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vation, the dates of planting, transplanting, staking, first bloom, 

 first fruit and of ripening. 



The results of some of the tomato canning work was shown at 

 a county fair; the premium was given for the highest scoring both 

 in the whole and stewed tomatoes. 



Again there was a display at the State Fair, and the same ex- 

 hibit is now here awaiting the final scoring by a committee, who 

 will also take into consideration the record kept by these girls as 

 they tilled the soil and tended the crop all through the long summer 

 of 1912. 



The executive board of the Home Makers' Conference decided 

 that they could give $25 toward a scholarship this year if it was 

 possible to interest the Missouri State Board of Agriculture in con- 

 tributing $25, which they most graciously did. Hence, our scholar- 

 ship must be known as the Missouri Home Makers' and State Board 

 of Agriculture Scholarship. 



As this meeting of the Home Makers' Conference would be too 

 late to select the successful girl, it was necessary to make the 

 decision at once, and the executive Board awarded it to Miss Martha 

 Blume of New Franklin. 



Miss Louise Stanley, director of home economics in the State 

 University, met with the Howard County Girls' Tomato Canning 

 Club at New Franklin during the summer of 1912. As Miss 

 Stanley's time was too limited for a practical demonstration in can- 

 ning, she commented on some of their canned tomatoes and gave 

 them much valuable instruction for their future efforts and formu- 

 lated the following score card, not only to be used by the judges 

 in. their contest-scoring, but also to direct the attention of the girls 

 to the vital points — which are necessary in all high standard 

 products : 



TOMATOES CANNED WHOLE. 



TOMATOES CANNED NOT WHOLE. 



