The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-18
GIRLS OF CANNING CLUBS DO FINE WORK IN HANDLING FRUIT Second Course Completed at the MOntevallO School
 Last Week STIRRING STORIES
 TOLD OF SUCCESSES Girls Give Experiences Which Are Sure to Prove of Practical Help
 to Others Who Are
 Interested

The second annual short course for the Canning club girls of Alabama was held June 12-17 at the Alabama Girls Tech
 nical institute at Montevallo The Can
 ming club work is one phase of the home demonstration work done by the junior and home economies extension depart ment of the College of Agriculture, Au- burn and the United States department of agriculture. In Alabama, the Girls Canning club work sis organized in the following 27 counties: Autauga, Baldwin, Calhoun, Chiffon, Conecuh, Coosa, De- Kalb, Fillmore, Escambia, Etowah, Frank lin Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lee, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile,
 Monroe, Pickens, Pike, St. Clair Talla- dega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa and Wall ker.
 Each of the 27 counties was represented at the short course, Macon leading with six girls. In awarding a scholarship to the short course, the entire record ot each girl in gardening and canning was taken into consideration. The girls win hing the scholarships were those having the best all round records. As result of the interest and generosity of the bankers, merchants county boards of revenue and other public spirited citi- Zens of the above counties, scholarships were raised to send 69 club girls to the short course at Montevallo. Fourteen of the county home demonstration agents also attended the short course and gave most effective assistance. The entire course was planned and managed by the state agent, home demonstration work, Miss Madge Reese of the Alabama Poly +oo ,cf; A11lnr Gcic r. ant agent Miss Mary Paxton of the Ala bama Girls Technical institue, Monte yallo.
 The girls were kept busy most of the day attending demonstrations and classes. Two hours each afternoon were spent in quiet rest in their rooms,, and several hours each day were spent in recreation and pleasure. By demonstrations, the girls were
 taught how to can tomatoes, beans and berries nj tin. Commercial standards were always held up by the girls. Can ming club girls are taught nothing short
 of the very best. The tin cans were
 filled with choice, firm uniform, ripe fruits and vegetables, well sealed by
 using the capping steel and tipping iron, weighed to insure standard weight, pro-
 cessed in small water bath manner like the enc used by most of the girls at home. Proper labelling was also taught, and the instructors insisted that no can hing club girl forget to put weight of can. her name and address on the label. SOME BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS
 Most beautiful packs of tomatoes, beets,
 beans and peaches were made in the
 attractive glass jars which the canning
 clubs have adopted as their standard
 jar. The girls were not only taught how
 to can vegetables, but were given in-
 structions in preparing and serving in at-
 tractive ways some of the vegetables
 grown iE every farm garden. A demon-
 stration was also given in proper table
 setting and table manners The instruc-
 tions in canning were given by Miss
 Reese and Miss Paxton, assisted by sev-
 eral of the county home demonstration
 agents. The cooking lessons were given
 by Miss Reese, Miss Paxton and Miss
 Hit.
 The girls were greatly interested in
 learning how to construct the homemade
 fly trap fireess cooker, and iceless re-
 frigerator. Many of the farm women and
 girls who belong to the Canning and
 Home Demonstration clubs this year are
 keeping cool by cooking in the fireless
 cooker.
 MT. S. NJ. Chestnut, instructor in