450 TwENTY-FmsT Bienn^ial Eepoei 



themselves and their smaller sisters, and some learned 

 to crochet and make tatting, while others learned to do 

 the simplest sewing. 



After the tomato season came on, the girls were very 

 busy with their canning work. When it was necessary 

 for them to do their canning work, the superintendent 

 of schools gave the time to the girls who were in the 

 club. 



At this time the girls have canned seven hundred 

 cans of blackberries for commercial use and over four 

 thousand cans of tomatoes, and are still canning. The 

 prospects for sales are good. One girls sold to one mer- 

 chant twenty-four dozen at $1.00 per dozen. 



I have visited over one hundred and fifty homes (ex- 

 cepting club members' homes) and in most cases I have 

 found a welcome. In these homes I have given demon- 

 strations in canning, and they have learned that sani- 

 tation is a much better preservative than the ordinary 

 acids they have used heretofore. 



A number of asparagus beds were started in May 

 and early June. We have made a few fireless cookers, 

 a number of fly traps of barrels, banana crates or nail 

 kegs, covered with screening. Many fences, and even 

 some houses, have been whitewashed this summer that 

 were not last year. This being my home county, and 

 knowing so many people, has helped me to get into the 

 homes, but I am sure I have made many friends that I 

 would not have had, because I have helped them to make 

 or learn something useful. 



The people as a whole are much interested in the 

 work, and were much surprised at the beautiful exhibit 

 at our county fair. 



A good foundation has been laid for the work next 

 year, and the county can be organized with very little 

 troul3le, as the housewives are anxious to be organized 

 into clubs, that they may derive greater and more direct 

 benefit than learning from the girls. 



Miss Ida Claggett, 

 County Agent Home Demonstration Work. 



