The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-20
GIVE THE GIRLS A CHANCE
A Big Opportunity to Keep a Vast
Sum of Money af Home and GiUe
Them Employment.

III the merchants OF the DuCklOWn DISH
will make the proper effort the huge sun
of money sent away for canned fruits anC
vegetables can be retained at home, be
sides giving steady employment TO large
number of Polk county's young ladies.
The exhibit of the Girls Canning Clul
here on November and has paved the
way for such thing and our merchant:
ought to be public spirited enough to make
arrangements whereby such thing woulc
become an accomplished fact.
One of the best features about ii is that
merchants would be gamers as all cans
would be of exact weight. The sanitary
condition of the goods would appeal tc
many, as it it a well known fact that can
ming factories are not the cleanest places
in the world, nor are they too particular
in the class of goods they put up.
Our merchants should make careful
estimate of the amount of canned goods
they can use in one season and then pro.
coed to make contracts with enough
young ladies to furnish what they require
They should see that the seed is selected
with great care, the best land in the county
utilized, and if necessary, aavance money
for seed, cans, ETC., to those who are moi
in position to do it themselves.
1t would give employment to many
yohng ladies who would be idle
and with the money spent right here in
Polk county great deal of it would find
its way backinto thetils OF cthermerchants
The canning industry is past the expert
mental stsge in Polk county and if our
young ladies knew that there was a market
open to them for all they would raise it
would be an incer tive for them to work
harder than ever. 1t would be boon to
many families in this county and relieve
the pinch of these hard times as probably
no other one thing would do.
We would like to see our merchants
take this up at once. 1t will take time to
figure oct all the deteals such scheme
calls for and it should be done as early as
possible so that no time will be lost when
spring comes.
Who will take the lead in this matter
that means so much to the future pros
perity of Polk county?
There we're enrolled in the year Just
finished 90 girls in the Canning Club in
Polk county. This was the first year the
county has been organized. A collaboration
has been employed only six months and
vet she has addressed at least 1000 people
and interested many of them in the work
There were only twentyfour girls sub
hitting reports but this is what those have
done: They gathered $3.50 pounds OF
tomatoes; raised vegetables valued at $735-
81: canned I'LL quarts of tomatoes and
1887 cans of other products form club
plots. They also canned, 628 jars of ber-
ries. 1862 cans of corn, 628 cans apples
1887 cans of beans, rs cans of cherries,
276 cans ofpreserves, 720 cans of peaches,
$50 cans of tomatoes, 900 cans of pickles.
The average cost of production per lilo
acre was S4.63. The average cost OF can
ming was $7.22.
The average net profit was $24.52.
New club centers are being organized
shis week. Miss Doney visits Patty, The
Shed, Prendergast and other places to or
ganize clubs. Every girl who intends to
ioin should do it now, because, instructions
given through the winter will not be re-
peated later.