Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-01
BIZ Mss DOROTHY PoRTER

County Home Demonstrate Agent
Home Demonstration work with
adults centered around four major
subjects. foods, clothing. home
industries and home Improvement.
The latter had two phases-living
Don improvement and yard beau
tlfication. Girls carry on produce
tive demonstrations in poultry, gar
dening or dairying, and in addition
DO prescribed work in clothing.
food preparation. food preservation
and home improvement.
The need for canned foods for
the four summer months is be-
coming more and more felt as is
evidenced BY the increase In can
ming reported to this office. In
1929 there were reported 1892
quarts Of fruit. vegetables and meat
put up for home use. 1892 quarts
sof these products were reported in
1890. OF this amount 1870 quarts
we're citrus products. Canned grape
fruit and grapefruit juice are
proving popular for summer use.
During the year 81 canning and
preserving demonstrations were
given. 20 Of these were given to
adults and II to girls.
Girls Made Good Records
Girls report 900 quarts or fruit
and vegetables canned during the
year. Since canning time comes
during school term, the girls find
It more difficult here to do this
work than in sections where can
ming is done in vacation. 20 quarts
Is the minimum requirement for
club work. Six girls report more
than the minimum amount. Juanita
Mapes OF the Stuart Place club re-
ports 43 quarts, Anna Sparks,
Rangerville club. SO quarts: Inez
Hughes. R~angerville club. 81 quarts:
Alice Miller. Highland club. 90
quarts: Fannie May Pool. Wilson
Tract club. POI quarts. and Ruta
Gilbert, Rangerville club. 412
quarts.
In Texas a girl may do four
years Of club work. Each year has
its own requirements in clothing.
The 50 girls enrolled reported only
part Of the required clothing work
completed. Eight girls report all
clothing work completed.
Won State Contest
Seven girls entered the county
clothing contest, three in the school
dress division and four In the aft
crnoon dress division. Edith Miles
Of the Highland club placed first
~ the first division and Alice
Miller OF the Highland club placed
IN the second division. Both re-
ceived trips TO the A. & NJ. short
course In the state contest Edith
Miles vas winner Of first place and
received a Singer sewing machine
and bronze medal.
Home Industries
Adult clothing work Is organized
around the individual demonstra-
tor. There were 10 OF these enroll
ed in 1880. These women made
plans for buying and kept a record
Of expenditures for the year. They
received help from the home DEM
onstration agent. and passed that
help On TO fellow club members
in reports at club meetings and
individual help.
Home industries has been a
phase Of home demonstration work
In Cameron county for several
years. With the appointment In
1929 OF an extension specialist in
home industries, Miss Mamie Lee
Hayden. women have worked un-
lei her and the home agent 10
standardize their products for mar
ket. During the period the present
agent has been In the county 10
women have standardized Is pro-
ducts. The products are sweet and
wild orange marmalade, orange
mint jelly, spiced orange preserves,
grapefruit marmalade. rOSelle Jelly.
canned grapefruit and grapefruit
juice, c~rystallized grapefruit peel,
fruit cake, plum pudding, hand
kerchiefs. and hooked rugs. A
market for the products has been
found and this market is expand
ing as fast as the woman are able
TO take care Of orders.
Booth at State Fair
Crystallized grapefruit peel. hand
made linen h~andkerchiefs and
hooked rugs were sent to the Dal-
las Fair for sale in the home in
dustries booth. The peel sold readily
and some OF the other articles
were disposed Of. A booth for the
sale OF standardized products was
put up in the home demonstration
building at the Valley Mid Winter