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person acquiring the information, as exemplified by the farmers' 

 cooperative marketing organizations. In Prentiss County, Missis- 

 sippi, no cooperative marketing was done prior to the fall of 1917. 

 The county agent undertook a demonstration of this second type, 

 driving an opening wedge when a number of farmers combined to 

 make up one carload of com for sale. The price received was about 

 25 cents per bushel above the local offering. The local price ad- 

 vanced immediately 25 cents per bushel. The cooperative 'ship- 

 ments of com were continued and a carload of hogs was tried 

 cooperatively, with marked success. A strong organization has 

 been perfected and a volimie of $250,000 reached in the last twelve 

 months noted. 



The results of the extension work are endless. A few summaries 

 will suffice to indicate the material results. The food conserved in 

 19 1 8 under the direction of the home demonstration agents of the 

 South included 64,604,531 containers of fruits and vegetables, 

 valued at $15,566,456.15. A very large proportion of the vegeta- 

 bles canned were produced in home gardens and from the tenth- 

 acre plats of the girl club members. Ten years ago, modem 

 methods of canning were almost unknown in the South. In 19 18, 

 855 community canneries were established. These same women 

 and girls, directed by the home demonstration agents, put up 

 i57>6o5 cans of meat and fish, valued at $56,463,34. They dried 

 8,982,787 pounds of fruits and vegetables, valued at $1,846,625.56. 

 They established 131 community central drying plants. They 

 pickled and brined about 1,006,222 gallons of vegetables, valued at 

 $382,806.73. 



The boys' clubs of the south in 19 18 enrolled 204,859 regular, and 

 202,671 emergency, members. The average production of corn in 

 boys' clubs, in spite of an unfavorable season, was 37.58 bushels per 

 acre, at a cost of 47.3 cents per bushel. Sixty-two boys produced 

 more than too bushels per acre Manv boys cleared over $100 

 each at raising live stock. Boys in the live stock clubs are taught 

 to raise the crops necessary to feed the live stock, as a part of their 

 club endeavor. The total value of the products of the boys' club 

 work in the Southern States in 1918 is given at $12,034,271.27. 



The year's plan in the boys' and girls' work in the Northern and 

 Western States in 19 18 was especially directed to food production. 

 The reports of 1 15,725 of the 243,406 garden project members show 

 that the reporting members cared for 2,987,984 square rods of land 

 and raised vegetables valued at $ i ,693 , 5 20. Emergency club boys 

 and girls produced vegetables valued at $1 ,954,347. Of the 3 1,476 



