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about $15.00. The girl who took the county premium sold $76.00 

 worth of fruit besides having some material for home use. 



As to enrolling these girls, we went into the schools three or 

 lour different tim^es before we could persuade them that they wanted 

 to belong to the clubs. But we got the clubs organized and they suc- 

 ceeded in getting a small amount of money to have a local woman 

 take charge of the work. Later in the season, two other girls were 

 appointed as her assistants. But even then we had so many mem- 

 bers we could not supervise the work very carefully. 



It is necessary to transplant the tomatoes once or twice. Many 

 of the girls transplant just once, to their permanent places. Some of 

 the girls planted in tobacco beds and cold frames. The ground in 

 Daviess County is a sandy loam. Phosphorus is the most necessary 

 element of the fertilizers required. Manure is a good thing if put 

 on early in the season. It is not a good plan to put on large quanti- 

 ties of manure .just before planting, however. In a damp season, 

 staking is advisable, but in dry weather it is not practicable as it 

 leaves the plants so exposed to the sun that they dry out and burn. 

 They use tobacco stakes and let one sucker come from the plant, 

 about 31/^ feet tall. 



I want to make just a fcAV recommendations. If you are starting 

 clubs in your county, get them to plant other things besides toma- 

 toes. It is a good plan to plant peas first, on perhaps half the plot of 

 one-tenth acre, and then set the tomatoes, and also raise corn and 

 beans, and some fruit. All of these can be profitably sold. Another 

 important thing is to get the best kind of seed. 



Q. How do they get the peas out of the hulls successfully? 



A. By the fingers. The girls are allovred 10c an hour to hull. 



PLUM GROWING AND PLUM VARIETIES FOR KENTUCKY. 



W. H. Clayton, Boone County. 



The statement was made here, from statistics gathered in 1909, 

 that Kentucky produced better than 7,000,000 bushels of apples. I 

 venture to say that not more than 10% of the trees bearing these 

 tipples had been sprayed, and not more than 10% pruned. And I 

 venture to say also that not more than 25% of these 7,000,000 bushels 

 of apples were marketable at all. I know that in some sections of 

 Kentucky, the apples are allowed to rot on the ground while, later 

 on, we pay for the northwestern apples enormous prices. That is the 

 fault of the Kentuckians, and we do not make good use of our 

 wonderful opportunities for growing fruits, and our wonderfuUly 

 cheap lands. Up in the mountains of Elliott County, I found a 

 preacher who was growing and marketing a hundred dollars' worth 

 of apples from each acre of land he had, and the land around him 

 Avas selling for from $3 to $5 an acre. He claimed the price of his 

 land was his only expense, except the cost of the barrels. 



