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of cans of tomatoes more than doubled that of the 1913 

 club, while the number of pounds of tomatoes trebled 

 that raised by the club of 1913. The first year we had 

 three portable canning outfits, while this year we had 

 twenty. 



Otir display at the county fair created more favor- 

 able comment than did any department, and in the words 

 of the president of the fair association, "The Canning 

 Club exhibit has attracted more genuine interest and ap- 

 plause than any feature on the grounds." One partic- 

 ularly noticeable display was that of Beatrice King 

 (aged thirteen years), who had seventy fruits and vege- 

 tables prepared in various ways; all of these products 

 grown on her father's farm. Beatrice expresses her 

 appreciation in the following original lines : 



"When winter snows about us drift 



And winter winds are cold, 

 Small hands the Queen jar will lift 



Prom fruits we have not sold; 

 'And when the wide old kitchen hearth 



Sends up its smoky curls,' 

 Who will not thank the Canning Club 



For Helping Farmer Girls?" 



The prizes donated to the club girls amounted to 

 eighty dollars; the contribution agencies being the Pen- 

 nyroyal Fair Association and the County Board of Ed- 

 ucation. The canned tomatoes were readily disposed of 

 to a local grocer, Mr. Claud Clark, and other inquiries 

 came from merchants desiring to handle our output. 



The field work has been productive of much good, 

 and besides forty-seven club meetings, I have made one 

 hundred and fifteen personal visits to the members en- 

 rolled. I have been able to assist in matters of sanita- 

 tion, household management and arrangement while on 

 these visits, and to give suggestions regarding labor- 

 saving devices, personal hygene, home care of the sick, 

 and many other basic principles of high thinking and 

 better living. 



The scope of the work has been much enlarged this 

 year, and jelly and preserve making, pickling and 

 ketchup making have sustained the girls' interest, and 

 attracted the mothers as v/ell. Lucky indeed are those 

 families who will partake of the Canning Club girls ' win- 

 ter provender. 



