The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-26
Final Report Covering Peri
cd Since Annual
Meeting
3S COMMUNITIES
HAVE BENEFITED
Miss Swift Reviews Work, Having
Taken Position in Saratoga County,
Heads Besides Financial Report.

Heads Besides Financial Report.
By reason of the completion of her
work as home demonstration agent for
Windham county it became necessary
for Miss Lucy G. Swift, who went this
week to Saratoga county, New York, as
home bureau manager, to prepare a re-
port of the work of the home econom-
les department of the Windham County
Farm Bureau, covering the work since
report opens with these paragraphs:
''In the year and a half of work in
the home demonstration department of
Windham County Farm Bureau we
have aimed to ac1uaint people with the
possibilities of the resources at their
command of home demonstration work
and to grow into an organization where
by more detailed work could be done
resulting in better homes and better
communities.
"This work of necessity develops
slowly. Starting with preliminary or
ganization in March. 1918, we now have
town directors in 80 communities In
some of these there are local commit
tees also. These have arranged for
work through the bureau. This means
that 50 communities of the 40 in the
county have benefited more or less by
the work
Through the interest and co-opera-
rion of splendid executive committee,
supported bv the various town commit
tees and other local organizations. the
following work has been accomplished
since the annual meeting held Novem-
Der 90, 191S.'
The work is divided under eight
heads. and in addition there is a fnan-
cial report.
/. Organization. Under this head is
given the names of the executive COM
mittee, Mrs. Edward Kirkland. chair
man. of Bellows Falls, Mrs. F. A. Phelps
of Brattleboro. Mrs. FL. W. Frost of
East Putney, Mrs. W. B. Dunklee of
South Vernon and Mrs S. H. Minard
of Westminster West
The advisory council is composed of
a representative from each community
where possible. There are 80 of these
and Is have secured favorable cooper
alton in their localities and have been
able to carry out satisfactory though
somewhat miscellaneous programs of
work
Local committee meetings have been
held in Newfane. Athens, Sections Riv-
er. Grafton, Guilford, Wilmington.
Marlboro Branch and East Dover since
May to plan for future work Miss
| Charlotte c. Pierpont, state leader, and
the home demonstration agent met with
fbaep nd +aI -,
ing up programs of work
A membership drive was held in No
| vember and December There are now
lS2 paid women members.
The present form of organization is
to be gradually made over into the fam
lily type in the fall as outlined by the
state Office. This is to be done in CO.
operation with the county agent.
2 Foods. Food preservation.-Meat
| canning: Five demonstrations held with
an attendance of "a, Miss Holden, state
home economics specialist, assisting.
This work to be stressed this fall. Can
ming in schools: 81 demonstrations held.
with an attendance of 773 Miss Luce
| assistant state club leader, assisting:
| school superintendents and teachers CO.
| operating; school lunch work-Several
hot lunches established. An exact num-
Der Is not obtainable as many did the
work on their own initiative after re.
ceiving literature given out at Bellows
| Falls teachers conference in January.
Demonstrations given on packing lunch
es and general food selection; planning
meais-Miss Holden assisting. Six
talks given. Food cards distributed.
Attendance 191
3. Household management Fireless
cookers-Nine communities have had
demonstrations and! made cookers. At
| tendance 122. About 20 cookers have
been made. All have not been reported.
Arrangement for efficiency-Ten talks
4 and lantern lectures given. Attendance
1913. Three kitchens have been visited
to assist in remodeling; accounts-This
work has just been started, Westminster
and Guilford taking active steps in the
| work
/ 4. Clothing. General selection and re-
modeling-This was taken up in home
economics schools and in few isolated
meetings with Miss Holden assisting.
Three meetings were held Attendance
213.
5. Home economics schools-Miss
Holden assisted with four home econ
omies schools in February, as follows.
| Putney, four sessions, total attendance
126. Newfane, four sessions, total at
tendance SO. Townshend, four sessions,
total attendance 54. Williamsville, two
sessions, total attendance Al.