Evening star., 1914-12-21
CROP INVESTIGATION
AN INVALUABLE ASSET
Agricultural Department Bulletin
Shows Work Done by Girls
in the South.


by daughters of southern farmers who
have been members of the Department
OF Agriculture's garden and canning
clubs. is proving an invaluable asset
in many farmhouses where the cotton
crop has not brought in the customary
returns, declares Il department bulle-
tin issued today.
Fifteen woman agents, each repre-
scnting state, are now i'll conference
in the south These agents supervise
the work of 500 county agents, who
direct the work of $3.50 girls.
The department mentions the work
of many of the girls an example
of what others may do.
Profits by Girl Farmers.
Madse Farrar has proved the possi-
bilities of growing crops all the year
round in Tennessee. BY raising and
selling vegetables throughout the year
she made a net profit OF s131.62. while
the second best girl. who also did good
work but did not diversity. made
$500 profit. The girl with the sec
ond average grew only beans and to-
1natoes during the fall and summer.
Miss Farrar, however, having grown
these crops, put in onions during the
winter, "hlCn she SOIu at Il SOou pronl
early in February. She then proceed
ed to plant cabbaees. 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 year of profitable vegetable
growing.
Another young woman found a peach
orchard into which hogs had been
turned. She took her Gamer with her
md f1i i,li l,aI in rob. .,J-f
to save what was left from the hogs.
and made $50 in one week from her
work. Similar instances have demon
strated the possibilities of saving
waste in that section. and there has
been a more general interest exhibited
not only by the farmers daughters,
but by many of their wives.
Annie Davis. who was last year the
grand champion girl of Texas, and
came to Washington with the other
champions, has this year come to the
aid of her father, who raised Il cotton
crop and couldn't sell it. She had saved
UP her money to take q course at an
industrial school. but the cotton crisis
came along and her money was given
to help the family. This young woman.
from the funds which she earned last
year. has purchased her father team
of horses and wagon.
Success in Poultry.
The Texas girls have shown an un-
usual interest in poultry in addition to
their canning and garden work. This
is only the first year of the poultry
work. but already 80 young women
have accomplished actual results, and
in not single case did the girls fail
70 make profit. The result has been
that in many cases the whole flock of
poultry on a farm has been turned over
to the daughter. The marketa BILE value
of infertile eggs has been emphasized.
Two sisters in North Carolina have
established such reputation for their
canned fruits and vegetables that they
cannot fill the demand. The rules of
the agent in charge of the North Caro-
lima work make it necessary that the
name and address of every club mem
Der go on every can she puts on the
market. Give me a can of Mabel Nor
riS tomatoes or Give me can of
Agnes Norris peaches" requests the
where these two sisters sell their prod
ucts. These young women no longer
put up their product in glass. but in
tins, their name on the outside being
sufficient guarantee for the appearance
of the product.
The total profit of all the South Caro-
lima club girls for the past year was more
than $oS 600. Every agent who assists
the girls is a college graduate who has
received special domestic science train
ing Home demonstration work is d
feature, the motto being do one thing a
a time" There was. for instance, a
homemade fireless- cooker canpa ign,
tion and resulted in n hundred home
made cookers being put into use. A ny
trap campaign is to be next in order, and
after that a butter making campaign.