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for the first year, up to an enrollment of over 200,000 for the current year. 

 This enrollment represents the work from 32 states, and does not include 

 the enrollment from Ohio. The enrollment from the State of Ohio has 

 been cared for, and the club work conducted entirely from the office of 

 Commissioner of Agriculture at Columbus, and we have had absolutely 

 nothing to do with the Corn Club work of this state. This club enrollment 

 in the 32 states has been receiving carefully prepared follow-up instruc- 

 tions throughout the year. The instructions are written for the child mind, 

 and directed in small installments to the club members once a month, when 

 the special instruction is needed on a particular phase of the work. In 

 addition to the instructions sent by mail, 20 of the states have state agents 

 in charge of club work, who co-operate with the county superintendents 

 of schools, county agricultural agents and other local leaders, in giving 

 the membership the necessary follow-up work in the field, such as holding 

 monthly meetings, both in and out of doors, visiting the club plats and club 

 members, commending and instructing them as necessity demands. The 

 two most important factors in these activities are careful follow-up work 

 and final results, which has most of its value, perhaps, in the business 

 estimate, viz., the net profit on investment. You business men, I am sure, 

 agree with me that every club plat should be a definite demonstration, and 

 illustration of good business farming, and we should have a deeper desire 

 than merely instructing the boy, giving him a prize for achievement, free 

 trips, and telling his story through the public press. It seems to me that 

 the greatest good to both the boy and his agricultural environment, is 

 when the entire agricultural community can adopt his method of corn 

 farming safely, and at the same time pay for baby's shoes, meet the grocery 

 bills, and lift the mortgage on the farm. 



It is indeed encouraging to see how many of the business men, grange 

 organizations, commercial clubs, federated women's clubs, are not only 

 giving of their money, but of their time and interest, in th& promotion and 

 conduct of this work in all the states. Some of the federated women's 

 clubs have been very active in encouraging the Girls' Garden and Canning 

 Club work, to the extent, not only of assisting in the enrollment, visiting 

 the club girls at work, raising prizes for their encouragement, but in actually 

 finding a market for their canned products, which are being sold all over 

 the United States, under what is known as the 4-H Brand Club Label. 

 The object of the label, of course, is to standardize the products of the club 

 members, and guarantee to the public a sanitary, high quality, and full 

 pack, and only club members who meet these requirements are entitled 

 to its use. In addition to this, we have the 4-H Brand Seed Corn Label, 

 the 4-H Brand Seed Potato Label, free use of which is offered to club 

 members in these two lines of work who will meet the standardization 

 requirements. These labels are available to the regular authorized state, 

 district and county agents who represent the co-operative work of the 

 Federal and State Extension work. 



