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apples and other fruits were canned, preserved and 

 jellied. 



Then came the time for canning the products of the 

 tenth-acre plat. Those girls who had the character to 

 stay with the Club through all the disappointing sea- 

 son, entered with their mothers into the canning with 

 zest, and some of them were well rewarded for their 

 perseverance. The tomatoes were canned in tin and in 

 glass, preserved, pickled, and even jellied. This jelly, by 

 the way, being delicious. 



Besides tomatoes there were canned beans and com. 

 A splendid product made of sweet peppers, and called 

 "pepper hash" was put up. 



Six business men of the county gave a prize to the 

 girl making the best record. 



Miss Edna Wilson, of Strunk, won this prize, mak- 

 ing a profit of over thirty dollars. Miss Christiae Lar- 

 mee, of Stearns, was second. She made a profit of eigh- 

 teen dollars. During the season more and more people 

 were becoming interested in the work, and lending their 

 assistance almost whenever asked. When the fiscal court 

 met, and was asked by the Agent to appropriate enough 

 money so that the girls of the county might again have a 

 chance to join the Canning Club and work under the in- 

 struction of the Department, it did so. 



Miss Floea Weight, 

 County Agent Home Demonstration Work 



MADISON COUNTY. 



"The Tomato Club" (as most people call our Girls' 

 Clubs), of Madison county, can be called a complete fail- 

 ure, but we do not feel when we call our Club by its 

 original name, "the Girls' Canning Club," that anyone 

 could say that it has been a failure. 



During March and April, with the assistance of the 

 Farm Demonstrator, I succeeded in getting an enroll- 

 ment of about fifty members. Not having enrolled any 

 girls for clubs, and then worked with them before, I 

 thought that was all that was necessary, until I went to 

 our April meeting and heard the other Agents telling of 

 their experiences of the year before, and worked my- 

 self with the girls this year. In other words, I thought 



