GIRLS' HOIVIE CLUBS 



put up more than 30,000 No. 3 cans of tomatoes worth $3,600. Clyde 

 Sullivan of Ousley, Georgia, had best yield reported in 1913. She 

 produced 5,354 pounds of tomatoes from one-tenth acre, canned 

 2,254 No. 2's, 212 No. 3's, at a profit of $132.39. Margaret and May 

 Belle Brown, of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on two tenth 

 acres produced and sold vegetables to the value of $243.86, at a profit 

 of $214.12." 



It is very interesting, also, to note that the agents soon 

 grasped the simplicity and significance of the work. They 

 realized its philosophy and power as will be seen from the 

 following quotation taken from the weekly field report of a 

 Virginia county agent at that time: 



"After all, this Canning Club Work means that we are to get a 

 girl to do something worth while; have it approved by those she 

 loves, and then lead on to greater things." 



This definition gives the law and the prophets in Demon- 

 stration Work for girls and boys. It shows the influence and 

 power of the opinion of those we consider worth while. This 

 definition also contains a promise of larger things as the work 

 unfolds and develops. The very next annual report showed 

 some of the promised expansion and evolution both as to the 

 amount and variety of activity. The following is quoted from 

 the 1914 report of the Canning Clubs : 



"The enrolment for 1914 was 33,173. Of these club members 

 7,793 put up 6,091,237 pounds of tomatoes and other vegetables 

 from their tenth acre gardens. These products were put into 

 1,918,024 cans, jars and other containers. They are estimated to be 

 worth $284,880.81 and nearly $200,000.00 of this is profit. The 

 average profit per member was $23.30. Furthermore, these girls put 

 up thousands of dollars worth of other products from the farm and 

 orchard. 



In many counties the results of the work from an economic, as 

 well as an educational point of view are large enough to attract 

 attention. Ninety girls in Alamance County, North Carolina, put up 

 55,165 cans and jars, valued at $7,039.65 from their tenth acre 

 gardens; 136 girls in Etowah County, Alabama, put up 46,533 con- 



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