BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 



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BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 



TYPE PROGRAM FOR HOME GARDEN CLUB MEETING 



Prairie Dell Home Garden Club 



Meeting Friday 3 :30 to 5 :00 p. M., Prairie Dell 

 School. 



Official Program. 



3 :30 to 3 :50 P. M. Business Session. 

 Order of Business : 



Call to order by president. 

 Reciting in concert club motto ; all mem- 

 bers. 

 Reading of minutes by secretary of club 



and approval of same by members. 

 Unfinished business. 

 New business. 

 Discussion by some member of a phase 



of parliamentary practice. 

 Club records and definite achievements 

 recorded by secretary of club. 



First Planting. 

 Nasturtiums or Asters for Border 



The program committee should outline and 

 plan definitely all parts of the program, 

 including the business and social sessions. 



Club members receive follow-up instructions 

 in all of their work. These instructions are 

 sent to them in small installments and direc- 

 tions are given in plain, simple language, so 

 that the members may successfully interpret, 

 and, together with members of the family, put 

 the subject-matter into effectual practice. This 

 method of instruction continues from the time 

 the club members have enrolled until they 

 have completed the entire year's work. The 

 following illustrates one lesson of follow-up 

 instructions to club members: 

 Second Planting. Third Planting 



Tomatoes 



Carrots Late Icicle Radish . 



Stringless Beans , 



Carrots 



Tomatoes , 



Carrots 



Wax Beans Late Icicle Radish . 



Carrots 



Tomatoes 



Beets 



Stringless Beans Late Head Lettuce . 



Beets 



Tomatoes 



Onions 



Onions Turnips 



Onions Early Beans Spinach . 



Radishes Late Beans 



Radishes Early Beans Spinach . 



Lettuce Late Beans 



Lettuce Early Beans Spinach . 



Lettuce Late Beans 



3 :50 to 4 :40 p. M. Literary Program. 



Subjects : 



Club Plot Work ; Farm Water Supply. 



Music Club quartette. 



Parody "Coming Thru the Corn" Club 



member. 

 Addresses Club Plot Work. 



(a) How I prepared my Garden Club 

 member. 



(b) Best Methods of Plowing Garden 

 Soil Club member. 



(c) Best Fertilizers for Home Garden 

 Club member. 



Special Club Interests. 



(a) Life History of a Tomato Club 

 member. 



(b) Address How to Plan arid Provide 

 a Better Water Supply for Our 

 Homes Some successful neighbor 

 who has succeeded in his own home. 



(c) Debate Resolved: That the Home 

 Garden is the Most Profitable En- 

 terprise of a Farm. 



Instrumental Music Club member. 



4 :40 to 5 :00 P. M. Social Period. 



Carry out a definite social program, with 

 guessing games, plays, contests, etc., in- 

 cluding one guessing or play contest that 

 will develop interest in the garden work ; 

 have games or play? that will encourage 

 social intermingling. 



PLAN FOR A CLUB MEMBER'S SMALL HOME GARDEN 



This garden plan is based upon very inten- 

 sive cultivation, very fertile soil and plenty of 

 moisture throughout the entire growing season. 

 In order to mature the beans, carrots and 

 tomatoes in midsummer it will probably be nec- 

 essary to irrigate when the rainfall is not suf- 

 ficient for the garden. It will be noted that 

 the plan calls for a second and a third planting 

 in the case of a number of vegetables. These 

 should be planted in the same rows after matu- 

 rity of the previous crop. 



The eastern and western borders may be of 

 vegetable greens, such as spinach, Swiss chard, 

 etc. Distance between rows, nine inches. In place 

 of two rows of carrots as shown in the plan, 

 it may be well to substitute peas. In the East- 

 ern states the early varieties will keep the 

 ground occupied throughout the season. Instead 

 of one or two rows of tomatoes, use a row of 

 salsify and a row of parsnips. The first row 

 of onions should be onion sets, with the idea of 

 harvesting them early and getting them out of 

 the way before the tomato plants are large. 

 Bulbs of the early blooming flowers, such as 

 tulips, crocuses, etc., may be placed in the 

 ground late in the fall and much of their bloom- 

 ing be completed before planting time for the 

 garden. Fall greens, such as spinach and kale, 

 should be planted as other crops mature. Plant 



