BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 



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BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 



asters and other fall-blooming plants, wherever 

 possible. Leave no vacant space In your gar- 

 den. 



Instructions on keeping records and cost ac- 

 counting are furnished early in the season, 

 with a view to teaching cost accounting and 

 securing a complete record of the year's work 

 at the close of the year. 



In the home projects members are visited 

 by teachers, county leaders, county agents and 

 sometimes district and state agents in charge 

 of the work, for the purpose of commending 

 them for well-doing, encouraging them to man- 



A BOYS' CLUB 



Members of an apple club receiving instruc- 

 tion. 



age better the project they have undertaken 

 and to give definite direction. A carefully- 

 planned system of follow-up work contem- 

 plates a visit from a local leader not less than 

 two times a month. A brief letter giving 

 timely advice should be sent by the leader to 

 each member. Like the public school teacher, 

 the local leader should not have too many 

 club members to direct during the summer. 

 They should be near a common center and 

 capable of being reached without too much 

 travel. 



Club members should be reinforced in their 

 cultural instructions by field meetings and field 



demonstrations, for the purpose of definitely 

 instructing them in how to do things. Then, 

 in turn, these members should be called upon 

 to demonstrate privately to others in the com- 

 munity and at public gatherings the proper 

 way of doing things; if in home canning, they 

 should demonstrate how to can fruits and veg- 

 etables in the most economical and efficient 

 way. 



In the fall of the year, for the purpose of 

 educating club members in standards of indus- 

 trial achievements and quality of products, 

 and incidentally giving them the inspiration 

 that one always gets from seeing what other 

 people do, a club fair or festival will be held, 

 at which both fresh and canned products will be 

 exhibited. At these fairs public demonstrations 

 will be conducted by the children for the pur- 

 pose of showing the people of the neighbor- 

 hood systematic methods of pruning, grading, 

 crating and canning, the preparation of the 

 canned products for the table and proper meth- 

 ods of serving. Lecturers who are successful 

 farmers and home builders, and extension 

 workers from the college extension depart- 

 ments usually give lectures on various phases 

 of home-garden and canning work. 



In connection with the fair or annual club 

 festival, a series of play contests is definitely 

 carried out, such as contests in potato-paring, 

 in labeling cans, in giving recipes and in judg- 

 ing, and other related plays possible with vege- 

 tables, cans and equipment. 



TTPE PROGRAM 



Club Fair or Festival: 



Saturday, July 22, at Hickory Grove. 

 10:00 A. M. Club pageant or parade, club mem- 

 bers bearing club colors and banners. 

 10:45 A. M. Awards announced by leaders. 

 11 :00 A. M. Baseball game North Side vs. 



South Side. 



12 :00 M. Picnic dinner by club groups. 

 1:15 P.M. 50-yard dash Boys under 13. 

 50-yard dash Girls under 13. 

 50-yard dash Boys over 13. 

 50-yard dash Girls over 13. 

 Potato relay 4 men team, % mile. 

 Potato paring contest 6 potatoes. 

 (Speed, 25; skill 25; waste, 50.) 

 Needle-threading contest 7 nee- 

 dles. (Remove thread from spool 

 and knot. Speed, 30 ; skill, 30 ; 

 quality, 40.) 



2 :30 P. M. Bird House contest. 



Best house 



Most original house. 



3 :30 p. M. Canning demonstration contest. 



4 :30 p. M. Spelling contest. 300 words select- 



ed from gardening and canning literature. 

 One trial. No hesitation. Two entries from 

 each club. 



