Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-12-20
What Home Demonstration Work
Has Done,

The nome ueulOHSudtloH "oiN
has done wonderful things for the
women, of the county, in promoting
social activities and doing away
with the old ideal that all labor say
ing machinery and home conven'
fences were only for our town SIS
ters. 1t has given many new ldeas'
land to many the only ideas) in re-
CARDS to beautifying and improving
home surroundings.
Statistics has it that the majority
of insane women in the State lnstl-
tutions fo, such are from the coun-
try. This is due to the isolat'o on
mainly. But the home demonstra-
tlon work las to great extent
broken up this awful condition by
bringing :he people together mere
often and pointing out the ways ana
means of making their work
pleasure instead of a burden.
Now they may turn their surplus
fruit and vegetables into cash by
first canning them: also a more
practical way Of marketing eggs,
butter, ,etc., by grading and packing
more scientifically. What woman
does not feel encouraged to work
harder when she sees that her cl-
forts are not in vain? OF the many
things which we have been taught,
| will mention a few:
First, we took up canning, pre-
serving, picking, etc, and we only
have to go to the County FAR TO see
how well this part of it has pro
crossed. Remarkable improvement
has been made by all who took an
interest in the work and some nave
turned this side of the work hto u
very profitable business.
| Then the, lesson in the making ol
better butter. 1t was really surprls'
| ing to find how ignorant the most
of us were in this, though we mac
been making butter all our lives;
h. since having had several very
interesting as we'll as educatlona
demonstrations on this, we nave
our barrel churns, thermometers
lbrick molds, real butter paddles
and now we make butter according
to the standard required. This par
alone is worth more than we couit
estimate. Just think of the cost O
| diseases contracted through i'm
proper care of milk and butter.
All this leads up to the care ant
dieting of children. as well as grow
ups. Next we took up labor saVlnl
methods in housekeeping, as wei
| as labor saving machinery; /. e., w
painted our walls, oiled our floors
bought washing machines WIT
wringcr attached, electric iron, et'
! Now, instead of the twice a yea
house cleaning (when all the me-
folks on the place left or ma out
which called for elbow grease and
lot of it, VIC take our mops, give tn
: floors the once-over, get the 1urn
ture mops in action, the long -handl
brushes busy ON walls and celllni
and the lob is done without tl
back breaking scrub broom that OF
|, mothers and grand mothers usc'
and in half the time.
Numbers have installed hgh
and water works. This, combine
with the homemade fuellcss cooke
tcelcss refrigerator, gives us time
read, rest and attend our club mcc
ings, which does away with the is
lation and drudgery of country II
} that is putting our women IN u
u asylums and the grave.
T. Next, We took up the plan
t beautifying our homes and hon
grounds; making rugs, basketln
home dycing, blending colors.
Stunning up the work brletl
will say that no one can take an
terest in this work and avail thcl
is selves of the advantages taught al
n not be better able to carry ON the
"a work as a home-maker.
~ A Club Member