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In the northwest we do not ask if spraying pays. We know that it 

 does and that it does not pay to attempt to grow fruit without 

 spraying. If you spray thoroughly you will reach the same conclu- 

 sion. Get advice from your experiment station, when to spray and 

 what materials to use, and then do the work thoroughly. I cannot 

 emphasize this too much. It is almost money thrown away to spray 

 unless the work is done well. 



When you have raised this crop of fine fruit carefully harvest 

 it. Cull out the poor stock and grade the rest according to size. You 

 will get as much out of the small staff alone as if the larger was 

 mixed with it, and the extra price for the large fruit will be clear 

 gain. If you cannot advantageously market what you raise in- 

 dividually, co-operate with your neighbor. You can then have a 

 sufficient quantity of good fruit to attract the attention of the buy- 

 ers, and when you have once won a reputation for an honest pack 

 you can almost demand your own price. And don't be afraid to tell 

 the trade that you are putting this fruit up just a little better than 

 anyone else and that you expect to get a better price for it. Toot your 

 own horn ! Put your business on a high commercial pljene and other 

 people will look at :t the same way you do. Talk apples, think apples, 

 dream apples, and you will make the northwest sit up and take 

 notice. 



EXPERIENCES IN TOMATO GROWING AND THE TOMATO 



CANNING CLUES. 



0. B. Burrell, Owensboro, Ky. 



This is a very important subject. I think perhaps the Kentucky 

 club work has done more for the south than any other project of 

 extension. We do not realize how much of the backwardness of 

 the south is due to improper food. Unless a man has good food, he 

 has not the inclination, either mental or physical, to do good farm 

 work. Food is especially bad among the poor people. Pork fat and 

 corn bread does not fit a man to work well. 



The Kentucky club work has been very successful. I suppose 

 you understand what it is. Yv"e have a county agent — a girl, usually 

 appointed in the county — to have charge of the clubs. They estab- 

 lish clubs with girls from the ages of ten to eighteen years. They all 

 agree to cultivate one-tenth of an acre in any fruit or vegetable. It 

 is not only a tomato club. We had 140 girls and some adult women 

 belonging to the clubs this year. The girls put up over 10,000 cans 

 of tomatoes. The women put up a number of fruits and vegetables 

 for home use. The girls canned 715 cans of fruits and vegetables. 

 Commercially, the work has not been as successful as the girls hoped. 

 The average profit from 1-10 acre plot, this year, in our county, was 



