The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-09
100000 BOYS
and GIRLS IN
WAR SERVICE
Membership Doubles In
Northern and Western
States Since June 80
TOTAL NUMBER OF
CLUBS rs 1890
Gardening, Canning and
Cooking Are on the List
of Achievements

More than 100000 boys and girls
in northern and western states, as
members Of agricultural and home
| economics clubs, are enrolled for war
service in gardening, canning, bread
| making-war bread, too-poultry
raising, and other emergency enter
| prises, according to n recent report
Of officials of the United States de-
| partment of agriculture in charge Of
this work.
Total Enrolment.
The total enrolment in regularly
| organized clubs for the year ending
June 30 last was 403.636. In addi-
ton, about 100000 boys and girls
were enrolled in the war emergency
| projects. These were from the
cities and were not classified as
regular club members. The regular
members were organized into the fol-
| lowing clubs, the figures showing the
number OF clubs, not the members:
Corn clubs, GAS; potato clubs, 1,217;
home garden clubs. 3,070;; canning
clubs, 2,152; garden and canning
clubs, IT'S; mother daughter clubs,
go; poultry clubs. S32; pig clubs
1887; baby-beef clubs, 1853; bread
clubs, 643; sewing clubs, 1850; hand
icraft clubs, rs; sugar-beet clubs,
161; home cooking clubs, 755; other
miscellaneous clubs, 44s. The total
number of clubs Of all kinds was
1890.
Twenty Nine States cooperate.
Twenty mine northern and western
states co-operated with the federal
boys and girls club service during
the year ending June 80, 1917, ac-
cording to the report. Seven hun
dred and fifty-nine counties in the
north and west now have the junior
extension work thoroughly organized
into club groups and on club-pro-
ject basis. Eighteen agricultural and
home economies projects were carri-
ed out -operatively. Eight states
had written project agreements with
state institutions like departments
Of education, normal schools, etc.
Eighteen states had written project
agreements with county OrganiZa-
tions and institutions for doing club
work.
For the year ending last June 1,124
paid leaders were working in con-
nection with the boys and girls club
work. In addition to these there
were 9,74S volunteer club leaders.
Demonstrations Popular.
One hundred and sixty co-opera-
tive club leaders last year conduct
ed 1854 demonstrations in home can
ming and food conservation. At these
demonstrations there was an at
tendance Of 20,S6d club members, 3d.
565 visiting men and women, and a.
1872 boys and girls other than club
Members total of S,577. The club
leaders visited 1858 club plats.
The number of club members en-
rolled during 1916 was 1888. OF
this number, 59,236 members COM
pleted all work, including making a
report of the. seasons activities to
the state club leader. However, 49,
324 members actually did the work,
although a part of this number failed
to make complete reports at the
close of the season. The 59,236 mem
bers completing all the work pro-
duced 1922, 766.73 worth of products
during the season at an estimated
cost, exclusive of overhead supervis-
ion, Of 1892, 1861, leaving a net prof
it of $3.50, 930.66. The figures include
payment to the members for time eX-
pended in their work. A total of
Sl57,S04.75 was expended for local
county, state and national overhead
supervision for club work. This is
a supervision cost of 70 cents per
club members enrolled. and $2.65 per
club member making report on the
completed seasons activities.