Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-25

month. in about three weeks from
now. our county agent a ann speak
ing of the mem will divide his boys
into classes Of - in cucn county for
each club He win notify each OF
them by card that he viii be at the
home of one of them on "A certain
day the next week and on that day
each of those boys Will be at that
place. He viii then take them into a
corn field or into cotton field and
talk to them about their crop. its cul-
tiNation, etc, and the boys will ask
the agent about the cultivation etc,
of their two acres of corn nr cotton,
whether it is advisable to use th'
harrow, etc. If any of the boys do
not attend this meeting. and cannot
give Il good reason for his absence,
something happens. Just the same,
for instance, when a boy Is absent
from school when examination day
comes around and he doesn't get as
many good marks as if he had not
missed any. In that way We conduct
the boys work. We have only "A
limited amount Of money with which
to do the work. and ! ann not en-
couraging any state 90 take up girls
work where they have no woman
agent. We have fourteen women at
work in as many counties Of the safe
and she keeps track of the work by
correspondence, letters and the Ike,
then along about May she takes a
canning outfit, puts 1t in buggy and
goes to the home of one OF the club
members, after first notifying the
members that she viii be at that home
on a certain date, at ten O'Clock in
the morning There the girls are
shown how to select the tomatoes,
skin them and prepare the sealing OF
the cans and pasting on the labels.
This the girls do for themselves. the
mothers sitting by. helping to get the
stuff ready, learning as much as the
girls. After this course the girls Will
be able to take two leaky washtubs
and one good one and make their own
canning outfits They are taught how
to assemble and arrange exhibits for
the county and state fairs throughout
Oklahoma. This year they will eX-
hibit at MuskOgee oklahoma city and
Tulsa and arrangements have already
been made for that purpose. We have
had mothers refuse to allow the
daughters to go into this work, but
finally the daughter would go In and
scon the whole family would become
Interested
If | had time, ] would Ike to tell
you what immense profits the boys
and girls have made In this work.
Let me cite you one instance of the
accomplishments of a boy. In 1910.
he went into "A club competition for
500 for the greatest yield in his dis
trict That year he raised ~ y bush
els. but he didn't get that prize; the
next year he was in the club again
with 12l bushels and a fraction In
1912 a $500 scholarship was offered
by the state board of agriculture and
he won It with ~ 2-3 bushels -
bushels the first year, l2I the next
and 172 the next This is no hot air. 10
We sent our agent to investigate this
yield. but a girl in the same state
beat this with her crop of vegetables,
selling $1,000 worth. She made a
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