Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-01-23
GIRLS CANNING CLUE WORK In ROCK.
CASTLE COUNTY

week Mt. Vernon was visited by
the State Agent of Girls Canning
Clubs, Mrs. Helen b. Wol.ott, Of
Frankfort. She came to appoint
an Agent and to complete and set
to work the organization in Rock
castle County.
When the stare Farmers Insti-
tute met in Mt. Vernon last No
vember, Mrs. Wolcott was one of
the speakers and at that time or
sanized a club OF twenty-three
memb>rs Thru The iIterest OF
Miss Nc Cord and Judge Bethurum
the Fiscal Court made an appro-
priation Of 500 90 towards the
salary OF the County Agent, thus
complying with the regulations of
the United States Department of
Agriculture for cooperation.
The Canning Club movement
belongs 20 the United States De
partment of Farm Demonstration,
but has been brought to Kentucky
thru our own Department Of Ag-
ricultuie, whose cooperation has
made it possible for us.
The plan for this years work
extending from October Ist, 1913,
to October Ust, 1911, is to place
ten conntles in the State under
complete organization, which
means employment of a local or
County Agent to construct and
supervise the work So that uni
form standard of quality is secur-
ed for the tomatoes offered for
sale. This STANDARDIZATION Sc
cures the best market, made open
thru the State Agen. and the b.
reau of Marketing at Washington
With this, advantage the product
of the Clubs in these ten counties
will have higher value than
when the work is carried on with,
out the County Agents surervis-
ion.
The Rockcastle County citizens
are to be congratulated on their
spirit of enterprise and Willingness
to cooperate with good forces for
helping girls and the home I'm
provment work generally, as is
shoN n in their being the first
COUNTY to welcome The Canning
Ola work aader The CO operative
plan of organization.
Miss Ella Carson, of Brodhead,
has been appointed Agent for
Rock castle County. Splendid
Clubs are now enrolled at Mt. Yer
non and BrOdhead, and it is hoped
to enrol! clubs at Mineral Springs
Red Bud, Oaks and Hazel Patch,
and any parents interested in hav-
ing a Club in their community,
should write Miss Carson, letting
her know how many girls OF that
nei ,hhorhood will probably be-
come mem berS. She will then
arrange 10 meet the girls and par
ents fol organization. The re
quiremcnts are that each girl
plants one tenth of an acre oil to.
matoes, are about 500 plants in
various patches. With the ex-
ceptiGn of blowing and hauling
fertilizer the girl does all the work
herself, aud no expense is attach
ed to membership unless the girl
prefers to own her own soldering
outfit, which costs about two dol
lars
Bv this new method she eau use
the old Mason jars for family use
and put the surplus into tin cans
supplied by the Agent. using the
Club label. This pack she sells
easily, realizing nifty dollars OF
more for her crop besides SAYING
other vegetable and oIchard pro
ducts that usually goes to waste
because the cid methods of pre-
serving are inadequate for hand
ling it all.
Rockcastle County will Certainly
acquit herself well as com pai ed
with the other ten counties in the
final reckoning when the State
prizes will be. awarded to the
champion.
For SALE:--My farm OF IoC
acres, one mile South of Wilde.
Good FIVE room dwelling house
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