The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-21
AID SOUTHERN
 FARMERS TO DIVERSITY
Conference 15 Women Agents Show Increased Interest of Young WO- men in Department of Agri-
 cultures Clubs

been members of the United State De- partment of Agriculture's garden and canning clubs have been able to give their fathers practical demonstrations of the value of crop diversifcation during the present bad cotton year. The actual products which the girls have put up are proving an invaluable asset in many farm homes where the cotton crop has not brought the custo- mary returns and many farmers are now substituting whole acres of onions and tomatoes in place of cotton after seeing the success which the young women have made with these crops.
 A conference of the women agents from 15 Southern States is in progress in the United States. Department of Agriculture's Office of Farmers Co., operative Demonstration Work in the South. Fifteen women agents are present, each representing State in addition to the members of the office who have charge of the work. These agents supervise the work of 369 coun- ty agents who direct the work of 33,- APO girls. Data of some of the States reports given here is merely an indi- cation of the general interest that is being taken more and more through out the whole South in the club-move- ment work.
 Tennessee Girl Diversifies Crops
 Madge Farrar has proved the pos abilities of growing crops all the year round in her State. By raising and selling vegetables throughout the year she made a net profit of $131 .62, while the second best girl who also did good work but did not diversity made $96.20. profit. The girl with the second average grew only beans and toma- toes during the fall and summer. Miss Farrar, however, having grown these crops put in onions during the winter which she sold at good profit early in February. She then proceed led to plant cabbages which brought her an income during April and May, while peas were her main crop in June. This brought her back to the tomato and bean season and rounded out a year of profitable vegetable growing. N
 Another young woman found a peach orchard into which hogs had been turned. She took her -canner with her and established herself in the or chard to save what was left from the hogs, and made $60 in one week from her work. Similar instance have dem onstrated the possibilities of saving waste in that section and there has been more general interest exhibited not only by the farmers daughters but by many of their wives.
 Fig Possibilities in Southern Mississ-
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 Although the area where figs will grow in this country is extremely limited, in certain sections of South ern Mississippi this fruit grows so plentifully that it's value is not appre- ciated and barrels of figs go to waste every year. Under the conditions that exist in dooryards and gardens the trees require little or no cultivation and the majority of owners eat a few, can a few for home use, and permit the rest to go to waste, except in To- calities where commercial canners are to buy the fruit from day to day as it ripens.
 During the past year two counties of Southern Mississippi decided to spe- cialize in canning figs. One girl packed 800 pints which she sold for from 35c to 40c a pint. The girls in these sec tions are now leaving tomato for other less fortunate districts where figs will not grow and are planting six fig trees on their tenth acre form erly planted to the other crop. The demand for this product from fgless sections is far beyond the supply.
 Four years ago there were but two in Mississippi where organiz- ed garden and canning club work was carried on for the girls; the next year there were twelve counties; the next twenty-th three, and during the past year there were thirty-fve counties organ ized.
 Pimentoes have proved particular boon to certain counties in South Car olina as have figs in Mississippi. Ger