GIRLS' HOME CLUBS 



lessons in sewing and cooking and growing feed-stuff for our fowls. 



One of the first things I did was to select from my flock of 53 

 Reds, several of the best hens, whose eggs I saved very carefully 

 for setting purposes. Among those selected were Emma, Susie, 

 Delia, Annabell, Lula and Ruby. (You see I have my best fowls 

 named for Home Demonstration Agents.) All of them were good 

 layers, but Emma was superior to the others. She seemed to realize 

 that she was a Club hen and that my reputation as a club member 

 depended to a great extent on her. She actually laid 15 dozen eggs 

 and really deserves honorable mention in my story, and I must not 

 forget my big cock, Talbert, who was my prize winner last year, 

 together with several hens. 



Early in March I set my first hens and continued to set them all 

 along until May, setting altogether 263 eggs, and hatching from that 

 total 248 chicks. Besides setting all the eggs I needed, I sold about 

 $35.00 worth, thereby introducing my breed of Reds to the public 

 and more important than that, replenishing my supply of ready 

 cash. I kept an egg record on 15 hens. They laid 2,003 eggs in ten 

 months. 



In addition to the eggs, I have sold during the year $49.00 

 worth of chickens besides having both chickens and eggs for eating 

 purposes whenever we wished. The expense of feeding and keeping 

 my flock is small for I have raised most of my feeding stuff for 

 them, so most of the money realized off my chickens is clear profit. 



By crediting myself sales stock on hand and equipment my 

 assests are $541.36. By charging for the stock at the beginning of 

 the year with feed, fencing and house, my expenses for the year 

 were $205.07. This leaves a net profit of $336.79. 



Nor is the expense and profit of raising pure bred chickens all 

 the good I have gotten from the Club Work this year, for I have had 

 some very practical lessons in sewing and cooking, besides good 

 training in practical arithmetic and composition. In preparing for 

 the Fair I had to make a table cloth, napkins, a dress, a nightdress, 

 write my booklet, and fill out my record book, on both of which I 

 won a prize." 



Girls who made money in the clubs by industry and thrift 

 helped to furnish the home better, to improve the grounds 



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