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Camps.

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15 Circular

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unity

Spirit

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24-25

Co-

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Instructions.

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7-9

Dr

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Forms.

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28 Enrollment

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20 Exhibits

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10-11

Fairs.

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12-14

History.

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1-2

Home

Equipment

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21-23

Home Improvement

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31-32

Millinery.

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27-30

Nutrition.

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17-19

Organization

and

Cooperation

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3-4

Pla

of

· ork

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39-40

Programs

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BRIEF HISTORY OF HO

DEM01STRATION

ND CLUB

ORK I

LARI ER

COUNTY.

On the

15th of November,

1917, the Board of

County

Com-missioner(.'! signed

a.n

agreement

with the Extension Dep·rtment

of the College to employ a County

Agent

.

On

April

1, 1918

1

Mr

.

D

.

c.

Ba com, the

present

agent,

as employed

.

r

.

Bascom

handled the

Boy'

and Girls

'

club ork until

March 1,

1919

1

en

• s

.

Hill

~as

given

complete charge

of

the

club ork

.

r

.

Hill continued to have

charge

of the club ork

until June l, 1922, at

;vhich

time his resignation

v,ent into

1

effect

.

• Due to a n

·1

organization

and naming,

the new

worker

· as

designated

as Assi

tant County

E,ten ion Agent>

hoe ork

it

as

to

ave

char e of the

girls

'

and omen

'

s

work

in the

county

.

r

.

Bascom too over the

boys's

clubs

and

the ne

orker, Ev Floy Smith,

ient

on

·1th

the

irl

'

· ork

d the

rganization of iomen

'

s

ork

.

During

· the last four years so e

ectures have been

iven

by

the State

specialists but not until the last to years

have

any

·emon

trations been

giv

to the omen of

Larimer County

.

Several times the

v

om n have

se

:

nt

commi

tt

es

to

the

County Commissiono s·petitioning for a Home

De

on

tration

Ag nt,

so

it 1 nee lee to

say

that the women

re

quite

enthusiastio

d

illin

to be of ervice to the A

aista

t

County Et n ion

Agent

.

An r aniz tion compose

of re re~antative fro

t

-

enty

com

ities baa

been

organized for the

purpose

of

advising

the

(6)

plan

of

work

in the co nty and oom

u

unioating

it

to the

girls

and

om-en in

tlleir

oonr"

i ties. This

organization

i

the Co-

~orkers

Association

ihich

eet once

a

month.

Th

re

are thirty-six

em-bers no

nd

the

rnemb

rship 11

increase

w

henever ne co unities

are organized

or

desir

a re

reeentative.

Women

's

ork is

in its

infancy in

L

ri er

County

b

t

1e

11 hope and

· re

striving

to

h

ve it

gro so much

durin

the

(7)

ORGA IZA1ION

AND

COOPERATION.

Seven seving clubs and one

canning olub

were

org ized

by

June

16th. A

canning club as

organized in Fort Collins

dur-ing the

latter

p

rt of June

vith

the hoe that they

· oould send

a

demonstration

team to Pueblo to oompet for

the

Canning Club

Cha

pionship

and

b

ent to Chica.go.

The club leaders

met in

conference June

21 and

decided

to meet once a month f r conference

and

· program

that

they

might

carry baak to their club

.

and com1unitiee. Th July

and

September

meetin

ere not very ell

attend

ed.

At the meeting

Oct

er

5th

the

Co- orkers

Association

as

organized,

which

in-cludes

both

club and community leaders.

The

lan is an

experi-me~

~.

Only

one eet ing., November 18th,

has

been

held but

1.t

w

s

ell

attended

and intere

t

as shown

by

the

r10men

.

"J

The

plan

of the organization 1

1ven in the constitution

~nd by-laws,

a

copy of

which

is

enclosed

herein.

A copy of eaoh

progr mis al

o enclos

d

.

The

eeting in December is to be a

Hobby

Sho. Each ember is to exhibit the thing she likes

to

do

and

can

do

bet

an

tell the other omen how she

does

it.

This

:program

was

decided

..

on after

a suggestion

that the February

club

meetings

in the various communities

have

a

1m1lar

program

.

The ex

erience

nd

effect

of

trying

the

Hobby

Show ids in the

Co-workers

· Association

iould

enable them to uccessfully "ut

aero

s" the Hobby Show in their v#rioue com nities.

The Associ tion unani

ly

vot

d

to

keep a

roll of

at-ten

ano and

oheo

up

then b

r of emonstrati n

given

by

the

members

d att

nd

noe of each that

some

record of the

pread

of

/

(8)

'(

e ept

.

