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of about fifty girls attended this year. We expect next year tills num- 

 ber will expand to about one hundred. 



For 1923 we are assured of exhibit space at the State Fair so that 

 all Home Economics work will be represented. The demonstrations will 

 be held on a competitive plan, the team winning first place in each line 

 of work, winning a trip to Club Champions^ Week at the College where 

 they will put on a demonstration for the girls assembled here at that 

 time. 



CANNING. 



Although the statistical 'report for canning club work shows only a 

 25 per cent increase over last year's figures, we feel that a definite prog- 

 ress has been made. We have had more second, third, and fourth year 

 girls enrolled this year than ever before and almost invariably these 

 girls have canned much more than the required amounts. Our goal for 

 the clubs this summer was ^'Enough for the Family," based on the can- 

 ning budget which was sent out at the beginning of the season. 



The canning project is divided into four years of work, the fourth 

 year girls taking the leadership df a group of younger girls if possible. 

 During the past year, many of the girls did this and were very success- 

 ful with their clubs. A revised edition of our old canning bulletin was 

 printed early in the summer. 



This spring we devised a home-made steamer, for the purpose^ of econ- 

 omy of heat and time in processing fruits and tomatoes. This was ap- 

 proved by the M. A. C. Bacteriological Department and has been success- 

 fully used by the girls this summer. It has been very convenient for 

 the purpose of demonstration as well. 



Our demonstration teams were composed of only two members this 

 year which we found worked much better than the three-girl teams. 

 Fourteen teams demonstrated at the State Fair. These teams were 

 chosen from clubs which had done especially good work during the sum- 

 mer. Jelly-making seemed to be the most interesting demonstration, 

 judging by the attitude of the Fair crowds, although the use of tin 

 cans and the demonstration in meat and soup canning attracted many 

 people. The team from Coldwater, Branch county, was chosen at this 

 time to represent Michigan at the Sioux City Contest. The Coldwater 

 Board of Commerce paid the expenses of the girls for this trip. Al- 

 though this is the first year Michigan has entered this contest, we hope 

 it may now be an annual affair. Seven of our canning club girls attend- 

 ed the International Live Stock Show, three receiving the trip as 

 awards from the Hazel Atlas Glass Jar Company and the other four 

 being sent by their respective counties for their splendid canning records. 



There were four cities — Bay City, Grand Rapids, Detroit and Bloom- 

 field Hills Community — which carried on club work through canning 

 centers at the public schools. Much of this work was done in connec- 

 tion with the city garden clubs. Many of the mothers were reached 

 through these centers and in Detroit they were opened on certain days 

 for the foreign mothers to learn more about the cold pack method. 



Leadership is more difficult to secure for canning clubs than for winter 

 clubs. Housewives are very busy at this time and teachers are usually 

 not available for the entire season. 



