South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-18
BOYS AND GIRLS
PROFIT S227.9OS
Products of 1918 Worth S15,.
100000 Come From
Farm Clubs.

Bows and girls TO the number OF
27.152 are enrolled I'm the HoOsier
club army last spring. 1925 COM
pIeted the work and earned a profit
OF 1927. sOg.56. an average Of $12.7l
for each yOungster enrolled These
figures do not include more thar
10000 club members who had
school gardens in cities and towns
Il was announced by Il. ~ Smith Of
the Purdue university extension
star. state club leader The number
completing and reporting on the
work was greatly lessened by many
teachers and club supervisors enter
ing military service.
The profit was merely incidental
this year 10 the bigger task Of food
production. the boys and girls pro-
ducing hundreds Of tons Of pork
beef. mutton. and poultry thou
sands OF bushels OF corn. potatoes.
tomatoes. vast quantities of dairy
products besides large amounts
grown and saved from war gardens.
The value Of the club products is
placed at 100000.
The garden club led all others
with an enrolment of 16.421 of
whom 1882 finished and reported
Value OF their garden product was
s102.130 and the profit was S76.460.
There were 1878 in canning clubs
and the 1884 who reported showed
they had canned 1882 quarts OF
vegetables. 29.3sS quarts OF fruit and
$40 quarts OF meats and soups, be-
sides 5000 quarts OF miscellaneous
material The value OF this food
was placed at s25,779. and profit at
s1i.423
Eight hundred and twenty-five of
the Laos in the one acre corn
growing contest finished and report
ed on their work. However. most
OF these boys grew from one to 10.
sometimes 20 acres of corn. In the
special plots Of the S25 boys, 1,1s0
acres were grown which made an
average yield OF ass bushels. al
most Is bushels above the state av-
erage for the whole 1913 crop. The
corn club earned a profit of $751;
1880. Two hundred and ten corn
club boys lost their crops by the
frost OF June 2S.
Thirty-six and four tenths acres
of potatoes were grown by 201 of
the original 800 members OF the po-
tato clubs Their average yield was
81 bushels TO the acre and their
profit S3.571.SO Poultry products
worth $23.S14 we're produced by els
Of the 1,126 poultry club members,
bring them a profit Of $9.46s
Just half OF the 2.155 boys and
girls in pig clubs reported on their
projects. Their pigs were worth a
total OF $46.217.49, but IL cost $20,-
35s.4e TO produce this pork leaving
the young hog men and hog women
a profit of S25.679.
One hundred and eighty-three
boys and girls were engaged in baby
beef production OF fattening calves
so they would be ready TO market
about the time Of their first BIRTH
day. The value OF the products OF
1876 OF these members was S9,63S.26
and the profit was $4.26s 20
In sheep clubs there were 12O
members. last year being the first
for this phase of club work Ninety
one girls were engaged in bread
baking clubs and 425 in sewing In
the dairy calf clubs, which also is a
comparatively new phase of club
work. there was an enrolment of
1913. and in various miscellaneous
projects there were sac boys and
girls. In every line the club mem
hers showed a profit and performed
their duty by producing food to back
up their older brothers overseas
Club work last year in Indiana
was much wider in scope than in any
year since il was started and bids
fair 10 go even higher next year as
i. becomes permanently established
IN more communities all the time
and II is showing a steady growth