16 GARDEN PROJECT 
for garden club members, each pupil should prepare 
under the direction of the club leader an exhibit of 
canned goods or other produce from the garden for 
the fair. Members of the club should visit a county 
or state fair if possible, and report on a few pages of 
their notebooks such observations on the vegetable 
exhibits, under types, kinds, and principal characteris- 
tics by which vegetables were judged and other inter- 
esting notes so as to show an appreciation of what was 
seen, 
5. Cleaning up. Remove all coarse refuse from the 
previous garden crops, and apply manure to the garden 
site, to be plowed under either this fall or next spring 
in preparation for the next season’s garden work. 
Canning Club Calendar 
Marcu 
Canning demonstration by club leader or extension 
worker. Methods of food preservation. What causes 
food to spoil: (a) molds, (b) yeasts, (ec) bacteria. Ob- 
ject of canning. Methods of canning. (NR series of 
U.S. Dept. of Agr. canning bulletins.) ) 
APRIL AND May 
Advantages of cold pack method. Construct a home- 
made canner, Canning of early vegetables and fruits 
and use in diet. Examples: spring greens, asparagus, 
rhubarb. 
JUNE 
Canning of vegetables and fruits. ‘Examples: peas, 
early string beans, strawberries, cherries. Advan- 