The very best cooperation has been shown·

among

the

lJ

o en in -

ing

dates and

arrangements

for the various schools

in the oounty, in

planning

and e ecuting

plans

for

oom1unity fairs

an th cora

ity

exhibits at

t e County fair, and at' the

~resent

"'-t i e

they

are

a s·sting 1n the definite

plan

of ork for

1923

.

ne

Bo rd of

County C

ie loners

i

very

intere

ted

i

n

exten ion

work

.

They

7

re gla to

give

th funds for

s

nding

the ch

mpion

demo1strating

teams to the St· te Fair

.

The teachers un school

board

members of three schools

have

ignified their

111 ingness

for

iutrition cla e

organized

after

the

plan

of Dr

.

Emerson of Boston

.

Thi

eans the

strong-est oo

pera.tion

of home,.

school" doctor and nurse

.

iaa Druett

~

the County liurs :, has been cooperating in the

planning

of this

.

,

ork

.

Director McCan..~,

Dr

.

Lory and 1 s Sheridan

,ere

instru-mental

in obtaining the se of the little kitchen and dining roo

in the omen

'

s Club Building on the Agricultural College Campus

for the Co-

orkers

As ociation

• . !rs

.

Fer eon., the

·club

leader,

as very

graciou

in

al

-l

ing

a.

new

orker to visit her club and an

all

ay

tour

.

e

five

county ne

~a

ork

by

the free ublioity

they

rs are very helpful to extension

1 e

o e

tension ne s, pro ra

and m etin s

.

~

Lat,

but certainly not least, as the co

er

tion given

by the County Extension A nt in

.

eooming acquainted

with

the

leader in the variou o

. ,unit·

es,

in planning the

v

ork in the

county., and

the m··ny suggestions for organization of bo

t

h

the

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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK

IN

AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS

STATE OF COLORADO

FORT COLLINS

COLORAOO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, UNITEO STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

ANO LARIMER COUNTY, COOPERATING

September

22,

1922.

EXTENSION SERVICE

PHONE 1306 J

Dear

Hap

p

y

1e

she

who

knc1-eth

th,

e

best

to eat

and

ear,

- a.1,,PY

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....

.

"'Nho

see

th

the beauty

every h·

ere.

The follc

t

in

c

1 .

th

J

ro~r

t

be

0

1ve Oc~~be

5

1

at Little Coloni

Hall, corner

-

of ounta.1 n

and Remington St

• ,

Fort Col in :

PROGRAM

10:

:

30 -

11:00

Get

acquainted

time for all

11 :00 Foo

for the

Fan ily -

arj orie

Shutt

Instructor in Foods

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 S

J

eoial

lueio

1:45 Color

Schemes

ertha

ost,

Instructor

1n

Art

Special

Musio

3:GO Suitabil.ity of dress, demonstrc;.ted on living

models

Blanche E. llyde,

Colora.

· o Clo

·t

hing

Spech,,list.

This

p

~

gra.m

has

bee

n

planned

ex cially for those

who attend

these

month

ly

1neetings.

The speakers

are

instructors in

the Home

Eco11orn1cs

Depa

.

rtment

of the

Colorado

Agrioul

tural

College

and the Extension Service.

We

Nant you

to have the

ben

fit

of

their

~art

of t

l

e

prograw

~

ri

feel

that you

will

enjoy

it

and

be

hap

n

ier for coming.

You

·re

to be

my

guest for lunch

which will

be served

at the Hall.

flan

to como to

Fort

Colline,

.

Thursday,

October

S.,

to

meet other ladies of Larimer

County

and

enjoy

a good

time.

Please

let

me

know as

~oon

as 1t is convenient

if

you oan be

vith

us.

Very incerely,

Eva Floy Smith,

Assistant

County

Extension

Agt.

(10)

-:;-Tte ro ra.

· or th La.rimer County Co-

rnrkars

A

eating, Nov mber 18th

t the o.an

• s Building

·a

a

ci tion

ollo

.

11 :

00 Carmin

of Fruit

by

the

K1t

C r on

County

girls ho

YOn

the Di trict

ch·1m-pionahip

in c

nnin

~

nd are o

r

to

Chica~o to co ete fer· tri to Franoe

.

12: 5

Lunch

l

:

15 Canning of

ts

by

to

Kit

Car on

irl

• A

uurter

of

por

r

a canned

.

(11)

Dear Mrs.

Extension

work

among the

women ha

been carried on in

Larimer

County for several

yearn. During

the laet year,

Miss

Eva Smith has

been

appointe

a

A

sistant

County Extension

Agen

to

have

charge

of

the Home Demonstration

erk

and

the

Girl's Club

work

in

Larimer

County.

Project leaders

and

Club leader of the county desire to

cooperate in tbi

ork.

At the

meeting

hold the first Thursday

in October, acme of these

leaders

organized. the

Larimer County

Extension Co- orkers Association.

This Association

will

include

representatives

from

each

community

in the County.

