The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-04-08
HOME pEMoNsTRATIoN NOTES

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| An interesting and very much worth
whileSmeal planning meeting was held
Lat The home of MrsasJ, S. Evans, Of
Leadwood, Thursday,A Maseh 3lst
miss Anna C.sJenssh, Fdod Specialist,
from Columbia. gave talk on meal
planning. The woafen Responded 100
per cent by agreeing " try better
meal planning and to report at the end
of month or six weeks to the Home
Demonstration Agent. The things
which will be stressed by the women
in this food work are: the use Of more
green vegetables, use of at least a
pint Of milk per day for each member
of the family, use of cereal at least
once day and the doing away sof tea
and coffee for children.
The lockwood ladies have right
to be proud of the way in which they
work together and get things done.
In clothing work they decidede to
make dress forms, SO their sewing
could be done more easily. The goal
set for the year was ten SSorms. After
pne demonstration by the Uome Dem
onstration Agent, the womefa got busy.
They have helped each othe, fit the
Innings and eleven forms han. been
made and there are several others
who went the forms.
A Conference of Agents of Nosth-
ern Missouri was held March 4th in
Kansas City. At that time, the Home
Convenience project was discussed and
plans made to put on a statewide
Home Improvement Week, May End
9th. At that time, each county in the
state is urged to get in touch with all
the merchants selling household equip
ment and to urge extensive advertise
ment of these wares. Those present
at the meeting also decided to put on |
an intensive educational campaign for |
improved methods of doing laundry |
work. The washing machine is to be |
pushed at this time as the greatest |
1me and labor saver and people are to |
be urged OF buy as soon as finances |
permit. Emphasis is to be laid on the |
fact that laundry methods in the |
country are back numbers and need |
to DE brought up to date.
In st. Francois county, sixteen wo-
men from as many communities will |
be selected by the Home Demonstra-
ton Agent and the County Project
Leaders, Mrs. Will Counts and Miss
Lena 'Herbst. Each of these sixteen
women will be asked to see fifteen
women and get information about
their laundry methods by means of a
QUESTIONABLE sent out from the Farm
Bureau office. These questionnaires
will be filed Gus, and the material
and used for publicity work.
A Conference of Southeast Missou-
ri Home Demonstration Agents will
be held at Sikeston, April 21st. This
Conference viii include Agents from
Jefferson, st. Francois, Dunklin, But
er and Cape Girardeau counties. Those
projects will be discussed which pre-
sent the greatest problems in this Sec
lion of the state. i
Mr.. George w. Harvey, Poultry
Specialist, was in the county March
18th and goth, visiting the Certified
Breeding Flock co-operators and the
Demonstration Flock co-operators.
The three people who have gone in
o the Certified Breeding Flock pro-
ect are: Mrs. j. C. Ballard, Knob
lick, R. F. d. No. /; Mrs. T. B. Chand-
err. Pennington, R. F. D. No. 3, and
/. R. Webb, of Knob Lick All three
t these co-operators are getting along
Iicely with their work of building up
heir f1ocks. Mr.. Webb, who has
Brown Leghorns, was unfortunate
his year in being unable to obtain
rown leghorn cockered whose moth
T has 200-egg record.
The demonstration flocks visited
we're those belonging to State Hospital
70. q, Mrs. Chas- Hopkins, and Mrs.
zee Roy Johnson.