Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-25

AASHINGTON, June 24.-(Special Corre-
IXATE spondence to The ee)-Uncle Sam,
" patriarch, is beginning to work for the
girls You have heard of the boys corn
ESNYEE2I clubs which have been organized
G5AEz<@O throughout the south. They have
already more than 100000 members and they will
number more than 100000 before the year closes.
That work Ia carried under the direction of Sec
rotary Wilson. and It is backed up by the states, the
governors OF which are offering prizes and giving
diplomas.
similar movement has now begun in order to
wake up the girls It originated last January with the
starting Of girls tomato club in Aiken, 8. G. The
Agricultural department 10 backing 1t and there
more than 5000 girls In different parts Of the
south, who each raising patch Of tomatoes under
directions sent them from Washington The agents Of
the department travelling the country estab
fishing tomato clubs in three counties Of each southern
state, and in time they will turn the whole south into
a market garden This is Of the most radical of
the new schemes of Uncle Sam, patriarch. 1t means
the bringing of into great Industrial
luton and the creation of a race of business
on the farms of the south.
Want to Compete with the Boys.
The idea came from tho corn clubs. In them each
boy given by his father. He was to pillow
and plant II himself, and to have all the profit have
already written of the mighty results In certain
the boys made several hundred dollars off their
spective and this year of them expects to
net $1,000 from ttve-acre tract That money is to
send him through school,
Since the organization of the corn clubs the girls
the vieinities in which they established have
been writing the Agricultural Department whether
there not something for them to do. They have
been allowed to compete with the boys in the
clubs and in a number of instances, Notwithstanding
their SEX they have produced above the average
Of the clubs to which they belonged. In South
Carolina club, for example, there two girls
who each raised more than 100 bushels of off
acre. doing all the cultivation themselves One of
them raised 1870 bushels on her acre. This Miss
Hanna Plowden OF Clarendon county She belonged
10 club OF 142, of whom lao were boys. There
only three boys who raised than did, and the
average OF the club was sixty-two bushels per
First Girls Club
In Aiken county the boys club had sixty
members and their success was the envy of their
sisters The boys clubs organized through the
schools and the girls discussed this matter with their
teachers. Thereupon of them Miss Marie s.
cromer, started the tomato club movement She had
the OF the county superintendent of the
state agent OF our Agricultural Department.
Miss Cromer devoted her evenings to writing
letters girls in different parts of the county and her
Saturdays to ACQUIRING members. AS a result club
Of forty-six little girls organized and list of
valuable prizes secured for those who did the best
work Some Of the prizes money and others were
books One was free scholarship to the Winthrop
Normal and Industrial college. a college education
for the girl who secured it.
This prize was won by girl who planted cul-
tlvated and gathered sufficient crop OF tomatoes
from her onetenth of to fill STA three-pound
cans. she not only raised the tomatoes but canned
hem, and in addition made a dozen other products
consisting OF pickles. relshes and preserves Her
tomatoes all sold at the rate Of as per dozen
bringing In gross amount OF between $50 and $50
from her tenth OF acre At the same rate an acre
would have yielded gross OF from $500 TO 5000 but
from this Of must be deducted the labor she did
the place and the cost OF the cans It is enough
TO make ones eyes bulge.
One-Tenth Acre Farms.
II is an old saying that ten acres are enough for
any one man to handle. These plans Of the Asrcul-