It is

organ-ized

to further

ex ten ion orl"'

by

obtaining

the cooperation

of the farm

~omen

in each oomrrunity.

The The

program

of each

meeting

is

arranged to benefit and

interest

the

women

in

the dutiea

of

her

every

day

life.

They

will

furnish

a

chance of

kno~

ing

the

omen

and

the

women

1

_o

_ork

_in

_{the other}

communities.

Extension

erv1oe

is rimarily

for

the rural folk.

The

ef

ectivane

s

of the exten ion service

amon:,- the :vomen

epend

entirely on

the

organizat1on

and

the co-operation of

the

rural

women.

e

are

asking you

to repre

ent

your c_omrnunity int.is

organ-ization that

your

community

may

assist in the co

-

operation

with

the extension service and receive the

greatest

benefit possible.

Very sincerely.,

(12)

CO

N

ST

I

TUT IOU AND BY-L1~WS

of

LARIUER COUNTY CO-WORKERS ASSOCIATION.

I l'JAME

The name of

t.:

.

:-

s

Association

shall

t,e,

.:

,

~he L

a

r

i

mer Co ...

mty

Cu

~

w

orke:rs

Associat ic.n.

II OBJECT

The object of this Association is to further extension work by

obtain-ing

the cooperation of

the f

a.

rm

women in each ccmr

.:

.mnity;

with the

de-sire

that these women become leaders in furthering the interests of

girls

and women.

III PLACE OF BUSINESS

The principal place of business shall be the County Extension office

at Fort

Collins, Colorado.

IV MEMBERSHIP AND DUES

The membership of this organization will be provided for

.

by

appoint-ment made

by

the

Board of

County

Comr:1issioners.

No dues

will be

col-lected and no assessments shall be levied against members) but the

Association may from time to time be called upon to handle money th~t

might be available and used for furthering the work.

V OFFICERS .AND EXECUTIVE BOARD

The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, Vice

President

and

a Secretary-Tr

e

asurer.

The Executive

Board

shall

be

composed of these three

officers and the Chairman of all

standing

Committees.

The Assistant County Extension Agent shall be consi:ie:red

an

ex-officio member of the Executive Board without voting power.

VI ELECTION

The officers of this Association shall be elected

by

majority vote at

the

regular November meeting.

VII

The constitution of this Association may be amended at any

regular

meeting

by

a two-thirds vote of those present and voting, provided,

the desired amen~~ent has been read at the precedi~g regular meeting.

BY-LAWS

I MEETINGS

There shall be a r~gular meeting of this Association held the third

Saturday of each month in the Woman's Club Building.

(13)

II DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTlVE BOARD

The President, or in her absence, the Vice-President shall preside at

all meetings of tnis Association and shall perform

sll

such duties as

usually pertain to her office and that become necessary for the prompt

transaction of the business of this As;;ociation.

It shall b

e

-tl.:.e

duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to

'

keep a record of

all meetings and

.

have custody of all funds that may be received

by

the Association for use in the work~

The Executive Board may meet on

call of the President and transact such business as

may

be delegated

to that body by this Association.

III PLAN OF WORK AND com

4 ITTEES

It shall be the

duty

of

· this Association to decide at each November

meeting upon a definite plan of work for the coming year.

A

comr.1i

ttee subject to the approval of the Association shall be

des-ignated, whose

du.ty

it

shall

-

be to advise and aid in completing each

phase of the plan of work adopted

by

this

··

Assoc

i

a.

tion.

Other temporary

committees

may be designated and elected as

occa-sion demands.

IV Q

.

UORUM

Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of

business.

V

These

By-Laws

may be

amended

by

a

two-thirds

·vote of the members

present at any regular meetinga

(14)

•

EXH

ITc_t

One of th

ig e t times

for the club me ber

1 that

ti·e

hen he

can"

ho

off" his products.

The joy

·th

hioh

ohil

en exhibit

the re

ult of club work makes one· ond r

if

there

ehouldn't be more opportunity given

dour

,lan

of or

for

ye

r

ill

include ore Achievement

Day.

There were fi

ty-ei

ht exhibit of the c thing club

at

the County

Fair.

The Fair

c

e

ao

e~rly

th

t

the

irl

could not exhibit at the Com

nity F i r , to. One int resting

feature of some of the storie

they were .ritten.

as the novel books

in

hie

The

Wellington Club of third year girl

.ade large

pastebo rd olla eighteen inches high nd dres

ad th

e of the eora s ~nd after th

a

e patter · e th

.ad

e

in the

club.

The

t.

Hope Sewing Club ade large

cardb

a.rd

in

resses

r

s

ool

of

tnre· d for

the

covers of their tories.

·ny

of the children

dislike writing th stori

sand th

etimul

g

iv

n

by

these

novel covers seems al o to noour

·Ei

ht ew1ng

exhibits

er

batter st

ries .

