PAGE SIX
THE STATE FARMER SECTION
Mrs. Beatrice McCauley enjoys the old living room,
brought up to date, in her home. Greenwood, Albemarle
County, Va.
More storage space is afforded by built-in closets placed
by Mrs. McCauley in an upper hall.
Cientlewomen of Virginia Take The Lead
By Charlotte Miller 'L'emple
An enclosed stairway opened, a rail sub
stituted for a partition, and floor refin-
ished modernize the old Peter Gann home.
Built-in clothes closets on the back
porch provide storage for work clothes
and tools and conceal unsightly articles
from view. (Below) Rock from the chim
ney of the old home, torn down, forms an
attractive mantel in Mrs. Sallie Bing's
new bungalow, Tr^e Unie>n, Va.
T N the findings ot the I'Vderal Kami
Muiising Survey, rural Virjjinia was
shcxLed to learn that 4‘> jn r rent ot own
ers’ homes and ()l per cent ot non-own
ers’ homes were in pcKir condition; that
79 per cent ot the white populatitin, and
per cent ot the colored, carried water
a distance ot from 2(k> to 4(H) feet; that
only ID |KT cent ot whites had flush toil
ets or bathtubs in their homes; and onl;,
about one-third of the houses were tairh
adequately screened. "I'he tijjures on
electrified homes ran much lower, and
as to ititerior turnishings- well, when
the honve demonstration agent took a
look around, a drab picture was pre
sented.
So the Department ot Home Kconom
ics of the State Co-operative F-xtension
work called into conference at IJlacks-
burg, the Departments of Knjiineerinj;
and Rural Sociolog\. As a result, a
long-time iwigram tor better rural hous
ing was mapped out. which is showing
spleiulid results after an intensive cam
paign effort started last year ami con
tinuing through
At present, the county home <lem-
onstration agents, winking under the di
rection ot the State Staff ot wliich Miss
Maiule E. Wallace is the Kxecutive
Head, are pushing this program.
Variety of Improvements
Forty-four counties in which home
demonstration work is being done are
putting on a campaign which ties in with
some ilepartment of home iinproveineiit.
Acctjinac is stressing improved bed
room units and remodelling oiit-of-ilate
clothing; Alleghany, improved storage
space; Amelia aiul Amherst, general
storage; Campbell, b<‘tter food storage;
Augusta, sanitation and house repair;
Botetourt, kitchen improvement and
style in dress; Hrunswick, water in the
house and sanitation.
Carroll is busy with a kitchen iiii-
pro\<‘inent campaign; Dinwiddie, house
repairs and better furnishings; Ksse\ and
(loochland folks say they must have
jnore livable living nuiins; Fairfax,
house repair and improved housekeeping
equipment; Franklin, storage and
sanitation; Frederick, (Ireene, Highland,
Ixiuisa and Madison folks are doing all
round repair jobs; (liles women are
liMiking to better kitchen stcnage; Hali
fax is working toward water in every
hoiiK’ and Henry County women want
better storage space tor fiMids in \V inter.
James City Comity is repairing houses
and furniture; Lee C'ounty is aiming at
better pantry and kitchen utensil stor
age; .Montgomery is installing water
systems; Naiisemond and Norfolk Coun
ties have on as neighborly contest, the
reconilitioning of house furnishings.
Much Accomplished
Nottoway, I’rince Fdwaril and Wythe
aie among those realizing the need tor
more and better storage facilities in the
home; Orange combines storage spaces
and sanitation; I’rince William, house
repairs; I'ittsjlvania, lx‘tter t<MMi care;
Rockbridge and Shenandoah are to have
more convenient and cheerier kitchens;
Spotsylvania is urging b<*tter home sani
tation and general repairs; Fazewell
women have a clothing project which
will be climaxed with a fashion show’.
Hedfonl, Chesterfield, ilenrico an<I
Powhatan are planning landscape gar
dening.
Roanoke has a heavy registration ot
contestants in a campaign for the "Eli-
inination ot Hazards in the Home.”
Albemarle County is doing an out
standing piece of work under their cam
paign slogan “ liring the ()ld House Up-
'I'o-Date.” ()ne hundred and fifty w’o-
nien are entrants, each having selectecl
for herself what her home ino.st neeils to
bring it up-to-date and then concentrat
ing on that need.
•Much has been accomplished along
sanitation lines in many counties, con
spicuous among these being I’rince Wil
liam.
So Virginia swings back to her proud
heritage, the home of country gentle
men and fine country homes, and it is
the gentlewomen of Virginia who are
accomplishing the job.
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COTTAGE CHE
Cottage cheese may be prepared in such
dish. An especially delicious way in which to
.Molding cottage cheese croquettes into t
this dish. Appropriate accompaniments are gr
mat*) puree, liacon curls make a delicious at*!
complete this tasty di.sh.
This recipe, in addition to b<'ing healthful
i/ing left-over mashed potatoes:
2 cups cottage cheese (ilrained)
2 cups mashed potatoes
2 eggs •
Salt and pepper to taste
Combine cottage cheese, mashetl potat<H*s
quettes— roll in ilry criniibs, then in beaten e^
brown in deep fat (J75 deg.). (larnish the c
mato puree. Serves six. ,
Oannin^ 1) a\'s
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DEMONSTRATION
Knowledge exchanged is cooking sense
gained. Along about right now, far-seeing
farm women gather together to enrich their
ideas on conservation by canning. Many of
grandma’s old stand-bys still 'meet the test
of taste, all right, but she’s always open for
new ideas.
Demonstrations such as these are the first
deposits on growing accounts of pantry hap
piness and home thrift. \
(I’hotii made in I’ike County, ky.)
PRESERVATION
“It wasn't so much work after all—now
really it wasn't," you*ll agree. Can't you see
reflected in the shiny sides of these jars the
smiles of dad and the children next Winter
when you let them name their choices?
Those canned pears son always likes so
well . . . those pickles dad says have just the
right amount of dill . . . and how proud
daughter'll be up at the State Normal when
you send her that special big jar of straw
berry jam she Irkes so well.
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