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Extension Projects: 1924, W.F. Kumlien
Extension Projects: 1924, W.F. Kumlien
SDSU Extension Circulars
This circular contains an outline of the projects or activities carried on by the Extension Service of the South Dakota State College. These projects represent the combined efforts of cooperating farmers and extension workers to formulate plans that, when put into action, will meet the most urgent local and sectional problems of the state pertaining to agriculture and the rural home. This information is designed for the use of community committeemen, country farm bureau directors, extension agents, and other in planning programs of work for 1924.
Designing The Simple Blouse, May Kiethline
Designing The Simple Blouse, May Kiethline
SDSU Extension Circulars
In this circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, the information provided focuses on the creation of a simple blouse through the guidance of the Home Economics Department.
Meal Planning, Mary A. Dolve
Meal Planning, Mary A. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
In this circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, the information provided focuses on food nutrition and factors that should be taken into consideration during meal planning. This information is provided through the guidance of the Home Economics Department.
Children's Clothing, May Kiethline
Children's Clothing, May Kiethline
SDSU Extension Circulars
In this circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, the information provided focuses on of children’s clothing through the guidance of the Home Economics Department.
Dining Room Service And Etiquette, Mary A. Dolve
Dining Room Service And Etiquette, Mary A. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
The success of a meal whether it is simple or elaborate depends to a large extent upon the appearance of the table and room in general. The dining room should be well aired and dusted before the table is set. Then the table should be carefully laid.
Clothing Club Manual, Azalea Linfield
Clothing Club Manual, Azalea Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
To be well dressed is the legitimate ambition of every girl. Clothing was used primarily for physical comfort only, but now also serves as an adornment, adding or detracting from one’s charm. Clothing also reflects one’s character. With the amount of time and money allowed for the clothing of the average girl she may make herself attractive and add enjoyment to others.
Hat Renovations, Azalea Linfield
Hat Renovations, Azalea Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
The practical woman of today must carefully plant the expenditure of her income so that it will cover the family needs. One way in which she can make a big saving is to make and remodel hats at home. Much left over material may be utilized in this way. Hats which already have been worn a season or two maybe remodeled to serve again, thus saving the purchase price of a new one.
Dress Suitable For Self Using Sewing Machine Attachments, Azalea Linfield
Dress Suitable For Self Using Sewing Machine Attachments, Azalea Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
In this circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, the information provided focuses on the act of placing attachments onto dresses by the use of a sewing machine through the guidance of the Home Economics Department.
Adequate Diet For The School Child, Susan Z. Wilder
Adequate Diet For The School Child, Susan Z. Wilder
SDSU Extension Circulars
Ease of digestion and adequacy in protein, minerals, and vitamins are absolutely essential for the school child. The results of mistakes in the feedings of school children are not seen as quickly as in the case of younger children. Mistakes in feeding at this age may result in serious diseases conditions later on. The adolescent child probably requires as much or more food than the adult because he is growing rapidly. The three food needs for both children and adults are those to supply building materials for repair and growth, fuel foods for heat and energy, and to take care …
Home Laundering, May Kiethline
Home Laundering, May Kiethline
SDSU Extension Circulars
In this circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, the information provided focuses on home laundering through the guidance of the Home Economics Department.
School Lunch: Sandwiches, W.F. Kumalien
School Lunch: Sandwiches, W.F. Kumalien
SDSU Extension Circulars
The cold lunch at its beset is not the most desirable food for taking of the food requirements of the child, and when it is to be repeated every day of the school year is very apt to become tiresome and monotonous. The feeling that anything will do for the lunch box is altogether too prevalent. The lack of time is the most common excuse for the poorly prepared lunch box. It does not take any more time to put up wholesome lunches in an attractive way, but it does take thought and an appreciation of what the boy or …
Renovation And Remodeling, A. Linfield
Renovation And Remodeling, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
Next to food economy, the housewife will find her largest savings in the family clothing. The price of clothing steadily advanced throughout the war period and even now after three years the prices are still beyond the means of a great many of us. The normal conditions of the textile supply cannot be restored for years. In order to save textiles and correct all habits of wastefulness, study the possibilities of partly worn garments and do not discard them. Frequently touches of embroidery, braid, rows of buttons or other means of simply trimming can be used to cover up defect …
Study Of Materials, A. Linfield
Study Of Materials, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
In selecting materials the purchaser should know not only what quality or grade of material may be demanded for a certain price, but be able to determine as well whether that quality has been actually secured in payment of the price. In order to select materials wisely both knowledge and experience are required. You much be able to distinguish the different fibers; you must know the standard materials and weaves, and their suitability for different purposes; you must be able to judge the durability and quality of fabrics in relation to price and you must know how to detect substitutes …
Dress Construction: Principles Of Skirt Draping And Fitting And Garment Finishes, A. Linfield
Dress Construction: Principles Of Skirt Draping And Fitting And Garment Finishes, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
This circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, addresses the principles of skirt draping, fitting, and garment finishes in the Home Economics Department during the year 1922.
Pattern Use And Alteration, A. Linfield
Pattern Use And Alteration, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
Purpose of Course
a. To help the women in the wise selection of patterns.
b. To give better understanding of commercial patterns.
c. To help the women draft simple patterns.
d. To present methods for altering patterns.