.

., ent to

· the St te

Fair.

_{,._}

'

The

fol

ing six

girl

on

p

rizes:

Kathryn L

b

2nd

lat

Y

Q~r

wing

Bl

ch

hi

ch

2nd

To·riel

Julia

H rned

2nd

Remo ela

Gar

ent

yme

Harned

3rd Remo le

Gar

ent

Romola.

·11er

1 t

int,r

H

t

ayme H,rned

2nd

Winter Hat

(15)

Exhibits

in

sewing., canning and cookin

th

five co.

nity f

irs.

th

o n ola

·n caning.,

any

of the clu

k1.

g

an rem

re sho.

at

in

at

th Co

ty

Fair.

lue

rib

b

on

ere

~eatly

in avideno

on

lub

h·o-its

hovin

t

t th al

~irla

~

er

~ood co

old

r

nd ore

ex

p

eri

need hou

rive.

Th

canning exhibit sho.

ery

d

Jelly

a

eature

of oanni

1'

n

10 0

t

and rn~de jel

y

at the

Induet

1 1 Ex

p

osit on h

r ory Fort Co

ins" fov

b

r

14th

d 15th.

Tlle

.. en

ere v,.,,ry roud to

.

it

th

t

· t

~s

of

h

iety

and

..

'

.

..

· ibit

h

:,t·

t

for

s>

remod l

d

garment an la or sa

i

evic

at both

Co

-munity

and

Co

nty

F

·rs.

Ut lit.

th

f

-

h

F·

ir

thi

year

and those communities

which

xh 'bit d

''-J

t

lo

r s

1 in

to

~

ke the faire

re

uc

tion~l

·nstr

ctiv.

(16)

F

IRS

F·

ir t

..

i

ha sh

t i e

for everyone.

Adults

s

ell

as

ch'l

n

-r

rou

to

ho

their

ccomplishme ts and

eat

f

al

the

f ir

oft n

the

mean

of

bringing

out

the

t

· of

people

ho

thin they

hav

e

none.

C

mu

iti

s a.re

see

ing

up"

in

th

ir

fforts

for

co-ra ion. Fiv

unities h-ld

Com

munity

Firs ···1th

total

~tten ano

of

45. •Utility

s

th

y

0

l

fairs held

in

th

County

an

tl

i l l

oau

o

1·ore o

iUni

ty

inter-t

1 a ,etter

ba.l

oe of

th

r

tic·

ful.

Utility

and b

aut

y

can go h

..

d

i

idea

or x

bis.

s

vell

as

the

beauti-n

and

th

t i the best

Blue rib

quality

nd

great

s

r~

a

trcng ar

m nt

1 avor of

better

utility

o

exhibit.

On

ad

y

roug

t a

or er

ai

t

for n eight

y

r ol child

ma.de

fro

:1.

lour

s

c

and

a hite

e .broidered centerpieoe, expec~ing

~a

r-h

e

i

·o

t

the

lu ri

b

on

on the cent

r 1

o

b

t

the aist

i

ht

give

a

id a t

some

on

el e.

lu riobon beoau

of

riginalfty

an

good

.mrk.

s

ip

d the ceut ... rDieo

f

ile to

ta. e

tr

n a

·1

it

ribbon

because

of oor

vor

an

h i ,

th,

in· i

Y,

good

or~rn~&U

succ

9,...

l

f·

i

hibitor r

lize

thai.,

qu l

ty,

orig-utili

y for

1 h3

ote of

p-oo

o stration of the use of' an i

.

cele

a

refriger-t

r

i

r

₁

_h

_Bertho

Com

ity

ooth.

A refrigerator

m·de nd used by a

lady

over

seventy-five

and

ct

ti

g

nothing

but th t i e to make

it

as

exhibited.

Soft

butter w~s put_

in

to

harden and kept during the

fair

ehoiing

that it really orked.

(17)

Thu

t1e id· of the

r e l y

u ful is

being

instill

into

our

fa

rs.

A

e

o

.n

er very le se

ith r . Hyde'

deci ions

.

d

_{for the}

_etter

_{nt o the}

_booth

_.

Three booths

re

given

to the

Clot ing Club .•

Te

res e , h t fn

hibit

oft e C 1ni g nd

e o eled

gar nt

of the

t

ird

\I

fourth

y

r

e

me

to attr ct

th

o

t

atte

tion.

Thr

e d monMtration

a

e givun

,

jelly

aking,

ore

f

cl.

tl

g

--md

m

.ing f

arti

icia.l

flo era.

The

latter

de

onstra-··1

ju

d

to

e

he est

and

the three

girl

co

rising

th tea.

ere the

on

to o to th

State

Fair.

The

Stat

Fair

1as

as ood as usual

and

nearly a, ell

atten ed.

