Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-04-10

pest to stake the plants. The plants
did not make very great growth
and very few needed pruning | hoei
them until the tomatoes began 10
ripen and the plants We're too large.
Il picked my first ripe Tomatoes on
lho 9th Ct July From then ON tive
nH>,nc" every two or 'hrCr DAVIS
grew larger. At first received ten
cents pound. but soon the price
began to fall so that after the 1st OF
Septem Der I received only TWO cents
a pound. AS my father runs a dairy.
he took the tomatoes with him and
sold them very easily to the hotels.
restaurants. and milk customers. He
was able to sell almost all of them
until the green ones were gathered
AS long as We could get dollar Il
DuStlci Tor the tomatoes fresh and a.
we were very busy with the work
Of Il dairy. thought il best TO can
them.
After schCl began was kept very
busy in picking the tomatoes. For
~everal weeks it took me three even
:ngS of the week to get over the en-.
tire patch and often gathered owe,
ten bushels During the second and
third weeks Of September we had So
much rainy weather that could not
gather the tomatoes. and after the
rains they began to ripen so rapidly
that many Of them split. On the 10Th
and 18Th Of October | had TO gather
the green tomatoes. | gathered L.
0S3 pounds. There WAS no sale for
those. We used all we could and |
gave some to the neighbOrS, and still
a great many went to waste, as they
were wet when they were gathered.
and as it turned warm again, they
rOtted very fast AS We had a great
deal of company this summer ana be
cause our other garden vegetables
were not as good as usual, we used
more tomatoes fresh.
II made collection Of canned
fruits, vegetables, and meats. which
consisted of the following: Tomatoes.
beetS, white wax beans, green pod
led beans, celery, carrots. picked
onions, beet greens, pumpkin, shell
ed beans. pears. apples. plums, peach
es. cherries, strawberries, raspberrics
white and purple grapes, sausage.
'hicken, corn, watermelon pickles
md goseberries. exhibited this
collection at the state Fair and won
\ first, second, and a fourth on
t. and my other club work. did
vi this canning by the cod backed
lot-Water bath process. I also can
ed, alone, so quarts 81 wirlfAll az
los, ten quarts Of Cp&choYrjns s.v
:nts of bects. 100 quarts Of tonla-
0cs. also helped with the can
ing Of the Strawberries, cherries
caches. tomato butter and catsup
rple iellios and gooseberry JAM
AS TO my other work, | will say
lat | was at Des MOines during the
tate Fair, and helped to record and
are for the exhibits sent in by club
members. 7 also gave canning
demonstration for the county tcach
ers' meeting at Ciarinda on the 18th
'of September. The demonstration
was held in the domestic science
roms at the High schOl building I
took my WI canned tomatoes and
apples, and most Of the other ncccs-
stiles, besides most of my collection
to show the different things one can
conserve by this method.
LAS summary ! will state that nv
expenses were $15G1 and nv profit
S115.57, besides winning $23 in pricZs
at the State Fair. | have enjoyed this
work, although il has been long ana
sometimes bit lonesome. It has
been a way by which could not only
have my own spending money and
pay my expenses at the Farm Camp.
but | also have a bank account o.
$50"
Another member Of the garden ANA
canning clubs in the northern states.
whose work is worthy Of special men
ton, is Miss Sara Dickinson, Of
SharEsvile, Pennsylvania. She won
first prize in he rstate with a record
Of 1885 pounds on her tenth-acre
Her costs were $12.23: her net prof
its, 1851 1t is difficult to compare
the profits made by the various
young women in the garden and can
ming clubs. as the market price Of
fres'l vegetables differs very widely
in different parts Of the country, and
member with very good crop may
sometimes have to sell at very low
price, because Of prevailing market
conditions.