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might be termed "the parent acre." The Department 

 has this year sent out sixfficient cultures for two hundred 

 acres of alfalfa, and two hundred acres of crimson 

 clover. 



GAEDEN CLUB WORK. 



During the year 1914 the Garden Club work was 

 continued in the city of Louisville, and the report pub- 

 lished below of Mr. C. L. Clayton, Superintendent, in- 

 dicates the scope of the work undertaken. 



For the year 1915, it was deemed advisable, on ac- 

 count of many of the coal mines being closed down in 

 eastern Kentucky, to devote the funds heretofore ex- 

 pended by the State in Garden Club work, in an effort 

 to assist the miners out of employment. 



The owners of the coal properties in most instances 

 donated the land, and something over one thousand gar- 

 dens were planted in Bell county at the different coal 

 mines. These gardens, supervised by Mr. C. L. Clayton, 

 who had been in charge of the work for the Depart- 

 ment in Louisville for three years, were a revelation to 

 the people in that section. The amount of vegetables 

 produced was nothing short of phenomenal. The miners 

 practically lived from their gardens during the sum- 

 mer months, and yet the surplus of vegetables was so 

 great that a lady was sent with a canner to teach the 

 Garden Club members how to can and preserve the vege- 

 tables for winter. 



The results obtained by this work in the one county 

 of Bell, indicates a great field for vegetable growing in 

 the settlements around the various coal mines in Ken- 

 tucky. Much of the work in the production of vegetables 

 among the miners is done by the women and children, 

 and simply adds the value of these vegetables to the in- 

 come of the miner. No demonstration work the Depart- 

 ment has undertaken has returned quicker or larger 

 profit for the amount of money expended. 



