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Primarily, they wanted to stimulate the girls to furnish the 

 homes with fresh and canned vegetables, thus enabling more fami- 

 lies to live better and at a lower cost. 



The Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C, gave us 

 much valuable assistance in furnishing all needed literature of in- 

 structions and record sheets, besides seed and counsel. 



A number of girls over the State responded promptly, but only 

 the bravest remained in the contest to the end. Many reported 

 failures were due to the late spring and loss of plants, the greater 

 number for the lack of home support, and in one instance the space 

 of ground was refused the girl after she had joined the class. 



A report card was used similar to those formulated by Mr. 

 Bradford Knapp, who has charge of the Girls' Canning and Poultry 

 Clubs, organized under the auspices of the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, United States Department of Agriculture. Each girl re- 

 ported on the cost of production of her tomatoes under the heads 

 of rent of land, preparation of seed bed, the cost of seed or plants, 

 of planting, of manure and fertilizers, of cultivation, of gathering 

 fruit, of cans, labels and supplies, of canning work, and of market- 

 ing canned goods. She also reported her receipts as those from 

 fresh vegetables, from canned vegetables, value of that used at 

 home and receipts from other products. Then the total cost and 

 expense were figured and the net cost per can found. 



Martha Blume, New Franklin, 

 winner of sliort course 

 scholarship. 



Mary W. Harris, 

 Fayette. 



Beryle Hocker, Fayette. 



In addition, each girl reported on the size of plot, the kind and 

 depth of soil, character of the subsoil, the preparation of the soil 

 and its condition when the plants were put out, the method of culti- 