Short Cuts In Sewing, A. Linfield
Short Cuts In Sewing, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
In this day when we hear so much about labor saving devices, when every business man realizes the value of labor saving equipment, we find that in the majority of homes that the women in sewing work do not make use of the devices that they have. Hand decoration on garments requires a great deal of time. Many new and attractive stiches can be made by the sewing machine and used for decoration. Then with the use of sewing machine attachments a great deal of time and labor can be saved. They offer many possibilities. Tucking, ruffling, hemming, hemstitching, braiding, …
Eggs, M. Dolve
Eggs, M. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
When we remember that an egg is store-up food material to be used for developing the young chick, we can naturally expect it to be a good food containing the various nutrients. Eggs are more nearly interchangeable with milk than any other food. Eggs are tissue building foods, being rich in protein and mineral matter. (Phosphorus, calcium, and iron.) On account of their richness in iron, they are one of the first foods added to the growing child’s diet.
The Three Food Needs, M. Dolve
The Three Food Needs, M. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
All parts of the body, muscles, bones, nerves, blood, etc., must be supplied with material from which they can grow or make repairs. The bodies need for building and repair material is like that of an automobile. Materials are needed to build it in the first place, and after that there will be need of constant repairs. No good machine can be made without the right material, nor can it last long without repairs.
Quick Breads: Leavening Agents, M. Dolve
Quick Breads: Leavening Agents, M. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
This circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, introduces leaving agents for quick breads and the ingredients that accompany the leaving agents during 1922
Quick Breads: Batters, M. Dolve
Quick Breads: Batters, M. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
All breads may be divided into two classes: quick breads and yeast breads. The quick breads are so called because it takes a much shorter time to prepare them. Quick breads are divided into two main classes, batters and doughs, depending upon the proportion of flour and moisture used.
Fruits And Vegetables: Budget Salad And Greens, M. Dolve
Fruits And Vegetables: Budget Salad And Greens, M. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
Fruits and vegetables have been wrongly considered by some as luxuries and relishes valuable principally for the pleasant variety they give to the diet. This conception may be largely due to the fact that they contain a large amount of water and a comparatively small amount of the so called nutrients. The fact that milk is the most perfect food, though it contains 87% water goes to show that the nature of the solids in any food rather than the quantity determines its actual food value. As a whole fruits and vegetables are more economical sources of protein and energy …
Used Of Canned Fruits And Vegetables, M. Dolve
Used Of Canned Fruits And Vegetables, M. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
Vegetables and fruits are as a group one of the most necessary foods. They contain minerals like iron, lime phosphorus, sulphur, vitamines, water, cellulose, carbohydrates, (starches and sugar), and some protein, We do not know much about vitamines, but we do know that they are substances found in fresh fruits and vegetables, milk and egg yolks and that they are absolutely necessary to keep the body in a good healthy working order and enable it to grow. Because of the regulatory substances found in fruits and vegetables, they are essential in our diet and especially during the winter months ·when …
Meal Planning: Breakfast, M. Dolve
Meal Planning: Breakfast, M. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
In this circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, addresses meal planning and specifically focuses on breakfasts in the Home Economics Department during the year 1922.
Uses Of The Dress Form, A. Linfield
Uses Of The Dress Form, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
As there have been a great many bulletins and circulars published on the making of the Dress Form and as each demonstration has a certain way of doing it there are no specific directions sent out from the state office. (See more in Text)
The Sewing Bag, A. Linfield
The Sewing Bag, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
Material: Gingham, galatea, cretamme, seersucker, Indian Head or linen crash. A piece of material 18 inches wide by 36 inches long makes a bag of good size. Thread to match. Three yards of cord, tape or ribbon or use rings. (See more in text.)
Textile Study: Cotton, A. Linfield
Textile Study: Cotton, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
The vegetable fiber cotton is of more value to mankind than any one of the other textile fibers, on account of its cheapness, its availability, and its varied, usefulness. The materials made from it range from the finest threads, mulls and laces, to heavy blankets and sail cloths. Its value is enhanced by its resemblance, after special treatment to linen, wool, or silk, by which warmth and attractive appearance may be gained at small cost. The supply of cotton usually equals the demand, so that the finished product may be put on the market at reasonable prices.
Textile Study: Silk, A. Linfield
Textile Study: Silk, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
The filament which is obtained from the cocoons of the cultivated silkworm makes the costliest and most beautiful textile fabric. A variety of materials are made from it, ranging from filmy chiffon and lade to the heaviest plushes and grosgrains, and from soft dull finishes to the most crisp and glossy ones. The popularity and demand for it at a low price have caused adulterations of it and substitutes of other fibers for it. Women’s lack of knowledge is a large factor in the unreliability of purchased material.
The School Lunch, M. Dolve
The School Lunch, M. Dolve
SDSU Extension Circulars
The School child’s main business is to grow physically as well as mentally. The three meals provided for him during the day must adequately take care of his food needs.
Textile Study: Linen, A. Linfield
Textile Study: Linen, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
Linen has been called the textile of luxury as its expense in fine grades stands in the way of its common use. In olden times it supplied many of the family needs but in the present day cotton has largely supplanted it for common uses. Linen is made from the long, lustrous fiber obtained from the stock of the flax plant grown in European countries and to some extent in America. (See more in text.)
Kimono Dress, A. Linfield
Kimono Dress, A. Linfield
SDSU Extension Circulars
This circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, provides information in regards to the extension of clothing techniques in the Home Economics Department during 1922.