CONTESTS AND CLUB WORK 



admission to the fairs, tlius obtaining funds to defray expenses. 

 Materials used for local fairs may be saved by exhibit commit- 

 tees, or by the individual exhibitors for use at district fairs, 

 county fairs or state fairs. Suitable programs are 'often 

 given in connection with school or club fairs. Such a pro- 

 gram may be made up of essays written in competition, telling 

 the best methods of growing crops, or making certain articles 

 for the fair. Reports are given of the methods used by the 



Fig. 154. — Mounted plants, insect collections, cut flowers, manual training, 

 wall maps, and pictures are here combined with school garden exhibit KentviUe, 

 Nova Scotia. (School Garden Association of America.) 



different members. Suitable lantern slides of school and home 

 garden work, or club work in other places, may be obtained 

 from the United States Department of Agriculture, state agri- 

 cultural colleges, local schools, or from other more local sources. 

 Music may be provided. The judging and awarding of prizes 

 or certificates of merit may be announced pnblicly. Plans 

 for future work may be outlined. 



