The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-14


ect next year will consist Of four
very different topics, as follows:
Clothes closets and wardrobes;;"
Repairs about the house,"
Shopping for yard goods" and
"Re-styling and altering ready
mades."
Two songs were then render
ed by Mrs. O. F. Banting, Of
Richmond, and then Miss Sarah
v. H. Jones, of Rochester (mas-
ter farmer) gave as her topic,
Agricultural Changes on My
Own Farm" Miss Jones said
five generations of her family
had lived on the same land. She
said, "when my grandfather be-
gan farming in 1854 he had oxen
and presently a few horses. He
began by taking trees off the vir-
gin land-all of which naturally
gave up crops in abundance.
No one worried about diseased
animals-if they died they just
died-otherwise their milk was
used for butter, ETC." She went
on to say how after about TWEEN.
ty years the crops weren't near
ly as good, but her grandfather
didn't know anything about the
chemical analysis of soil, nor
was there anything known about
commercial fertilizer. They used
to save the carcasses Of the ami
mails that died and put back
into sthe land. Miss Jones said
her grandmother never bought
anything In her life-everything
she needed from the store was
received by trading In milk, but
ter, and cheese. Up until per-
haps the early 1900's, farming
was more of q mechanical pro-
cess. She then went on to tell
about tuberculosis, Mastitus and
Bangs Disease, and discussed ra-
tions for dairy animals and told
of the various kinds of milk they
sold from their farm.
william Murphy, County Ag-
ricultural Agent, discussed the
various services available thru
the Extension Office and gave
a resume of the main work &C.
complished last year. He then
announced the results Of election
of county officers for next year
County Chairman, Mrs. Geo.
Kelly, Richmond; County Recre-
alton Leader, Mrs. Lloyd Tubbs,
Armada; and County Secretary
and Publicity, Mrs. William
Murphy, Mount Clemens. The
following women were selected
as delegates to Farm Women's
Week 1t MISC. this summer
Mrs. George Clark, Romeo and
Mrs. Cassius Shaft, Fraser; Al
ternates: Mrs. James Braidwo0d,
Romeo and Mrs. F. w. Saxton,
Fraser.
After luncheon the picture
"Meat and Romance, a sound
film which discussed in a very
interesting style the various cuts
of all kinds of meats; vitamin
and colorie value in comparison
with other foods, ETC., was
shown.
An organ recital, given by
Mrs. Walter Kruse of Mount
Clemens, was enjoyed by every
one, before proceeding to the
main speaker of the day, Miss
Mildred Jones, of Michigan
State College. Miss Jones spoke
on Southern Cookery. She
comes from the southwestern
part of Kentucky and her folks,
as well as most of the nearby
neighbors, live on the land which
they received from grants thru
the Governor. She never tasted
mayonnaise, baked beans, or
Hubbard squash until she came
to Michigan. They cook their
cabbage until black and green
beans until brown. They all
eat very heartily at noon and
then take a nap. In the small
towns the storekeepers close
shop from 100 to 200 while
they lounge in chairs outside.
Hot breads are served at all
their meals - yeast breads being
served in the case of illness.
They had apple, peach, pear, ap-
ricot and a few cherry trees.
Summer was just one continual
canning everyday after day.
She told of q very special treat
which was made from very
small, sweet peaches which were
mashed and spread out on ash
boards on top the smoke house
(these having been scrubbed un-
til they were practically Whitley
where they were left until the
sun had dried them out, during
which time the children took
turns on the roof tanning off
the bees. It was then rolled up
like q jelly roll! and wrapped in
paper and left to mellow-which
process took q few weeks (she
thinks to this day the word
mellow" was q term used to
keep children from eating It up
at once.) This was q very de-
licious, caramel food, almost like
CANDY. They also dried peaches.