Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-01-09
HOME DEMONSTRATION
MAKES RAPID STRIDES
Report of Director ). B. Nelson of
Extension Service Shows Re-
markable Growth of Home
Demonstration Movement
in State

The rise of home demonstration
in Washington as revealed in the an
nual extension service report of Di-
rector S. b. Nelson, shows the adop-
tion of home demonstration projects
in 200 communities of the state in
the past year, the appointment of
215 local leaders. and the establish
ment of slightly less than 1000 home
demonstrations. The work of the
home demonstrators, stressing eco
nomy and efficiency in household
management. food preservation, gar
ment making and remodeling, and
into approximately 1000 Washing
ton homes, thus reaching GpproXi-
mately $4,000 people
Among the items found in the
directors report now in preparation,
are the home preservation of 1877
| 457 quarts of fruit by canning APP
| pToximately 5000 quarts of jellies;
5000 pounds of dried fruits; 5000
pounds of dried vegetables; the can
ming of $4,000 quarts of poultry, 49,
! 600 quarts of beef, $500 quarts OF
pork, and 10000 quarts Of salmon
all in the home canneries"; Z0e0
pounds of pork were cured and
smoked under the general suual
vision of the home demonstrators
1900 pounds of pork vas picked
1000 pounds of lard were rer-
dered; 1900 pounds of pork were
made into sausage; the total value
OF all being approximately $4,000.
The nutrition project" inciuding
the warm school lunch for children,
is gaining Roadway. according to Di-
rector Nelson "a schools, attended
by approximately 1000 children, hay-
ing in recent months provided FOR
the hot noon lunch in lieu of the old
time dinner bucket. One hundred
end forty-five families are now using
! fireless cookers of home make by
plans furnished by the home demo n
strators. More than 300 homemade
driers are in use, so "iceless" re-
frigerators have been installed; IA
commercial fireless cookers have
been installed, and IA steam cook
ers.
In the home demonstration cloth
ing project 40 new garments nave
been made and asp remodeled.
/ Three hundred women's hats were
made, 70 remodeled, and approx
mately 600 home dress forms"
We're made, which are being used by
the women in their homo making
and repairing of garments
Director Nelson says That per-
manent additions will be made t.
the home demonstration fielG force
on January |. 1920, in the counties
of Spokane, Yakima, Snohomish,
King, Pierce, Thurston, Grays Har-
Dor and Clark. In Cowlitz and AG-
/, ans counties a home demonstration
agent will be employed part time at
the expense of the counties
Discussing the status of The BOYS
and girls club work in Washington,
Director Nelson Says that the value
/ % club produce the past year ap-
J pro inmates $4,000 at 4 cos. al
;55 coo, leaving net, III round mum
bera, $4,000, which, Director Mel
) son says, is four times as much
: money as all the counties conGei ncG
/ appropriated for boys aud sirIs' club
t work in the year 1919.
Discussing che results Of clut
work from another angle, Director
Nelson says:
= At an achievement dinne.' held
4 in one of the big cities Of the state
e not long ago. 10 girls vera i'll at
! tendance. 1t was brought on, by
/. one of the speakers al the dinner
r that during the same year in that
: city, 500 girls OF the city had be Il
( cited to appear hefore The Guys iu-
2 venile court to face some charge OF
3 delinquency. Not one of the 500 had
/ ever belonged to a girls club.
, The lesson. declares Director Mel
= son, is obvious.