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ing, thinning, etc., can be undertaken in connection with 

 tomato culture. 



6. Tomato Play Contests 



1. Tomato race, conducted on very much the same plan 

 as the potato race. 



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 



Another of the 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 products. To this can be 

 added sewing of apron and cap, and finally the preparing 

 of the product into various dishes for the table. For the 

 rural communities one-tenth of an acre should be the acre- 

 age 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 



