Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-06-11


tons workers, eggs for the United
Nations-more than 4 billion dozen
OF them needed in 1912.
Cooperative Endeavor.
If the women are going to work on
the farm, they have to save time in
the house or get extra help there.
The women of Marshall county, S.
D., have established an employment
service for domestic help in the
home demonstration agents office
so that women and girls who have
some time to spare can help in the
farm homes where women are TAX
ing more farm responsibility. In
Texas, community sewing centers
and canning centers make efficient
use of sewing machines and pres
sure canning equipment and save
time and effort for the housewife.
Sharing the available equipment is
one war measure that farm wom-
ems clubs have found very useful.
Women are also successfully en-
tering the cow-testing field. One
conservative association in Michi-
gan finally agreed to try out girl
testers because they were very anx-
ious to continue their coW-testing
work; but. said these gentlemen, she
must wear overalls or slacks-we
won't stand for shorts on our cow
| testers.
If the home front is to be strong
bulwark supporting our fighting
| forces, every man, woman and
child must understand and contrib
ute. Women in rural districts are
| taking a leading part in bringing
this about. In Iowa, man and
woman co-operator have been Sc
lected for every school district of
about 16 families. They get the lat
est information on victory gardens,
the buying of war bonds, anti-infa-
ton legislation, and other war &C.
tivities, and see that all of the 16
neighbors know and understand.
They call meetings, make visits, see
them at church, at the country store,
or anywhere neighbors gather. In
achusetts, New York. and Vir-
ginia, these neighborhood leaders
are called minutemen and minute
women and are responsible for be-
tween 10 to 20 families each.
Victory Gardens.
| The victory-garden idea was car
ried to all farm families through
these neighborhood leaders. The
secretary of agriculture called for 5
| million farm home gardens, and this
meant a garden on practically ev-
cry farm. In some states, every
farm home was visited and seeds
supplied to those who could not af-
ford to buy them. The neighbor-
| hood women are also following
through with information on care of
| gardens. control of insects, and
preservation of surplus vegetables.
Mrs. M. 0. Lawrence. Mississippi
leader, tells her neighbors: eff all
farm families will grow all they and
| their city children need to eat, it
will release all the factory-canned
vegetables for those who cannot
grow them and for the countries re-
sisting aggression. So, farm wives,
let us join hands and do this and
help to win the war to save de-
mocracy." Another leader in Vir-
ginia mountain community which
has been largely on relief reports
her activities: II tell 'em to plant
a garden, and they tell me why.
I'm on relief: and I tell 'em, May
be SO, but you can't eat what amt Z"
When a survey Of the food supply
was taken in Summit county, Utah,
it was found that in the 500 farm
homes IS per cent had space for
garden. but only SO per cent had
gardens. Armed with these facts,
a garden committee was appointed,
and leaders selected to visit every
farm home. They discussed the
garden possibilities-the size Of the