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furnished by the Government, but by public spirited 

 people, — bankers, business men's organizations, and 

 women's clubs. 



Seeing the President. For several years the state 

 champion corn raisers have had the free trip to 

 Washington. The winners of the several counties 

 had their exhibits displayed at the county fairs, 



Courtesy of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 

 Fig. 115. An Ohio girl in her Tomato Cluh plot. 



and the county winners were met by the state gov- 

 ernor and the high score boys were sent off with 

 much applause to the nation's capital. They have 

 usually visited the Secretary of Agriculture and 

 called on the President at the White House. They 

 have been everywhere treated as distinguished vis- 

 itors. On one occasion they werpi invited to meet 



