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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, Experts Talk to the Women WOMEN FLOCK TO Women Gather to Discuss Need FARMERS' WIYES DO NOT WANTDHI GIRLS Say - That Skilled Workers Would Want Too Much Pay and Others Would Want to Be Ouests. -HEAR THOXPERTS Learn How to Can Vegetables Of Conservation in the Homes and Meats and Hear De bate; on How to Buy. ; That conservation has taken firm ' hold of the women of 'Nebraska was shown Wednesday afternoon in the woman's department of the State Con- icrvation congress at' the Auditorium, i If empty teats greete4 the , speakers l in the men's department, no such con djtion existed on the otryer side of the canvas, where the women t depart ment was being cdnducted on the stage of the Auditorium, When Mrs. Paul Rivett of Florence, the first speaker in that department, came on the platform at 2 o'clock, ,' carrying a crate of beans, another of spinach and third of tomatoes, to ' i nether with a wash boiler, a dozen or so class jars, a big chunk of fresh beef and a few other things,' prac tically every seat was filled. And . . ,' women were 'not the only ones in , sight About one-third of the teats were, occupied by men. -i Talks on Canned Goods. The official title of Mrs. Rivett's lecture was. "Demonstration, Canning . Vegetables - and Meat," - And the demonstratedi all risht. She canned beans and spinach and tomatoes right up there on the stage and then turned v 'round and fixed a piece of beef so that it will last tor the next ten years provided it it nof eaten 'before that : time. v . Mrs. Rivett used the "coldpact method" of canning. She first tleril- - lied the glass jars, the tops and the , . rubber bands. Then the cooked the beans from seven to ten minute The . spinach she steamed for ten minutes. The tomatoes took just about as long if time, Then the put the vegetables :t; i, in the Jars.. . Next, she put .the tops very loosely on the jart, set .the jart V in trie1 wash .boiler, and for . an hour - , and a half .and .let them boil away. She-told her. audience to boil the ,. things just that way every day for - . three days and to then screw the tops .- ; down tightly. . ."They will keep in- ' definitely,"' the taid. . - . , . Work While Vegetable! Boll. ',; " s While the' vegetables were being boiled for the hour and half the con gress went on to other work, i , i Mrs. Charles Lots of Omaha told about economic buying from .the viewpoint of the housekeeper and i i Byron Reed, grocer,, of Omaha, told about the same thing from the view- point of the opposite side of the Y " counter. ' . . . . . i . ' , Mrs, Lotr laid buy- for enh: Mr. i Heed laid there, wat no saving In do ing that .Mrs.. Lotr said take your v market basket and go. to the ttore. Reed laid use the telephone and have . it ordered and charged., !'t will save delivery costs," laid Uri. Lotz. "It I y will increase expenset for cleric hire," said Reed. . After half an hour of joint , , , ; debate "time", wat called with the au dience undecided at to which wat " right, but unanimously of the opinion that the viewpoint of the housekeeper and that of the grocer is .exactly op- posite to each othes, , ' ' " Rome Miller of the Rome hotel told " about food economy in public places ' . and Mm. Harriet MacMurphy, with ' , -the tuhject, "Care of Food In , the Home," told what to do with the food and how to keep it after it was once secured. i ' , ' Odell Tells of Uc'c of 1 Live Stock on the, Farms Frank G Odell. seer, tary of the Federal Lund Bank of Oinafia, In his talk to the Conservation ennforeMr yesterday told of the lack, of live . stork on Nebraska farms as revealed . by the survey made by appraisers of , the Land Sank. Thit survey covert only the farm ,, en who have applied for loam from -, this institution. , . . ' The applicationi for loans of these , SiO farmers show an average acreage per farro of 480, an average number ' , i.milk cow uPn each farm of 1874, an average number of beef eat . tie old and young of 20.5, anaver age number of hogs per farm of 13, and an average number of brood sows of 4.4. , v.-.--'. ' .... , Mr. Odell then gave the live stock , " situation by counties as this tentative ; survey showed it and concluded: ... ;. . "Representative farmert who are. present in thu, assemblage from the i n counties which have been examined are much n,orr competent to state to this audience than is this speaker , as to whether there has been an ac tual decrease in the amount of breed , ' ing stock upon the farms of western Nebraska. . , u '"Whether there hat been such a decrease It should be plainly appar ent to aK that every reasonable effort should be exerteti to increase the live ' stock production of Nebraska and to make such production profitable to the farmer win, incurs ail of the risk t" attendant upon thit vital contribution - ' ; to the tutorial need." ' , Lincoln Hiohway Board ' Prepares for Spring ' The Lincoln Highway commission ; of Nebraska met iu Omaha Wednes - day noon to talk over plans for put- - ting the highway in the best possible - t .shape throughout the state for the "coming spring ' tourist travel.' The I commission consists of-J. W.-Welp-, ton, Ogallala; George Wolz, Fremont; A. V. Hoagland, North Platte:. I, E. McNally, Schuvler; T. H. Bolte, . ' ; Kearney: Roy Cussack, North Bend. ..." Waste in Using too ' ' Much Sugar in Coffee Do yon waste sugar In your eof- - ' fee or tea? It tome left in the hot- ' . ' torn of the cup. If so, stop it By." doing so you will save money for ' yourself an4 you will conserve the Country's sugar supply. The suggestion comes from Mrs; D. Campbell, 41S1 Cuming street. . , , "Don't put more sugar in your v. coffee than you need," she says. . , "And stir it tip so that every grain it dissolved. ; Thus you will get . the full food value of the tugar and - (! at the same tune will save the dish- washer tome work." .. , .. r Heads of every women's organiza tion in city and state held a sepa rate conference at the Rome hotel in connection with the state conserva tion meeting to lay out the work of conservation in the homes. Miss Al ice Loomis of the University of Ne braska home economics department, Who presided, was authorized to ap point a permanent committee to han dle the state work. ,- , A special committee oh .labor in farm homes is headed by Mrs. A. E. Davisson of Lincoln, alto of the home economics faculty. Both committees report at Thursday morning's sessions.