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The misfortune of having the county seat in the cen- 

 ter of one borderline, and it being the only town of any 

 size for the girls to secure cans, and also the misfortune 

 of having bad roads, and the railroads on one side of the 

 county, has kept the work here from progressing as rap- 

 idly as it otherwise would have done. 



Two of the clubs were eighteen and twenty miles 

 from the nearest point of getting cans. About five thou- 

 sand five hundred cans were used in this county. Quite 

 a number of outsiders became interested after seeing a 

 demonstration. 



The wholesale house in the county seat ordered and 

 kept the tomato cans and sold them to individuals cheap- 

 er than they could have offered them from the factory, 

 and this company made very little profit. This firm also 

 kept the Queen glass jars for the people, and helped in 

 every way possible to get the cans delivered, which was 

 a difficult matter, as there is not much hauling done to 

 some points in the county. 



There are some club girls whose tomatoes failed 

 absolutely because of the rain, and the agent helped the 

 girls and mothers save the other fruit on the farm. Some 

 neighborhoods had only one member who had a good 

 crop, and this member literally divided with her less 

 fortunate club members and neighbors. 



There were thirty girls who made aprons and caps 

 under the agent's supervision, and in two instances it 

 influenced girls who had never sewed before to begin 

 sewing successfully. 



There were approximately thirty canners sold in 

 the county this year, and everyone was pleased. A 

 good deal of originality was shown in the making of 

 home-made canners. One member took a reservoir from 

 an old stove, and made a furnace of bricks, and did very 

 successful work. Her brother made a tray of re-in- 

 forced chicken wire, and then made some tray lifters. 

 This same girl's father bought wire fencing and fenced 

 in her plat. Another member had her brother secure 

 her some rocks, as there were no bricks, and she dic- 

 tated the placing of these and formed a furnace, and put 

 a reservoir on top. Her brothers made a tray of an old 

 screen, and then made a small furnace of rocks to heat 