Te pitc n

nd

equip ent for the

de

onetrations ere

very

od

.

It

a~

i

tere t·n

t

e in char e

and m

~t

the club

girls

fro

v· riou o u t i s .

Te rze,.

n

by

the Clothing club

girls

ere as follo~s:

Ka

·l r.,

a

b

Blanch

ioh

J

li H rned

fayrne

H

irn

d

Ro ola iller

Harne

2nd

1 t

year se i·ng

2nd

TcY

el

an

Rem deled Gar nt

3rd

Remodeled

Ga.rment

1.t

r

d

inter Hat

inter

Ha.t

T

AaQ1

tr

t

County E tension Agent al o enjoy

d

the

r

vi

g

of ju in

.

·r1s• club ork at the Logan County Fair

b

t ,

io

en

and

irl~'

~ork

nd the emon tration

Buerj

o C unty Fair. Thus

gain

ing

an o

~p

ortunity to

ferent

i

eaa and

gin

experieno

~or another

ye

r.

t

the

e

(18)

Plan ·

e being ade now for

the

a.r:rangemen

.

t of

ex-hibi

te

and

a.

lace

for

demonstration

that

they

may be

better

(19)

CAMPS

Only one camp

as

held

in

Larimer County

dur

ing

the year

1922.

The club c~mp at the County Fair

w

s enjoyed

by

one hundred

t

enty-five

boys and girls

.

T

vo

large tents

v

ere used as

do

rmi-tories.

The

meals

\Vere

served

at

a church

about

one and one half

blocks

from the tents.

Several

good

ideas of club canps ere

derived

from the

visits to the Logan County Fair

and

the

St

te Fair.

Perhaps

Larimer County can

add

some of these ideas to tleir

program

for

club camp next year.

(20)

REMODELING

Only one remo eling school

h

s

een held

but

any

aonen

have bro

ght

gar,ents

to

the

millinery

school or

aske for

sugge tiona or

ren1odelirig

g

r

ants

t ho e

.

Ther

ere

a

uantity

nd

ariety

of remod le~

gr

ents

t th

fairs

.

One

o

a.n

:

id, Everybody

ha

0 ₀

ething

re

odel-ed

.

n At one o the Community

Fairs .ix

o the

dresses

to

be

judged a

Re

odel d

Dr

ss s - re b

ing

shov

n on living oa.el

hich

de interest

to thermo led

garm

nte

.

ye

cellent rem deed

dr

sses

d

s irts ere

exhib-i.

e

by

he clu

girl

t the L rimer County Fir

.

Little otes

showing th

history

of

the

t ri l

arde

greater

interest o the

g

rments. One

dress ade from material. vhich had been

in throe

families

and

1

orn by four

eopl

or1g1n

ly

suit

.

As

a

r

it

ade

go

ohool

res

for~ fourth

ye~r

olub

girl

.

The

h story

f

som

of th

remodels

res

s

r

ds

~1-most like

f

iry

b

db

o use

they

are

intere ting

ne

n

i

.,.hbor

is not

bac

thu

uggestions

ar

out telling

then

xt neig

bor

and

(21)

NUTRITIO

The desire for nutrition ork in the County is jut

be-ing created.

· The Aseiatant

C

· ounty

Extension Agent is very fortunate

to have been

given

the

1

rivilege of attending the Nutrition

Institute

given

by Dr. Emerson of

Boston,

October 15th - November

1st, in

Denver.

Even though some children o

have a strenuous

time

rais-ing their families and

perhaps

the high ·ltitude

does

nake

them

t·

1, it

seems a

pity

to

let these be excuses

· to let children

beco

e hollo -chested, round shouldered

and

very, very tired.

One

nother

declared

her

boy

was

lazy

but hen ~eighed

cmd

measured

he roved to

.

be

t

rnnty-one

er cent under

w

eight

for height.

He

as tired

all

of

the

time,

so.,

of

course

could

not

give the

res

JOnse

of

a

normal.,

wide

-

a.ke.,

active

boy.

The rural

people are surprised

to learn the

true

causes

of

malnutrition

but

the

majority

of

parents r,hen

convinced of

the

plight

of th ir chil ran and the remedy needed

are

very

v

illing

to cooperate

1n every

way possible

.

In co erat1on

n

ith

iss

Druett,

the County nurse,

plans

have

been mad for

the

organization

of

a

nutrition cla.s

in

.

each of four communiti s. The e classes are to be

demonstration

classes for the

County.

The Hot

School

Lunoh is

a stimulus

to the child usually

causing him to eat

more food and better

f

od.

Vith

the

v1e1

of finding

ho

i

ma.ny

.

schools

already

ho.Ve

the

Hot Lunch or

plan

,

(22)

school.

A copy is enclosed.

