Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24

not been able to keep In tho glass jars
after our little demonstration had been
given thcr". one hOuSckccpcr made
! her an OUTFIT and canned on shares. She
realized quite little sum from this.
GLOWING REPORTS FROM
THE NEW COUNTIES
| Mrs. Maggie l.. King has charge of
! this county, and her work Is so much
appreciated that the chairman of the
school board wants to have il incor-
poraied in the curriculum of every
school in tho county.
Her report shows sixteen girls Go.
! ) tin cans). S,T6?; glass jars. etc. 5000
. Total. asa. Money value, $4,000:
/ fresh vegetables sold, s3o4.so. Total
/ Sl.2Sl 30.
! tulpcp"r County, another first year
! county under the care OF Miss Lcssic
/ Hudson suffered more than most coun-
| ties with tn" drought. but we have =.
report Of No. Tin cans for marker
| $500; glass Jars, bottles. etc, for home
use. i.l25. Total. 7.o25. Estimated
money value. $7O2.5o.
The supervisors were so pleased with
! the report of the home work that
they gladly Increased the appropriation
! for III" worker, and Will give special
appropriation for assistants during can
ming season.
While Chesterfield County reports
only 700 cans for market. the girls have
! Liza for home use. Many other coun-
! ties say II is Impossible for them to
ever estimate the amount done for
( nom" us". but this year our emphasis
has been there.
/ In Charles City and New Kent Coun-
I ties, where the canning club worker
, does tn" industrial work in tho schools
IN tn" winter months, We have the fol-
lowing report:
= The canning club work has taken
+ me into the homes, not tho front doors
! aud parlors. but in the kitchen and
! most intimate life of the family Here
| have proven TO AN often rather SUI
! apicicus parent, my real interest in the
Siri and her Development. The prac-
Teal cooking at school has been i'm
creased. ana many schools are nuw
making soups. hot chocolate or pre-
pairing some hot dish for Tho lunch
hour for tho school. The BOYS have
/ built hrclcSS COOLERS for the girls as n
/ part of their industrial work. and have
1 equipped IN" Workroom with tables
shelves and Cuphoards ! have found "A
wealth OF Information along many lines
in the government bulletins. but only
! by puttinE the bulletins myself in TN,
I hands Of tn" pupils supplying copy
/ for each child, and by outlining the
subject of which il treats, and teaching
/ the class for the teacher the first time
myself. have been able to get teach
crs 10 make use Of The valuabl. infur-
/ nation they contain After finishing
the study OF the poultry bulletins We
VIII tax" up tn" bulletins on the gar
/ den work in tn" same way"
| In ono OF the counties. longest
worked. III" merchants report that the
/ canning club has reduced tho cost OF
tomatoes from IA cents 10 10 cents per
can in country stores. they do not OBJ
| jcct. however. for the people are buying
other things instead.
( The exhibit Of women at this county
| fair was pronounced - per cent i'm
1 provcmcnt on their work OF four wears
ago. because of the effect Of girls work
An investment of 500 brought a return
: of Si.0SiS2
Prince William County held this fall
! IT'S hrst housewives exhibit" While
| the county worker is not responsible
| for this. both county and State workers
have helped with the organization and
! given services.
| Tho marketing has given no trouble
as yet. principally because OF the small
amount offered. The services rendered
! to individual girls and mothers can
not be tabulated Two girls were so
/ succcssful with their little plats that
their fathers turned the whole farm
over TO them. and our woman agent
| has given them up to the man demon
strator All are watching the expert
|
The Counties In the Front Rank
! Miss Lille Carver, of Clarke County
holds the record for the largest yield
| i'll the state this var 3196 pounds
of tomatoes This county has two Of
the best ten yields in the States. Hall
| fax County has four OF the best ten
yields in tho state and Hcnrico County
has three of the best ten yields In tho
state. one ;wclvc-ycar- old girl in Hen
F., rico. having learned how to save her
own crop. volunteered Ia help "a neigh
Dor two miles away. When the county
and state worker arrived her class was
| composed Of the farmer. his wife their
mothers and the fathers father and
two grown sons. The little girl was
! giving proper instruction as to weigh,
selection OF fruit etc
Plans for tho Good Yenr 1915.
In laying plans for this year our
/ watchword is to be Success through
concentration" II is proposed to In
crease the time Of workers rather than
+ the number of counties: to make
county workers meeting IL real short
course In canning club and home eco
monies; to have short courses for prize
girls Of each county at one of our
normal schools; to inauGurate winter
garden work in six counties: to start
home demonstration work in eight
counties.
Poultry work will be extended In
carry a publicity campaign through
the county aud state newspapers
Training of workers. both new and old,
by special study OF books and bulle-
tins is recommended. and by a suG-
gcstcd supplementary course of reading,
thus raising the standard Of work ers
, each year.
In spite of obstacles. and sometimes
opposition. tho county workers have
gone on faithfully with their work OF