The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-25

Inc following Is an iued Oh SOffie
of the work done in each community
which has already started the MEM
bership campaign:
Madison-Gifls club won $12 in
prizes at county contest, planning
meeting, farm management meeting,
forestry and pruning meeting. timber
estimating demonstration, IL herds
tested for T. B. at saving of $40,
potato seed plots. Nine meetings
held in Madison, 8 foundation waist
patterns, / millinery training class,
hats costing $1,000 valued at $48.
making saving of $37.19 for one
meeting, IL women taught by instruc-
tors how to make hats, another tnilli-
merry meeting held by the women at
which IL new hats were made costing
SIS, valued at $1,000 with saving
of $4250, 4 dress forms made costing
S4.24 and valued at $40. saving, s35.
saving on clothing work alone
amounts to $50. 3 household accounts
kept to date, IS freless cookers made.
North Anson-North Arson has
held pruning and drafting demons
trations. alfalfa plots, lime plots, po-
tato seed plots, poultry marketing
meeting, orchard pruning, forestry
meeting, timber estimating demonstra-
tions, as well as the annual campaign
meeting and the annual Farm Blu
reau planning meeting. Boys and
girls club work has as usual been the
feature of extra work in that com
munity. Two county champions
come from the boys and girls club
there, Amanda Ellis in room improve
ment and Mark Rand in sweet corn.
Work has been done in the communi-
ty for eradication of tubercular cows
from the herds, and this item alone in
dollars and cents amounts up to 800.
that is reckoning the cost it would
take to test individual herds by pri
vate veterinarians. The clothing
project has been very popular with
the North Arson women. Three
foundation waist patterns valued at
1925 and IS new hats costing SIS, val
ned at $60.50, saving $42.50. Four
dress forms valued at $40, saving,
$3.50 The women are getting more
and more interested in foods, "a meals
planned and served. food preser-
walton budgets given out.
Solon-For the first time tubercular
eradication work among cattle has
been carried on in Solon Pruning
and grating demonstrations have
also been held as we'll as egg market
ing meetings. Girls and boys club
work has been carried on with Miss
Bernice Adams as leader. TX. sect
ings have been held with the Scion
women. At these meetings IL blouse
patterns were made, slips and ten
new garments. valued at s31. so. saving
S5307. One household account kept to
date, Is fireless cookers made, food
school held, q meals served and
food preservation budgets kept to
date
Somerset Farm Bureau serves. edu
Gates and recreates. What it has
done in 1924. 1924 membership of
662 adults and 81 boys and girls en-
rolled in club work. Numerous COM
munity field days afforded social en-
ioyment, one countrywide field day.
Clubs-Twenty- one boys and girls
clubs. Wide awake up to the minute
local leaders. 371 enrolled in canning,
sewing, cooking and housekeeping.
pig. poultry. potato and corn pro-
jects 1891 in prizes awarded, be-
side a big dollar saving in all lines
of work. A Somerset girl selected
tend one weeks leader training school
at Springfield, Mass.
Dairy-5,000 cows tested for T. b.
through Farm Bureau, Extension
Service and State Department. Only
five reactors. An important step in
rural sanitation. 80 men are learn
ing to know their cows by having
quarterly butter-fat tests. Two silos
built at a saving of 5000.
Farm anagement-Better analy-
sis of farm business has been OBJ
tanned by the keeping of nineteen po-
tato cost accounts, twenty-three farm
accounts and eight poultry accounts
Orchard-Orchard work has been
made more interesting by the hold
ing Of eleven grating and twenty
three pruning demonstrations Twelve
men planted $50 commercial apple
trees
Crops-Thirty-ive men carried po-
tato seed plots while twenty-four
treated seed for rhizoctonia. Meet
ings have been held in regards to
pruning. poultry marketing. dairy,
forestry and farm management to the
total of thirty as well as club plan
ming and animal community meetings. /
ElBnt CdpOnlZlnB anu elSHI hdle cOn- I
troll demonstrations held. Eighteen
men used lime for the first time.
Clothing-C othing as always has
been very popular with the women.
There have been made this year sixty
seven waist patterns, valued at $57.75, +
Forty eight new garments made, cost
ing $7764 and valued at $1S5.50 with
a saving of $107.S6. There were
ninety-three hats made costing $172.57
and valued at $5S750 There have
been three two-day clothing schools
held and six corseting meetings with
an attendance of one hundred and
one. One adaptation of pattern
meeting with an attendance of eleven.
Foods-Although perhaps foods
meetings have not been as popular as
the work on clothing interest is awak-
ing as is shown by the Increased at
tendance There have been twenty
one foods meetings with an attend
ance of two hundred thirteen, sew
eral demonstrations were started at
these meetings.