, and subdivided among the
counties, $1,000 being divided equally
toward the support of the county agent
and the demonstration agent. The
Iowa State college at Ames is the head
of the Iowa farm bureau organization.
The two bureau workers here hold the
position Of representatives of that
school with all it has to offer in edit.
catiOnal advantages, etc. In addition
there are five extension department
workers available to every county and
IN, %1,niv nj, This mn
vides the structure of a vast education
al factor, a college at the door.
Work Among Children.
Among the things Mrs. Campbell en-
phasized as among the importan. feat
ures Of the work during the coming
year was the hot school lunch for both
rural and consolidated schools.
Children have been found through
experiments to gain in weight, to come
up in their school grades and to i'm
prove discipline in the school room, by
having the hot lunch served in the
school room. Where the lunch is NOT
served, milk should be provided.
The increased use of milk as food
is also an important item Of the CAM
paign during the coming year. Milk
is an all around food, not merely
beverage. 1t is good food for grown
people as well as children. :
To Keep Accounts.
The home bureau is also trying to
get eighth grade and high school pupils
to keep personal accounts. They are
also trying to initiate the housekeeper
in keeping household budget. Through
the keeping of accounts it is hoped to
teach children how to spend money
wisely, to know how to buy wisely. The
campaign has not the sole aim OF teach
ing them to hoard money, but to have
more money to devote to securing a
better educa ton and to living broad
er life.
The five different experts at the Iowa
State college are available to schools,
clubs or groups of interested women
who wish to take advantage of their
instruction in short cuts and sewing,
costume designing, house furnishing,
food and the budget system.
Farm Bureau Aim.
The aim Of the farm bureau is upper
most on all occasions: To teach the
boys and girls of this county how to
make the most out Of their lives, that
they IN turn may become worthwhile
citizens.
Miss Guthrie, the local home demon
stratiOn agent, is striving to secure a
better organization in each township,
from the school district up. At the pre-
sent time thelp are twenty-fOur cOun-
ties In the state organized for home
progress. Several more will complete
their organizations shortly.
Already Miss Guthrie has thirty-One
schools organized for the personal eX-
pense accounting. AS fast as possible
she is installing the hot school lunch in
the rural schools Of the county.
The women of the county have so
far not taken full advantage of this re-
markable educational opportunity at
their door. Miss Guthrie does many
things besides teaching women how to
cook. 1t is possible, by doing the work
of the home in the most efficient way,
for hOmekeepers to have more time to
devote to their children and to the
broader interests of life, to get more
out Of life themselves and to help their
families to better and broader life.
Drive for Old Clothes.