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$111. Each of these lads received a $40 prize. Tiiere 

 will now be more attention given to potato raising 

 in East Tennessee. (Fig. 114.) 



Tomato Canning Clubs. The Girls' Canning 

 Clubs are also doing splendid work in many coun- 

 ties, especially in the Southern states. They are 

 usually organized by women field agents from the 

 Department at Washington. Each club member 

 receives instructions about growing and canning 

 vegetables, especially tomatoes. (Fig. 115.) They 

 are learning to can this vegetable so it will- keep; 

 they are learning to make excellent catchup, chow- 

 chow, chili- sauce, and other relishes. Many fine 

 recipes are sent to them from Washington. They 

 are also taught how to market their goods to the 

 best advantage. 



Girls* Profits. A Virginia girl who made the best 

 record for high yield in tomatoes one year obtained 

 5,928 pounds of tomatoes from her tenth of an acre 

 plot in that season. Many girls have made a profit 

 of over $100 from their tenth-acre plots with one 

 crop. One Mississippi girl is paying her way 

 through the State Normal School by canning work. 



Prize Winning Girls in Washington. During the 

 early days of this movement, fifteen girls, one from 

 each of the Southern states, had a free trip to 

 Washington as a prize for high class work in 

 tomato canning. They were the fortunate winners 

 from 25,000 girls who were enrolled in the canning 

 clubs during that year. The prizes and trips are not 



