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6. Demonstrate how to make a few vegetable dishes and 

 how to serve them. 



5. Garden Play Contests 



All contests with garden products should be a com- 

 bination of play with helpful practise and instruction. 



1. Vegetable judging contests. 



2. Story contest. Tell origin and life history of dif- 

 ferent vegetables such as tomato, Swiss chard, sweet corn. 



3. Vegetable spelling contest. 



4. Vegetable drawing contest. Place on stand before 

 contestants a number of vegetables and have them draw 

 them. 



5. Vegetable canning contest. 



6. Paring, labeling and packing contests. 



6. Home Garden and Canning Club Projects 

 One of the most interesting of club projects in connec- 

 tion with the public schools is the work of the home gar- 

 den and canning club. This can be undertaken in much 

 the same way in both city and rural territory. The club 

 plat should be operated on a business basis, and should be 

 large enough to make possible an attractive net profit on 

 the investment of time, money and energy of the member. 

 Club members should range in age from ten to eighteen 

 years, inclusive, and be divided into two classes denominated 

 as senior and junior gardeners. The basis of award for 

 school credit or prizes may be as follows: 



1. Yield of garden 20 



2. Net profit on investment 20 



3. Variety of vegetables, appearance of garden 20 



4. Exhibit of products, fresh and canned 20 



5. Record and story, "How I Made My Crop" 20 



Total score 100 



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