The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-04-29
HOME DEMoNsTRATIoN>N0TE
Child Feeding Project

Barton, Oak Hill and sugar Grove
school districts, planned yearly pro-
gram Of work, some Of the goals SIT
in the mems work. were: the placing
of forty calves in the community;
eight or ten farmers to weigh and
test milk; planting Of two new or
chards. AT the same meeting, the
goal set in child feeding for the year
was: Two women to agree to feed
their children properly. The commun-
ity leader, Mrs. Lee Roy johnson, and
several other women agreed that this
goal was set far too low, SO the names
of several other women who are in
terested in child feeding were secured
by Mrs. johnson. Printed material
has been obtained and Mrs. johnson
and the Home Demonstration Agent,
visited five homes in one afternoon to
get co-operators in this project.
The only things that have been ask
ed of the women are: to try out as
far as they can, some of the ideas
brought out in the bulletins furnished
them, and if they help them, to tell
others and report to the community
leader of the Home Demonstration
Agent.
The women who are cooperating in
this project are: Mrs. c. E. Cunning
ham, Mrs. w. L. Krekel, Mrs. Vernon
Taylor, Mrs. Letz and Mrs. Roy john
son, all of r. F. D. No. 4, and Mrs. i.
F. O'Bannon and Mrs. j. D. Rion Of Il.
F. d. No. 2. The carrying out Of this
project by these six women means
reaching of thirteen children under
six years of age.
This work will be carried on in other
communities where child feeding has
been adopted as project, or where
the women desire it.
Short Cuts in Sewing
Plain sewing seems difficult and I'M
pleasant to many persons. Even the
simple hemming of sheets looms up
as an unpleasant and tedious task to
many housekeepers, and when it comes
to making buttonholes and mending-
great many women say they would
rather do the family washing or the
house cleaning
In putting hens in sheets or pillow
cases, or curtains, time can be saved
by pressing in the hens instead Of
basting them. Time also may be saw
ed in stitching hens that have darts
if the darts were laid toward the right
so that in stitching the fold is TOWARD
you. Then the presser-foot Of the
machine need not be lifted. 1t is al
ways easier to finish machine sewing
by stitching little past the star
rather than tying the ends of thu
thread.
When the fiat fell seam is used, il
will not be necessary to haste it If the
edges are stitched in plain seam anC
then one trimmed off and the Other
turned over as it is stitched.
| A short cut in making buttonhole
| is to mark the length of the button
hole and stitch rectangle as long as
tho mark and two stitches wide, Their
cut through the middle with d SHARP
scissors and work with the bottonholt
stitch. This makes firm, even but
tonhole.
1t may help to know that depth o.
a placket on a skirt need not be test
ed. Subtract the waist measure from
the hip measure and make the placke
two inches shorter and it will be tn
correct length.
Another time saver is to be able tt
hang ones own skirts. Here is a goo
method; put a pencil between tn
leaves of table which comes to tn
hips. Then turn yourself around s.
that the skirt will be marked at in
tervals by the pencil. The distanc
from the hip line down is the same al
around so the skirt will be even l
the remainder of the length is meas
ured with a yard stick.