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5. Homer Kelly, Gladstone. Homer should be classed as 

 one of the most useful citizens of Ramsey County. This fourteen- 

 year-old boy has made nearly $200 by his own efforts, this year, 

 by his garden work. 



6. Harold Darr, Minneapolis. Two hundred and sixty 

 Minneapolis boys and girls were this year organized into clubs 

 for growing home gardens in connection with school. Harold 

 was one of the record makers, growing and selling $130 worth 

 of garden products. 



7. Elsie McNall, Sleepy Eye. Elsie represents a club at 



Boys' Garden Club at St. Peter, Minn., winner first place, 1916, in southern district. 



Sleepy Eye which has grown and canned 600 quarts of vegetables 

 in both glass and tin. Prof. Fudge in his report of her work, says 

 that Elsie is just as expert in canning in tin cans as he is. 



8. Milton Johnson, Cokato. Milton Johnson represents the 

 garden club at Cokato, where they have been growing some splen- 

 did gardens, and learning how to can their products as a market 

 proposition. 



9. Elsie Haines, Rush City. Elsie has been a county win- 

 ner in Chisago County for two years and has made a splendid 

 record in her garden. 



10. Martha Palubicki, Perham. Martha comes from the 

 Garden and Canning Club of Perham, Ottertail County, which 

 has made one of the best records of the state this year. 



I believe that in these young folks the Minnesota Horticul- 

 tural Society is getting a group of members of which it may well 



