EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART I 33 



Mr. Bishop, superintendent of the Educational and Boys and Girls' 

 Club Work Departments, made the following report and recommendations 

 to the board: 

 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE: 



I present herewith report of the Educational Department for the 

 year 1917. 



The exhibit as outlined in the premium list of the Educational Depart- 

 ment was carried out as scheduled. The school exhibits were placed in 

 the quarters, provided in the Exposition Hall and the club exhibits in the 

 Boys' and Girls' Club Building, with the exception of some exhibits which 

 were loaned to the Rural School Department in the Women and Children's 

 Building to occupy space for which they had no exhibits. In the Boys' 

 and Girls' Club Building demonstrations in canning of field corn for 4H 

 Brand breakfast food were conducted each day and provision was made 

 for serving the canned product at cost to visitors. Demonstrations were 

 also conducted in the Club Building by Garment Making Clubs in making 

 Girls' Club dress and uniform. 



Canning demonstration team work was conducted in the south eiiu of 

 the State College Building. Twenty-two teams consisting of four mem- 

 bers and the leader in charge entered. Twenty-one of these teams were 

 present from one to three days each and took part. One team failed to 

 i-each Des Moines on account of an automobile wreck which occurred or, 

 their way to Des Moines. At the conclusion of these contests the state 

 champion canning demonstration team was chosen to represent Iowa in 

 the interstate canning demonstration contest. 



The Boys' and Girls' Club day was carried out with an estimated at- 

 tendance of 1,500 club members and leaders. The parade was especially 

 successful this year and the interest it created promises good for next 

 year's program. 



The Baby Beef Club exhibit was especially successful this year. The 

 number of calves exhibited and the boys in attendance who cared for 

 them was one feature of interest and encouragement for this work. 



The tents provided for sleeping purposes for assistants and for demon- 

 stration teams was a most helpful feature and helped to solve one of the 

 difficult problems of caring for young people who come to the fair -ijv 

 participation in the contest. 



Allow me to suggest the continuance and further encouragement of 

 canning demonstration team work, the inclusion of demonstration team 

 work by juniors in poultry killing, dressing and carving, and in meat 

 cutting and the drying of vegetable and fruit products. I wish also the 

 continuance of demonstration work in canning field corn for the breakfast 

 food and in the drying of field corn for the corn nuts food products. 



I also recommend the continuation of Boys' and Girls' Club Day with 

 the special provisions made for the club parade. We are much in need 

 of more room for handling the demonstration work if it is to be developed 

 to the extent that would seem justifiable. This work should be given 

 where there is the least possible disturbance by noise which will pre- 

 vent those assembled from hearing the directions given by the demon- 

 stration teams. 

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