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sociallyisomething which is important to a country girl entering the entirely new environment of high school and new standards in school life." Mrs. Harold Burke: “Several of our girls, only sixteen years old, as a result of their club work now have enough confidence to make their own skirts, blouses and dresses. In shopping if they find that what they like is priced too high for their pocket- book. they can make something just as nice some» times for half the price. Our girls are proud of their cooking and they like to show it at fairs." Mrs. Jack Macklin: “My first propect as a club member was “Cottons Can Be Smart“. It was my first attempt at dressmaking and I have made my own cotton dresses ever since. Now I rarerly buy anything readyâ€"made for my two daughters. Most young people like to belong to something apart from school and church and in u Homemaking Club they can have such good times together while they are learning something that will be useful all their lives . . . About eight years ago a young girl whose parents had come from Holland a few years before joined our club, She was keenly interested in learnâ€" ing as much as possible about Canadian cookery and she told us how much her mother had gained from our projects. Another girl in one of our club mother to guide her and was so anxious to 19”." Both girls are now married with small family?‘ had rtlr are excellent housekeepers and mothers." and Mrs. A. V. Langton, a leader with three tl.t'1gln{.r‘ in club work gives this summing up: um gm}; teaches practical skills. It provides elements: Wm: ing in club offices. And in some cases it prgt . LL,“ {Or a valuable use of time which might other be gainfully employed. Perhaps most impr. at! of all, club work provides a group incentive . _ mm through to completion a worthwhile undert '2: 4 and. moreover. to do work well. There trim-h emphasis today upon speed and quantity it. trim. tion, even at the cost of quality; but the m5; which endure are not quickly accompli- “I. hope that” club members discover the gr satisfaction that comes from doing work Editor's note: In asking club leaders rim, comments we used only a few names that Jim; to be well known to staff members. Ai- } Us. anniversary year for 4-H Homemaking t . M would welcome, at any time during the ' nu;â€" ments from anyone who has sonnet/ting ' the discussion. llnet Home Survey Shows Cultural Intere a HILE THE STUDY OF Ontario Farm Homes and Homemakers which began last summer with a survey of 352 farm homes is not completed, among the preliminary findings we have this information about some of the cultural interests of the families interviewed. What about reading matter in farm homes? The survey showed that farm papers and farm magazines were read in 99% of the homes visited. And most of these homes were not limited to one farm paper. The average number was nearly four {3.7) farm papers per family: and about One-third of the families subscribed to five to nine farm papers. Magazines other than farm papers or farm maga- zines were takcn regularly in 83% or 291 of the 352 homes in the survey. 69% of the families subscribed to a weekly or semi-weekly newspaper and 66% to a daily paper. The most usual combination was one daily paper and either one or two semi‘weekly or weekly neWspapcrs. The survey showed that eleven or more books, ex- clusive of school books in a home could be taken its an indication that someone in the family reads and enjoys books. In most of the 352 homes it was found that the homemaker was the person who most often enjoyed books and reading. This number of booksâ€"eleven or more, excluding school books-â€" was found in 90% of the homes tested. But in 9% of the homes it was found that no one in the family reads books or cares about them. The survey had a question relating to the musical interests of farm people, and the number of homes having any or all of the following: piano. organ, record players, hi-fi. It was found that only 25% of the homes surveyed were without any of these. Nearly 38% had a piano only, 8% had an organ only, nearly 14% had it record player only: but over one-third of the homes had from two to four 24 of these items. This would indicate that u: all the ready-made music coming into our way of radio and records, a goodly numbe‘ rel: are also making music for themselves. Information was also gathered concer- and television. Nearly all of the homemakers. 98%. reg‘ win the family owned one or more radios 2 tn. condition at the time of the interview. Ne . m the farms, 97%, had one or more radios ll'l the house and on these same farms o‘w‘cr r ' . had a radio in the house and one or men "‘v' the barn or a car or a. truck or a tram. '3“ farms, about 1%, had a radio in the ' ' car or a truck but none in the house. Over three fourths, 78% of the h- lull television. Most of these had the set to ‘ living room or combination living-dining. 'i x" den or sunporch. About 9% had the set lit? ing room or in a combination dining 2“ kitchen; less than 7% had the set in the " Commenting on communication medi film farm people, Dr. Helen Abel] who is in .7 “ the survey says: "In considering the wide distribution of magazines, radio and television in the i farm homes it would seem that the rt ' V ' families on these farms can be and are he? i through the printed word, through radio (it tlt'l'P“ television. “Further analysis of the study findinLl more detail on the specific types of pl'ifllll radio and television programmes which I homemakers report as being most useful It to their families in providing helpful horm information.“ Hon“ AND :20UNTRY