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The majority of them did all of the house work, and they 

 didn't have many things to can, either. The financial 

 conditions here were also very strained this summer, 

 owing to a strike and decrease in wages. Two of the 

 girls asked me to teach them bread-making, and when the 

 time came they couldn't get materials. I gave one dem- 

 onstration, however, in bread-making and the canning of 

 beans. The five girls interested in the sewing made their 

 aprons and caps, corset covers with crocheted and tatted 

 trimming, and one girl made a dress. This girl also 

 made cookies once under my instruction. ,The girls 

 raised enough tomatoes to eat all summer, and some had 

 several cans for home use. 



My other club was at Hulen, twenty-nine miles from 

 Middlesboro. This was the only agricultural section in 

 the county, but all of the crops except one were burned 

 up completely. Much interest was displayed here by 

 the mothers. They were delighted with my method of 

 canning, especially with blackberries and beans. I was 

 permitted to go into any of their kitchens and cook any- 

 thing with what they had. I gave demonstrations in 

 light bread, corn bread, and cookies; also rice, how to 

 serve beats as a vegetable with salt, pepper and butter, 

 stewed onions with cream sauce, as they all had plenty 

 of milk and butter. I helped one woman to screen her 

 house, made fly swatters from scraps of screening; was 

 called upon to help with the sewing, showed them how 

 to cut economically, and made them patterns for under- 

 clothing and their plain dresses. I enjoyed being in this 

 community very much, for the people were so hospitable 

 and eager to learn new methods. If the tomato crop had 

 been successful, these girls would have made a big show- 

 ing, as none of them were afraid to work. At this place 

 one hundred and eighty-nine No. 3 cans of blackberries 

 were canned for the market. 



I gave demonstrations, with Mr. Clayton's assist- 

 ance, in canning tomatoes, beans, corn and apples in 

 three places where I had no clubs organized, viz: Fork 

 Eidge, Gary and Finley; also at Excelsior. At Finley 

 and Excelsior the mothers asked for the organization 

 of ar'club next year, if there happens to be an agent in 

 the county. 



