Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-27
COUNTY WOMEN SAVED THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS This Year THROUGH
THE HOME DEMONSTRATION work
Mrs. Maude Doty, Bernalillo County Home
Demonstration Agent, Files Her Annual
Report With the State College; the Report
Indicates the Great Scope of the Work.

Through the making of 391 va
4 rious kinds of new dresses under
| the modern methods as demon
strated by the county home demon
stration agent. women Of 1871 fami-
lies in Bernalillo county saved S3,-
1920 during the past year, ac-
cording to figures in the annual re-
port recently completed by County
Home Demonstration Agent Maude
Doty. The report was sent to the
state college yesterday and a copy
will be filed with, the federal agri-
cultural department. of which
county agent work is a department,
The home demonstration agents
office has been an active one dur
ing the year, but as it is fairly new
in Bernalillo county many families
do not realize the scope of the work
nor the advantages which will ac-
crue through making use of the de-
partment for assistance in all types
of household work.
Under the direct supervision of
the demonstration agent, fifty
seven old dresses were remodeled
at saving of $427.30.
One of the most popular types of
service being done by the office is
the making of dress forms which
enable women to fit their own
clothing over their own dress
forms. During the year 3S6 Of these
inexpensive forms were made by
the demonstration agent. The value
of them, if purchased on the mar
ket would be considerably more
than 81 900 as shown by the report.
1t is probable that persons for
whom the forms were made assist
ed hundreds of other women In.
making them and that at least L.
600 are now in use in the county
Canning Projects.
The food canning project IL one
Of the important endeaVors of the
home demonstration agents office
and great strides in this line were
made during the year. Modern
methods, as adopted by the federal
and state experiment stations. are
used by the office with the result
that much OF the work is taken out
OF canning and the result is an al
most assured success.
One community cannery has been
established in the county its loca-
ton being at Atrisco, whore the en-
tire community has canned thou
sands of cans OF vegetables fruit
and meat during the year. 1t is ex-
pected that many more such cam
neries will be established this year
The project has been carefully
watched by home demonstration
agents throughout the country and
many are now being copied after
the Atrisco model.
Under the direct supervision OF
the demonstration agent, thirty
four families in the county have
canned zoos cans Of vegetables,
brined go quarts Of vegetables,
canned 500 quarts OF fruit. 29SE
quarts of jams and jellies and dried
1870 pounds of vegetables. All of
this work was done under the latest
scientific methods and all of it has
proved a success. The information
has been handed to hundreds Of,
other women by those who received
the personal assistance and in
struction.
Girls Clubs.
Girls sewing and cooking clubs
have been one of the leading pro-
1ects of the demonstration agent
and several clubs have reached a
high degree Of efficiency, This is
true, as the figures in the