LESSONS ON TOMATOES FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 17 
Canning-club score. — The score for judging the work of cluh mem- 
bers is as follows : 
Points. 
1. Business showing, to include 30 
Management of crops 10 
Yield 10 
Profit 10 
2. Quality _ 30 
Of exhibit 15 
Of other products 15 
3. The Daily Record Book j 20 
4. The history of the season's work 20 
(This should be in the form of a pretty booklet made by the girl herself to tell the 
story of her work.) 
COMMUNITY EXHIBITS. 
Importance.— -Ever y community should have its fair day. The 
logical place to hold such a fair is at the school building. The school 
Fig. 4.— Individual canning club exhibit— 1,730 cans. 
should be represented. No part of the community fair can be made 
more instructive and attractive than the canning-club exhibit. The 
green and canned products of the garden lend themselves to the most 
striking and artistic arrangements. Looking forward to an exhibit 
of products and work will prove a great incentive to the pupils. 
Selecting and arranging the individual exhibits. — (1) Select a plate 
of live tomatoes uniform in size, shape, color, and stage of ripeness. 
The fruits should be thoroughly ripe but not overripe. Also select 
a half-peck basket of tomatoes of the same kind. (2) Select and 
arrange a sufficient number of tins, glass cans, bottles, and jars of 
canned tomatoes and other tomato products to make an attractive 
display (fig. 4). If other vegetables have been put up, choice 
specimens of these products should be displayed. 
