Thirty-four schools held contests and we presented money prizes 
to the chOdren, besides prizes to farmers' wives for dooryard gardens, 
flowers, poultry and canned goods. Next year we hope, in some way, 
to help the farmer market his produce direct to the consumer, thus 
saving the middleman's profit. 
We have helped Miss Hall by providing money for milk for under- 
nourished school children. Following our example, the Junior Red 
Cross gave $i,ooo to carry on this work. In order to facilitate Miss 
Hall's work in the county we presented her with a Ford car and pay 
for its upkeep. 
Through her eflForts a Committee of farm women was organized 
from different districts, with our Secretary as Chairman. We enter- 
tained these women twice during the year at our meetings, thus making 
an opening for the visits of the Count Work Committee. 
This work is appreciated by the Department of Agriculture and 
the schools, and we have been earnestly requested to continue our 
support. 
We have held nine meetings during the year and have had several 
interesting lectures. We are trying to encourage papers by our own 
members and have had two very successful meetings devoted entirely 
to original papers. 
We have held three exhibitions. 
Eight of our members attended the annual meeting of the Garden 
Club of America and were most enthusiastic about the beauty of the 
gardens and keenly appreciative of the courtesies shown them. 
Edith Oliver Rea (Mrs. Henry R. Rea), 
President of the Garden Club of Allegheny County. 
As acting President from January to April, I endeavored to follow Amateur 
a plan outlined by our President before she left for California. This Gardeners' 
consisted of a study of the gardens of historic places in which Maryland Club of 
abounds and working out garden plans from blue-prints. Baltimore, 
Very little of this, unfortunately, was accomplished. Some of the Maryland 
old places were in the hands of people who were so Uttle interested that 
it was almost impossible to get them to furnish the required data; 
others had been lately bought or inherited by younger people,who 
were enthusiastic about helping us, but who begged for another year in 
which to know more about the original planting plans. 
We had some interesting papers by one or two members on these 
gardens, and more are promised. 
As for the working blue-print plans, the heavy and long lasting 
snowfalls stopped aU work in that direction before the plans were 
completed. 
We held monthly meetings, at which interesting topics were dis- 
cussed, pictures shown of gardens and of travel in Uttle- visited places. 
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