Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-04-17
NOrridgewoek Women Lead in
Obtaining Members F. Bureau

UDtainlng Members +. Bureau
Mrs. Henry George of Norridge-
| wock leads the county in obtaining
| members for the Somerset Farm
Bureau. She has to date secured
| over thirty members; and is wom-
| an with a very pleasing personality.
a keen interest in Extension and
Farm Bureau work and knowledge
of human nature. When asked to
| tell her methods she states: II think
one reason l was so successful was
due to my being so interested in the
| work. didn't try to over persuade
them. but simply told them of the
help they would obtain by joining
the Form Bureau and attending the
| meetings. L also told them that
did not know where they could in
vest one dollar and get so much in
return. The social part is we'll worth
what we have to pay beside the
| benefit we receive. The Norridge-
wock women have a membership of
| 10 due to the efforts of Mrs. George,
Mrs. w. a. Taylor. Agnes Longley,
Mrs. Lillian Tobey. Mrs. A. A. Che
viot, and Mrs. Emma Albee.
Farm Bureau Executive Committee
to Meet at SkOwhegan, April 23
L ne SeCOuu IliccliliS VI tAiC NooiiGi-
set Farm Bureau Executive Com
mittee will be held in the Farm Bur-
Sau office April %. At this time
matters of considerable importance ce
will be brought UP. A. L. Deering,
County Agent Leader, and secretary
| OF the State Federation of Farm
Bureaus and Miss Rosalind NJ. Jew
| EFT, State Home Demonstration
Agent Leader. will be present. The
| members of the committee are: III.
II. Fuller, Hartland. president: Mrs.
John Scott, Cornville. vice president;
Bliss +. Shaw, Norridgewock. secre-
tary; G. l.. Parker. Skowhegan.
| treasurer.
Project Leaders: Miss A. Irene
Libby, st. Adams: A. G. Heald, Sol
| on; Clyde Getchell. Madison Center;
| r.. A. Clifford, Fairfield. Center; H. p.
Jones, e. n. Portland: l.. l.. San
| ford, Skowhegan: Mrs. George Par
ker. Skowhegan; Mrs. Lee Fuller.
| Hartland; Mrs. Will Hill, Skowhe-
gan.
| 1t is expected that all will be pres
| ent since at the time of the last
| meeting more were in attendance
| than at any other meeting held pre-
| viously at the same time. Arrange
! ments for dinner are being made by
= the Home Demonstration Agent and
County Agent.
Successful Timber Estimating DEM
! Onstrations Given at North AnsOn
and Madison Center
| The first actual work along for
| estry lines was carried on by My
| ron Watson, forestry specialist,
| April IL and 10Th. Since the forest
| crop Is one from which a good many
| men derive considerable part or
their income it is only good business
| to understand some of the principles
tinvolved in estimating.
A majority of farm wood lot own
| ers in this county are not famlllar
| with the methods of determining the
value of their woodlot products. con-
| seauently thousands of dollars are
| lost by the farmer in selling stand
| ing timber
Mr.. Watson recommends that use
of the Federal Land Bank Cruising
1 Stick for the work since heights OF
! trees. in diameters. board feet. for
= conifers. and hardwoods and stand
| ard cords of wood both conifers ana
! hardwoods. 1t is very rapid and ac-
| curate. The demonstrations were
held at w. J. Rand's in North An
son and Ned Reeds, Madison Center.
! 1t is not at all improbable that more
! of this work will be carried on the
| coming fall. Also Forestry will pro-
| badly be made a part of the extern
| sion program for the year 1913. Sub
! iects such as forest tree planting.
and improved trimmings and cuttings
| will be included as well as estimat-
ing.
| Fireiess Cocker Campaign
Fireless Cooker campaign is under
| way. Fourty four women IN the
county have signed their enrollmene
| card stating that they are to make a
cooking during May. Are you one
F, II not inquire about these labor saw
ers from your campaign leader.
One woman says, Il cooked my
beans in the stove once as I forgot
to start them and my husband asked
what is the trouble with your cooker
these beans aren't as good
| Why Made A Cooker
Do YOU like to live in hot kitchen
all summer? Not many do; and this
is one advantage in having COOK
er. While one is getting breakfast.
dinner can be started, put in the
cooker on the hit stones, and left
until dinner time, with no fear OF
things burning or boiling dry. This
rids one Of watching the food and OF
keeping a fire and being uncomfort-
able in a hot kitchen.
Is the cooker a fuel saver? When
one can prepare food for the cooker
| in thirty minutes and cook in cooker
the remainder Of the time which
| would have taken three or four hours
on q stove, is not this fuel saver
| Does time amount to anything? II
so. try a fireless cooker and see TX
time cannot be saved. There is no
running to put more water in or fear
of burning. Is not this a time saver
for the busy housewives?
What about tough meats? The wo-
men in the county have said that
tough meats were tenderer cooked In
the cooker. Why Is this? II is be-
cause of the long. slow cooking.
How many times have heard wo-
men say "Oh. how I wish l could
have been at the meeting this morn
ing." With a cooker, they might
have. been. by preparing dinner and
leaving it to cook in the cooker. Any
one could open the cooker and re-
move the steaming hot dinner at din
ner time.
Below is a list Of fireless cooker
home demonstrators. that will be glad
to answer any questions which you
might like to ask concerning the
fireless:
Mrs. Horace Smith, North Anson:
Miss Louise Sawyer, Cambridge!
Mrs. John Scott, Cornville: Mrs. VIII
! liam Wood, Fairfield; Mrs. Charles
| Webb, Hartland; Mrs. Walter Bemis,
Harmony; Mrs. Charles Handley. La
zone; Mrs. Forrest Luce. Madison; !;
Mrs. John Williamson. Mercer; Mrs.
II. p. Jones. East New Portland: !:
Mrs. Will Stewart. Norridgewock; /;
Mrs. o. r. Merchant, Palmyra; Mrs.
$. G. Ellis. Skowhegan: Mrs. Ethel
Rowell. Eolon: Mrs. Osgood Robert.