Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-20
CONWAY TOURING
LUNA COUNTY FOR
STATE COLLEGE
Organization Of Boys and
Girls Industrial Clubs Going
Forward in Vigorous and
Satisfactory Manner,

lseeclAL CONSEQUENCES TO MORNING JOURNAL
Deming. n. NJ. Jan. is--W. T.
Conway. Of the New Mexico College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and
superintendent of agricultural eN-
tension work, reached Deming today
for the purpose of accompanying Miss
Grace Goehel. superintendent Of
schools for Luna county, on a tour Of
the county. TO visit the schools at Hon
dale. Mountain View, Red Mountain.
Capital Dome. Myndus and Luxor,
where boys and girls industrial clubs
are already organized. as we'll az
places whore they hope to organize
similar clubs. their object being to
place this Industrial work on self
sustaining basis ana to Improve the
clubs SO that they may also realize
some profits The locality, county,
state and state college and state fair
offer prizes to the contestants of the
boys and girls industrial clubs and
the object Of the state agent and Miss
Goobel is to assist the clubs already
organized in their industrial work 70
carry out the project under the rules
of the extension division of the agri.
cultural college and the United states
department of agriculture.
Tho boys and girls garden and cam
ming clubs are for the purpose of
stimulating the growing Of vegetables
for home use and FOR market, to get
the seeds and produce as much as they
can ON certain plots. to take care Of
them until they are matured, ana
then tn can the products. The garden
and canning club work teaches the
boys and girls the cold pack method
OF canning fruits and vegetables. 1t
also teaches them to save the surplus
that would 80 to waste and 10 Learnt
how to market them, to save expenses
and make a profit
Conditions of Contest
The contestants IN the garden and
canning club project must be 10 and
under 10 years Of age. Each contest
ant must have his individual garden.
\ class having not less than sixteen
square rods and Il class not more than
ten square rods Each gardener must
grow peas. beans. corn and tomatoes.
and in the high attitudes potatoes
may be substituted for tomatoes Some
Of the products may be used az home.
some sold as green vegetables, but
some must be canned by the grower.
All contestants must keep records
showing the cost of the project, rent.
labor and material. and all receipts
from vegetables used at home, canned
and sold in the market SO that they
can give the net profit at the close of
the year.
The successful contestants win
honor by merit which enables them
to so to the state fair.
The boys aud girls field crops
clubs study seed selection for crop
Improvement, methods of tillage and
soil management to increase yields.
This contest work reveals greater pos
siblities and stimulates the young
farmers to think and plan more and
thus to labor more effectively The
requirements for these clubs are sim
liar to those of the boys and girls
garden and canning clubs,
The county agents help to organize
clubs and give valuable information
ON carrying on the work; and this Is
also the object of Mr.. Conway's and
Miss Goebel's visits.
The boys and girls pig club work
is to teach them to diversity farming