186 BOARD OF iVGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



When the work began there was just one form of activity, — the 

 Potato Club. At the present time there are 10 enterprises in 

 operation; these consist of the Home and School Garden clubs, 

 Corn Club, Potato Club, Market Garden Club, Poultry Club, 

 Hay Club, Pig Club, Home Economics Club, Canning and 

 Marketing Club and Back- Yard Garden Club. The Home and 

 School Garden, the Market Garden, and the Back- Yard Garden 

 Clubs are not clearly differentiated in all their aspects, yet each 

 has a distinct aim or distinguishing feature. 



Home and School Garden Club. 



This club is designed as an introductory enterprise. Its 

 principal aim is to stimulate and feed the latent interest of 

 childhood in outdoor gardening activity. It is very elementary 

 in scope. It serves as a splendid link between the home and 

 the school. It may be justified more for its educational than for 

 its economic values, yet it is helpful in reducing the cost of 

 living for the family. Membership in this club is not so 

 closely limited in requirements as in the more specialized clubs. 

 It is designed primarily for pupils in the grammar schools, but 

 others are not excluded. 



There are 315 towns represented. The total enrollment is 

 more than 50,000. 



Rules and Regulations. 



1. A small amount of one kind of seed is furnished free to members 

 who apply before the supply is exhausted. Instructions for planting, 

 cultivating and reporting are sent also. 



2. The size of the gardens may vary from a few feet square to two or 

 three rods square. 



3. Members may plant both vegetables and flowers. 



4. Ribbons are given for best exhibits and buttons for best gardens 

 when properly reported by local leaders. 



5. No State prizes are given to individuals in this club. 



6. All members of the Home and School Garden Club are counted in 

 making up the scores in contests among towns or cities competing for 

 silver cups. 



7. All boys and girls who get seed of their own and make a home garden 

 may belong to this club, whether they get seed from the college or not. 



8. Members must do the planting and cultivating, and, if old enough, 

 the plowing or spading. 



