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DAVIESS COUNTY. 



The Home Demonstration Work in Daviess county 

 for this year was supervised by means of home visita- 

 tion, rather than through club meetings, as was last 

 year's plan. 



The enrollment was 18 girls in the Canning Club, 

 and 44 women in the Home Demonstration Club. Bul- 

 letins and circular letters were mailed regularly to all 

 of these. 279 visits were made to club members, 86 to 

 co-operators, and 4 to local gardeners. The year's wofk 

 began with an effort to dispose of last season 's products, 

 26 local grocers being called upon for that purpose. 



On account of the drought in the early spring, it was 

 necessary to sprinkle the tomato plants. Later, during 

 the blooming period, all of the plants were damaged and 

 several of them entirely destroyed by the heavy rains. 

 On the whole, the season was very unfavorable to the 

 tomato crop. 



Previous to the canning season the work consisted 

 mainly of pattern drafting and fitting, 14 of the girls 

 making dresses, and 12 club uniforms. Most of the lat- 

 ter were handmade and embroidered. Several of the 

 girls became interested in hand embroidery and crochet- 

 ing. Eleven girls practiced breadmaking and nine did 

 creditable work in baking cakes. Occasionally attention 

 would be given to quilting, making button-holes or home 

 millinery. Seven fireless cookers were made, most of 

 these as demonstrations to groups of women. 



The girls put up 1,050 cans of tomatoes and 441 

 cans of beans. Twenty other varieties of fruits and veg- 

 etables were canned besides quantities of preserves, 

 pickle and other products, aggregating 4,556 jars or 

 cans. This includes 742 cans of tomatoes and 81 of 

 beans put up by the 13 members of the Home Demonstra- 

 tion Club who submitted reports. Most of all this is in- 

 tended for home use. 



The members of the clubs live in various parts of 

 the county, and to accomplish the work it was necessary 

 to travel 2,136 miles. -In addition to this about 700 miles 

 were traveled by rail in attending the county agents ' 

 meeting in Lexington, the State Fair at Louisville, and 

 the Farmers' Chautauqua at Greenville. Exhibits were 



