LESSONS ON TOMATOES FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 17 



Canning-dub score. — The score for judging the work of club mem- 

 bers is as follows : 



Points. 



1. Business sliowing, to include 30 



Management of crop? 10 



Yield 10 



Profit 10 



2. Quality 30 



Of exhibit 15 



Of other products 15 



3. The Daily Record Book 20 



4 . The history of the season's work 20 



(TMs should be in the form of a pretty booklet made by the girl herself to tell the 

 story of her work.) 



COMMUNITY EXHIBITS. 



Importance. — Every community should have its fair day. The 

 logical place to hold such a fair is at the school building. The school 



Fig. 4.— Individual canning club ejchibit— 1,730 cans. 



should be represented. No part of the community fair can be made 

 more instructive and attractive than the canning-club exhibit. The 

 green and canned products of the garden lend themselves to the most 

 striking and artistic arrangements. Looking forward to an exhibit 

 of products and work will prove a great incentive to the pupils. 



Selecting and arranging tJie individual exJiihits. — (l) Select a plate 

 of five tomatoes uniform in size, shape, color, and stage of ripeness. 

 •The fruits should be thoroughly ripe but not overripe. Also select 

 a half -peck basket of tomatoes of the same kind. (2) Select and 

 arrange a sufficient number of tins, glass cans, bottles, and jars of 

 canned tomatoes and other tomato products to make an attractive 

 display (fig. 4). If other vegetables have been put up, choice 

 specimens of these products should be displayed. ^ 



