Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-03-26
Girls Canning Club.

The girls canning clubs as conducted
~ the Demonstration work of the U.
>, Department of Agriculture, is for
the following purposes:
|. To encourage rural families to
provide better food at a lower cost
and TO utilize the surplus of the
orchard and garden as source of
income.
,. To stimulate interest and CO.
operation OF the family in the home.
J. To provide some means by which
the girls can earn money at home and
At the same time get the education and
view point necessary for the ideal
farm life.
/. To open the way for practical
demonstrations in home economies.
>. To furnish ernest teachers plan
Tor aiding their pupils and helping
their communities.
They furnish an outlet for the activi-
ties OF the girls who wish to- become
Demonstrators of better home methods
ana encourage more boys and girls to
become actively interested in the practi-
cal side al farm and home life. They
create much needed cooperation be-
tween families and clubs and furnish
10 teachers the connecting link be-
tween practical home economies and
the school.
The social side of life is cultivated
through the clubs, the Boys Corn
clubs and the Girls clubs meeting at
picnics 10 which their parents and
friends arm invited.
\ closer relationship has been
brought about by the clubs between
the city and country folks. The city
people appreciate the efforts of the
boys and girls in the country to fur
nish them a supply of good fresh food
and are willing to- pay them for it.
Ii should bc born in mind that the
object of this work is not tn get a few
girls into the business of canning
vegetables for market, but to get many
girls and many families to- grow good
gardens and supplying the home needs
for winter from canned vegetables and
fruits. This work seeks to help the
many tn make better homes, not the
few To- win large prizes.
This work was devised to increase
our farm incomes, the admitted need
of the day. and thereby is worthy of
the support of our whole people, and
for this reason should receive the
much needed support of our business
and professional men, our clergy and
our Instructors, who can be of great
assistance in urging our young peo-
pie 10 take advantage of the oppor-
tunity presented To them.
The formation of club is simple
plan. The girls of school commu-
nifty land might say here that the
plan has the hearty endorsement of
the school authorities in the State and
County, form a club, arc furnished
the seed for one-tenth of an acre of
tomatoes by the Department and
instructed in the starting of the
plants by the County Agent. Each
club will purchase small home can
ming outfit at cost of not over 81. 90.
and are fully and carefully advised as
to the most sanitary and ecomical way
10 handle the fruit. Ii is no expert
ment we have the experience of II other
states to- prnfit by. Their results were
last year net profit per one-tenth of
an acre of tomatoes an average of
sj0CO; is this not sufficient to encour-
age our girls to- resolve to do what
girls in a less favored section are
doing.
In ST. Mary's the Department has
selected Miss Lillian Mattingly, of
BuShwood, TO organize and conduct
the work. Miss Mattingly is well
q ualified for the position, having by
her example demonstrated that the APP
plication of industry and intelligence
will accomplish as much towards
maintaining n comfortable home in St.
Mary's aS it will in the city. Every
girl who joins club is urged TO put
forth her best efforts to learn and be-
GENE Skilful, IL is good thing to
know about soils plants and nature.
IL il an accomplishment also TO learn
the arts of cooking and housekeeping.
Artists in these lines are scarce and
highly appreciated. A girl who does
this work well for one year will take a
decided step toward improvement and
efficiency. G. +. WATHEN, Jr.,
Local Demonstration Agent.