Three short courses in home making

See Farmers' Bulletin No. 535, " Sugar and its value as food." METHOD OF WORK. Devote a separate period to the discussion of the food value and cooking of sugar, if possible ; then assign two recipes for the practical work, allowing the girls to work in groups. Assign only as much work as can be carefully supervised. Do not undertake both the cookies and the candy. TWENTY LESSONS IN SEWING. For the Rural Schools. Of I 1 ink or THi a I. Preparation fa Preparation and use tape ■wnimrn. tti , box for work. Talk on cleanliru >f paper. 1 Tumii! . ting hems. Benin icks, or othe; kterial for use in washing and dryt I I i i. 11 ■■.'.• i'he overhand!' i IV. Bags. Bag (made of obtainable n. king g the material for I wing up the seams wiih a runnii h. VI. Mags, continued. Oven seams and turning the hem ■ .VII. Ba Inned. Hemming the top of the bag and putting in a rui e for the cord. ■i VIII. Bags, con tinned. I'r> paring a cord or other draw string for the bag. Put -ing in the bat it can easily lie drawn up. Use of the !«><ikin. !•: ■'. a darning bailor a of the feet and care of stockings. la] problem comes up . Bamming i T.ilk on care of elo- ■ XI. Cutting OUl an apron for an ur a XII. Apron (or nndei continued, m for hemmli or by !\III. Apron orundergarm -• . mtinued. Gathering the skirt and stitching to the belt. Lesson XIV. Apron (or und- ;ng the bib. adergaru ips. a X\'I. A pron (or nnd ntinued. Putting tl It. a XVII. Met Sewing uttonson apr.- Lesson XVII] ■i X IX. >'S. Binding. Lesson XX. A cap to wear with the cooking apron. ) TO THE TEAl BEB. The teacher should b i! acquainted with the condition rls live, should know hovt much money they can afford ii» what materials illable, what previ handwork the girls have had. whether I can afford to ha machines in their own homes, to whal extent they make their own clothes, and to whal 'it they buy them ready-made. The lea mould be planned to furnish hand training, t<> give the msl ii of which the girls can mm diaterj i the i beir own clot and to provide i pportunity for prepari >nfort lessons that are to follow. I I to 'Should the teach- I she desire to have mure time • : XX,andthr ■r small piece. 80 THEEE SHOBT COUBSES IN HOME MAKING. develop habits of thrift, industry, and neatness. The girls should be encouraged to learn to sew, both to improve their own home condi- tions and to give -them suggestion for a possible means of livelihood. If sewing machines are available and are in use in the homes repre- sented in the school, it is well to have lessons given in machine sew- ing and to have the long seams run by machine. If the girls can not have sewing machines in their own homes, the lessons given should be limited to hand sewing. In some schools it may be necessary to simplify the lessons; in others an increased number of articles may be prepared in the time allotted. Should the apron and cap not be needed for the cooking class, an undergarment (petticoat) can well be substituted.