Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-04
PITTSBURG HOME
DEMONSTRATION
CLUB POPULAR
Women Enthusiastic Over
Work Done by Pembina
County Organization.

THE greatest thing about our club
work this past year was the commun-
lty spirit that it aroused" said Mrs.
r: w. Bellamy Of P%ittsburg, North
Dakota, in conversation with the
Herald visitor in regard to the value
and work of the Pittsburg Home
demonstration club, Of the most
active of the clubs conducted in
PembinaN county under the direction
of h extension division of the State
Agriculture College last winter.
THE club work brought us together
once every three weeks, and We had
a wonderful time. None of us would
have missed it for anything, and we
are only too glad to tell others about
the benefits we received from the
work In order that they may start a
club and profit by the instruction and
at the same time have the social
pleasure that goes with 1t. There were
wives and daughters, and we met at
a different home each time. I'VE
brought eatables with us and had a
pot luck lunch at noon and then tea
about -four o'clock. That way It
wasn't much work for anybody, and
1t left everybody free to have a good
time. -,
Helping the Housewives.
There was no expense about the
course either, no dues to pay, and no
tuition. The only thing we had to do
was to 60 into town for the demon
strator, bring her out, and take her
back again to catch her train. Miss
Grace belong was our demonstrators,
and the instruction she gave US was
invaluable. The work Of the housewife
on the farm is hard enough at best,
and to have someone like that come in
and each as shortcuts in our work,
show us how to make simple labor
saving devices, and give us new ideas
In the conduct of u houses and
gardens was certainly a service much
appreciated by every one of US.
Yes, We learned a great many
things, and all of them seemed to fit
in so well with u everyday needs
that scarcely know which one to say
was the most beneficial. The lessons
started in the fall after the ~freeze-up
til spring opened up. One lesson took
all day-that was the one on cheese
making. We learned to make two
very delightful cheeses. a pleasant
cream cheese and Neufchatel cheese.
On most farms there is a great deal of
milk wasted that might just as we'll be
made into cheese, and now hat we
know how to do it we can not only
save the milk, but we can add very
desirable food to our tables at we'll.
Use More Milk.
And speaking Of. milk-we found
thai almost none of use were using as
much milk as we ought to-. The chill
dren were not getting what they
should in a great many cases. We
were so accustomed to milk that we
had forgotten what a perfect food it
is. We made a special study of diets
for children: This was n of the
We took up, and I believe it is one of
the ones that will give the most last
ing benefits. We found to our dismay
thai while we had thought we were
feeding our children well. yet we were
not giving them the things they most
needed to build them up and make
them strong and healthy.
I'VE had some more lessons on
balanced meals for grown-ups as well
neglecting the use of milk in our reg
ular everyday menus right along-but
most OF US had thought of such
a thing.
"Other lessons were devoted TO the
use Of the pressure cooker, and to
the most advanced methods Of can
ming. In all of these we learned short
cuts thai were to stand US in good
stead in the hot summer when the
to get a lot done. We earned how to
make our kitchens more convenient.
Miss DeLong suggested things for
simplifying our work hat we had
never thought of before. >
1--WE had a valuable lesson on the
problem of remodeling a house. The
trend on the farm now is toward max
ing everything more comfortable. and
making the house as strictly modern
as possible.
DressJnaking.
"Then we learned a great deal
about dressmaking. thought J knew
something about it until those lessons
were given, but they opened my eyes
to a great many things. We made
dress-forms for ourselves so that we
could more easily At our own clothes.
These forms were made right on us.
with gummed paper strips pasted yer
al o~ld.fashioned distributing vest.
When h form was finished, it was
slit up h back, and slipped off US.
The result was a stiff form that was a
perfect reproduction Of the figure.
This figure set upon yard sticks make
easy the fitting of mes dresses. We
learned a great deal. toe about max
ing over clothes. and cutting patterns.
Ana Hats.
"Our lessons OF hat-making were
among the most interesting we had.
We made organdie hats and hats OF
straw braid, and hats that had trans
parent .brims. They were very pretty.
Our club was asked to exhibit our
hats at the Pembina County fair at
Hamilton this rear. We showed some
Of our best tones in the Home Dem
cnstration exhibit. and they attracted
a good deal of attention.
Improving Gardening.
When it came to our gardening
lesson we had an open meeting. and
there was a large attendance of WON
en-, there were 70 Of us at that meet
ing. We had invited a number Of the,
women from west and south OF Dray-
ton. and they came to this meeting as
well as to Smost of the others. We
learned how to make hot beds and
what to plant In them and when. Only
two or three Of us had had anything
in the nature of cold frames or hot
beds before, but after that lesson we
all had them this yea The effect
on our garden crops has beer. wonder
full. We had vegetables ready for use
much earlier than usual, and we.
learned the use of many greens that
we had formerly paid no attention to
such as spinach and Swiss chard. We
had tomatoes ripen this year earlier.