All the uestionaires have not yet

been returned

but

those hioh have sho

good

results for the Hot

Lunch.

Two lectures have been given on Nutrition ork, one

to

the Po..rent-Teaohers

• Asqoaiation

t

averly and one t~

· the

La.r-imer County Co-workers A sooiation. Plana are being

ad

for a

utritlon class at

Walling

ton.

The

diet

and

planning

-

of meals are very interesting

to

the mothers and

house

ives

and

that

1 one

phase

of the

ork

planned

for the Home Makers' Clubs.

Since it

is

impossible for the A

ss

istant

County

Exten-sion Agent to

personally

conduct

a

class because of the very

frequent

meeting,

an individual

pup

il

is roving the

~eight

for height record.

Inv

-

estigations

a

to the

comparison of under

veight

chil-dren among the

f

o

rei

o~ildren re

.•

ired to

work

in the beet

fields

and

the hite or American children of

whom

no

suoh ork

is required are being started.

(23)

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK

IN

AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS STATE OF COLORADO

COLORADO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,

UNITED STATE& DEPARTMENT opr AGRICULTURE,

ANO LARIMIER COUNTY, COOPERATING

FORT COLLINS

Color do

Agricultural

College

United States Depart

ent

of

Agriculture,

And L·rimsr Coun y, CooJerating.

Dear

_---

:-EXTENSION SERVICE PHONIE 1306 J

Nove ber

1 The icle~ of

be::.

r"'V

n

overco

1e

in

t

...,

1 · n _O

tr

o -

ot

Lun .,he

in

t·

,

a ...

cols

.

hen effort

lu _ch

is

not

a

e

,

one.

ts st

.. aoes:~ has

t

n"l

·,i

a~.:

in.

e

_O •

t

et obet ~olo

...

e

t

be

~ome o± the schools, but

th

lu10

~~s

been successful

and

cooperation

hrve

been

unit d.

The

Hot Lunch

is

stL..1ul

ting

to

ll

of u

,

nd

very

zioun

to

kno'l tl 4t

eao

1

so

1001

chil

,

in

LarLn

r

County

have the

advan-tages

of

.

iq

tmo

_.

.

T

..

r3 are

often.

,r-ny

pro?l

..,n.

tc

rne~t

in

erv1~

a Hot

Lunch.,

an

·:,n.z

iot.t

to assist you in

·my way

.c-10.:;iaible.

Ple

ae _111 ·n th ...

blan1~C':l

a.na

r

..,tur

n

as

soon

Wa

Hot

Lunch

serv d in y

ur

school

lai:·t

ye

r?

Was

it

oonaid red a ucce

?

ossible.

,

at

~

the avera~e cot

per

erving ~or e~ch c ild?

( If

approximate,

lease mark

"!Im.:.•)

Are

the -,

...

rents

in

y

·~r cornn;unlty

,

e ircus

of

cco

₁

)e

·ati.u.:,;

in

t:11

;e

rk?

Ho

re

the

tot

Lunches

financ

?

Are

you

pl

nr11ei.

to

serva a Hot Lunch this year?

May

I

assist

you in

any

way

in

planning

or arr n9"ing for th Hot

Lunch?

Very truly yours,

Ev

Floy

Smith

(24)

El OLL ENT

~ h t y - f o u r

girls

ere enrolled in the

s

ven

in

clubs

.

Fifty-six

oft ese

girls

ent in record

s

orie

and

xhibited

a

t the

Cqunty

Fair. Four oth

rs

ant

inn.

·ly

'"'11 of the ork

and at

least ten others

finish

xcept for

just a litt e

~rt

of the

ork

.

Thu

a t

t

1 of

i

ty-six

per

cent completely

fin-ishe

_

d., forty

per

o nt

f

the olubs

f

ini

h

e

· one

hund1:

p

r cent.,

but the other o

ub brough~

tbe t

-

ot l

a erage doYm

t

ixty-six

per

.

cent.

Only

si o f t

e canning

club

g

irl

ent

in

r cor, tory

·n

d

exhibit. Other only

partly

finished.,

o thou

g

ht it a

unn oesa-ary to re

p

ort. The

girls

1ho

d1

finish

are

xoellent

oanners

~nd have done

a

g

od

ork in the club.

One

hundred

nine

different om

n

and

irle

l

er

enrolled

in the 1llinery schools.

Tho total

attendance at

the school

was

tvo hundred t enty-five.

Only

one remodelin

g

chool

vaa held.

Sixteen

a

en

attended

.

r

.

• Hye

t

u

g

ht th

school

.

At the clos

of

th

day

the

wom

en

decided

they

ould

r ther ,uke

ha.ta so

then xt

y

(25)

,l

HOME EQUIPME

T

The ide·

· of the Testing Circle

~

h1ch

as

reoei

ved

from

Mrs

.

