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2. Tomato judging contest. 



3. Tomato canning contest. 



4. Can labeling contest. 



5. Essay writing contest on the origin and history of 

 the tomato. 



6. Tomato problems contest. 



7. Tomato recipe giving contest. 



7. Tomato Club Project 



One of the most interesting club projects is the grow- 

 ing of a club plat of tomatoes and studying all of the inter- 

 esting lessons from the selection of the variety of seed, 

 through the hotbed, cold-frame, transplanting, pruning, 

 staking, cultivating, gathering, grading, crating, marketing 

 and home canning of the surplus product. To this can be 

 added finally the working up of the product into various 

 dishes for the table. For the rural communities one-tenth 

 of an acre should be the acreage basis, and for city and 

 village work, not less than a square rod. 



The basis of award should be : 



1. Yield, total pounds of tomatoes 20 



2. Net profit on investment 20 



3. Quality, both fresh and canned products 20 



4. Variety of canned and prepared tomato products on 

 exhibit 20 



5. Cost record and story "How I Made, Canned and Mar- 

 keted My Crop" 20 



Total score. 100 