- : Planting vegetable gardens, espe cially vegetables which can be canned for next winter's use; substitution of cornmea! for potatoes, beans and cheese for meat, whole wheat bread for white and dried vegetables for fresh or canned vegetables were con servation means advocated by Mrs. Charles H. Aull. ... .' Could Drive Tractors. Women who ' drive automobiles can just at easily learn to manage farm tractors," read Mrs, Aull from a circular letter Written by Carl Vroo-man.- ,ti '.-., J- A spirited discussion on whether the conservation committee should carry on its work directly under the government or under the . National Council for. Defense occupied the greater portion of the meeting., Fed erated clubwomen, for the most part, headed by Mrs. J. N. Paul of St. Paul, president of the Nebraska Fed eration of. Women' Clubs, and the. state suffrage president, Mrs, W. E. Barkley of Lincoln, 'stood for the na tional council as an organization ap pointed by the government as a work ing agency. Clalmi of Service League. Mrs. J. Langworthy Taylor of Lin coln, state chairman for the National League for Woman Service, pressed the claims of the tervice league at a ' J' 4.' ' V 7' 1 J 'jf ' " .1 A X' v Q '1 ' ' t (J " v MISS ALIcfe LOOMIS. prior organization to the council for defense. The conference voted to work di rectly under the government. Among the well-known clubwomen from out in the state who are at the meeting are Mrs. J. H. Hegarty and Mrs. Hinman of iNorth Platte, Bry son of Fullerton, C. A. McCloud of York, A. A, Grantlan of Lexington and F. H. Hall of Lincoln. Two men, F. W. Arndt of Blair and V. F. O'Gareth of Cedar county, took part in the discussion. Prof. Burr Urges Farmers To Prepare for Next Year . Prof. W. W. Burr, head of the de partmeVt of agronomy of the Univer sity of Nebraska, in hit. talk before the State Conservation Conference yesterday, urged attention to future crops, since he pointed out that the cropt 'of thit year are pretty well ground. He declared that much of done for thit year except intensive cultivation to set the best oossible crops out of the teed already in the graund. He declared that much of the seed planted and sown-this year It of the slow germinating kind, for the reason that thit year the kernett have particularly hard shells or hulls which absorb moisture slowlv. "There It wheat enough in the ttate- ngnt now," ne said, "to seed the wheat fields of Nebraska next fall, but it is being hoarded. This must be overcome. He urged the stacking of grain this fall rather than leaving grain in the shock unless the farmer knows that he can get it thrashed Immediately after it is. cut, and dry enough to thrash. This he urged after harvest ts allow an opportunity to plow the fields to get 'them in shape for the cropt to be put in for next year. "There will be labor enough to do this," he taid. "Though there is a big demand for farm labor, the people are thoroughly awake now, and this labor will be supplied through the various agencies when It it required." Sharks and Seaweeds Are ' Exhibited at Food Show New York, May 23. Filet of shark, gray fish, various forms of edible seaweeds and large array of practice ally unutilized Amercan foods nf hiVh. -est dietetic value are among the ex- niiHia in ine iooa ana neaitn exhibi tion opened today at the American. Museum of Natural History. That the farmer's wives do not want to accept the magnanimous offer of Nebraska university girls, who are willing to go on the farms this sum mer and assist the overworked women, is the opinion of Mrs. A. E. Davisson, instructor ih the home economics de partment of the State College of.Agri culture in Lincoln and chairman of the agricultural department of the Na tional League for Woman Service, in Lincoln. "In my extension work throughput the state d meet a large per cent of the farmers' wjves in Nebraska and I nave discussed with them the propo sition the college girls have made. In one town where I talked to twenty women for an entire afternoon on the subject they refused to entertain the idea. When I asked them if they would refuse trained college girls capaDie or canning 1UU quarts ot to matoes in a dav thev reDlied. 'Such girls would demand wages beyond our incomes. Would Work for Nothing. When told that many of the girls wisnea 10 volunteer tneir services free, the women replied, "Then we would have to treat them as guests and they would be more bother than they are worth. Only help who woulj be -willing to eat in the kitchens, which in the summer are insufferably hot, Who would be willinir to attend to the baby and help in the fields if necessary, unless personal friends of tne women on tarms, will be accept able," according to the wnmfn Mrs. Davisson also made an earnest plea that Nebraska women not waste even a particle of food, to great, in her mind, is the demand for the strict est conservation. ' Food. Measures Are t , Given Right-of-Way Washington, May 23. Food legis lation was placed in a favored position in the senate today by unanimous consent -for immediate consideration of the first bill, which deals with stim ulating production. The bill became the unfinished business, giving it a privileged parliamentary status. 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