Ferguson of Boulder County

has been

triad. The tollo

ing

e ui

ment

a.s

donated by

the Lowell

~

oore Hardwa.r-e Company:

Cake Turner

Bottl

rush

Ba~t

ing Spoon

Sp tula

ff

Pair Pliers

eat Fork

Fruit Pres

ystic

it

Potato asher

Vegetable Fork

Wire ,

ip

Pot Lid Lifter

Pressure Oooker

Inserts

•

35 .3

.i

o

.25

.75

• b

.15

.65

.1

0 .15

.3

0 .

•

15 .

25

23 .50

2 .

5

3.00

3.50 l-2 Bread

ixer

122 B Mo

iringer

1-~3 Ru

sian

Food

Dish

Drainer

Sanitas Dust

Pan

Chopper

3.00

1.00 Set easuring Spoons

C;ro\m

lop

Stick

BO\vl Strainer

1-l Ladd Egg

Be

ter

1-132

n "

Chop Knife

Dish

Mop

· .

ooden

Spoon

Vegeta le Brush

Can Opener

Knife Sharpener

Pair Scissors

D ff

2 Clev

out Cake

Pans

Fruit Press

Total Value

1.00 .15

.ao

• 5'

.60

.3u

.2

0 .15

.ao

.10

.35

• 35

1.75 .25

.30

.65

48.05 E ch testing

circle

includes six

members

.

This equipment

is

-f-no in the fourth circle. Those

who have

tried

i'b

a

ee that

the

plan

1 a

good

one, that the equi ent is only the essential

(26)

("j.

nd

many

urchases

h·

ve be n

made as

a.

reaul t of the equipment.

t

a.ter

.

in

the

hor

e has

been

discu sed

in

t o home

bu

t

as

(27)

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK

IN

AGRICULTURE ANO HOME ECONOMICS STATE OF COLORADO

COLORADO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 0 ... AGRICULTUPIE,

ANO LARIMER COUNTY, COOPERATING

ll

· a.r

_____

.._

___

...

,, FORT COLLINS EXTENSION SERVICE PHONE 1306 J •

t

'"1

>J.l

in

~he

omo

on

ow

· r

1

cl1

no

tte

h

,r, ,

ork

.

;. r·y

o·

-

i

· ?

oul

d

y

~u

i

r

or n

ym

r

Oli $

hat ot

101· COl V(,U Oti'JC J ¥CU d.

you

'

m~ntT

ise

tO

t

b. , O,.t

1,

-nae

.

~u.

v-a.

F

1

l

oy

Str

i

ti ,

t

.

Co

int

't

·en"

~ Oh

Jl.--..:·en..;

.

(28)

CO

U

UTY

SPIRIT

Th

.

aj

ori

ty

of

th

com

1Un

i ty

meet

in s

ere

f

r

the

pur-ose

of

.lanning definite programs

of

ork. There

are

t

1

elve

oommuniti

vthioh are active

in the use

of

e

.

xt

naion

servioe.

Five community

fairs ,ere held with an

att

nd(noe

of

2450

.

Four

oo

~

uni

ties

Berthoud.,

a.verl

,

1 in

n

and

Laport

mad

very

good

exhib.tion

at

th County Fai;,

Th~

first thr eh d

both

Home

ork

and

Agricultur·l exhibits.

La.orte had an

Agricul-tural exhibit, noted

for

-

its large

proportion

of fruit, Berthoud

again

took

first prize

in both the Home

1ork

and the Agricultural

exhibits.

Several individual

prizes

ere taken

by

the

communi-ties on

dress

forma,

millinery,

remodeled

garmentst

homemade

soa,

butter, pastry,

fruit and cro s.

Community

spirit wa.s

in evidence

in

a meeting at

the

Coun-ty Fair of the

representatives

of

each

community

called

to

make

out

a

score

card for

judging the Home

Work

Exhibits

.

The

follo· 1ng tentative

score

card

was

worked

out:

Remodeled Garments

15 Articles from sack

10 Plain sewing

10 Millinery

5 Baked

goods

5 Canned

good

5 Dried

goods

5 Art

5 Homemade labor saving

device

10 Appearance

&

arrangement

5 Educational value

10 Flowers

5 Fancy

wor

5 Old Fashi

-

oned

eoo omies

5

100 oints

It

as thought that

~ith ab

sis like this#

better

exhib-its

would

be made next year.

(29)

The

Parent-Teacher Associations

are

active

and

o

(30)

DRESS FORMS

Sever· 1 dress form h ve been

made

in the County but

I

have given

only one

demonstr

tion on them in of

th forms

.

cails

are beginnin~ to come in asking about

th

n,

the

charges form king, etc. Our

only charge is that the one

ho

have the benefits of the forms

be

11 in to a

s

ist so eon

else in

making

a form or having one

made

.

This

they seem

ill-ing to do, so

!)erha.ps,

year

rill

see

many

dress forms

(31)

m:

/I;

11-e

ry

'o

Ghol))

t:1-T

-iJ

O Y }

H h

4 }dr1y

<-oGhDb J

~- H

111"t;

I

1J

YI/

i,..

e

,Ir

H

tn

-s

'S

(32)

Oh d

h

Ob J ,-,.,-

f-1

d

---r-,

0 L

k

f1H#Ts

}

~fl/

D ~V

r--::,

(33)

/

HLLINERY

j

The first

chool

held

by

the

Assistant

County

Extension

Agen~ as

in

the Red Rock School

dis

trict,

three

mil

es est

of

Berthoud. Mrs. Blanche

E. Hyde,

the state clothing specialist,

~as

instructor for the school.

Fives·

le hat·frames ere

1

ade.

No hat

ere completed.

July 12-13

another

school

as held

in

the

,...ame

co

m

un-ity. Nine hats ere finished,

seven were of used

mater

ial

and

t o of new

m·

terial. One

and

one-ha1r

· doz

en

flo ers were

mad

e.

A very interesting feature of thi

sohoo

l

fas the

splen-d~d coo eration received

in

planning

for

it.

The

omen

vere

very

delighted ith th ir

hatq

and several

1

re

· them to

to

wn

~rom

the

meeting

.

The

children

seemed to catch the spirit

and.

v'ere quite

angelic.

The moth~r of four

was

allowed to

practically

complete

her

hat

and the trim

ing.

One lady over sixty ho coul not

,

think of oing her

o n seH1ng

t

ade

hat

thi

ch

took first

prize

in the Berthoud Fair

· d

,a

exhibited at the County Fair.

She was

as ha

py

as a

child

to thin

she

had made

not

only the h~ but the trim

ing,

too.

One of the ladies ho

ls quite ell-to-do and

very

pro-gre

~i

ve

to househol

equip

l

nt

C

.

u.

icture of her home nd

yard

i

enclosed)

i

still earing h· ts of 1908 eriod which

·1er very

unbecoming.

I

dared

to

plan

a

oft

oro

a

t

ivi

th

a

roll bri

an

h

is one of the

ladie

ho

wore

her hat to town.

It

as a

great

impr ement and

she

received the compliments of

all

he

~om n.

I

really

beli

va

I

as

s

happy

as she.

These

(34)

.i·

~

day

school

a

L

V

d

wa.e

held

July

29 .

_Mrs

_.

_HYde

taught the millinery

and

I

taught

the aking of

artificial

!lo.ere

.

Five

hat

were

started, ten

w1re

frame

were made

and t o and

one-half

dozen Pilk

and organdy

flower

ere finished

.

T·e

Wa.v ..

rly

o-irls were

very

much

intere ted in

a

millinery

f ..

ohool.

A

t1-

o

· y

ohool J'uly 10

-

l l

tnas given ~nd

the

girls

did

s

1 n

id

work

.

Nine tvire

frames and

· four

hats

ere finished.,

six

-

/

teen flower

and tr

1

i

ings

vere ~de

.

Four

iore

hats

have

been

a e

by

th

birl

· s a result of tbis

chool

.

A

t·

o

an.

one-half

ay

acho~l

ut ~'ellin

...,on

brought

any

oid hats fro th attic (it seemed).

Some

.are

cert-inly

po·

r

specimens

but

they

remodeled be~utifully

so

thu.t t

.

hey

co ld

be

nsunda.y Bestu for the remainder of the sea.son

.

Thirteen new h,ts

were

made,.

seven

era reblooked

and

renovate,

.

One of the

ha.ts

made

by

a.

girl won fir

t

prize a.t

the County Fair

.

T- o ladi

e

practically

completed three

hats

each.,

so

the interest r·

high

.

Reports

from

others

who vorked

have not acme in yet

.

A two

day

school in Timnath

saw

the finish of eleven hate,

four

~ere

of new

material

and

seven

of used material

.

One rather

a.musing

feature

,vas

the fact that

all

the new

.

hate and

t o of the

others

were a

bright

red., four

bei11:g

exactly the same shade and

the others only

slightly

different.

It

was

the

proverbial

flpa

1 nt-1n the

to

redw but no one seemed

to

oare

.

~

/

One

school

as held

in

the

Mouritciin

Di

triots Oct

.

~ .

forty-live

ile""

fro Fort

Coll ins

.

Four

iOmen

came

.

as far

as

forty miles

to o.ttend the clu

and

school

.

The

ajority

came

eight

iles the

first

day,

The

stories

of

the

four

convicts

·rho

had just escaped fro the road c

~n

on

the

Poudra

River Road and