Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-20
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY Or. ANDREW I'M. SOULE

( press. This agent Travelled eighteen
miles by auto and 500 miles by team.
Education for Girls
An interesting phase of the report
states that two, girls were provided
with scholarships to attend the short
| course at the State College of Agri-
culture, while three girls are paying
all or part of their school expenses
| from money earned in club work.
| The agent states that there is a dis
I position in the section in which she
works for the people to eat too much
! concentrated, heavy foods, say in the
/ form of pork, and not use enough
milk. butter or eggs. With the co
operation of the housewife she has
been able to improve the dietary Of
many families.
Commendable Progress is also be-
I ing made in improving sanitary con-
ditions. and in teaching bread-mak-
! ing and better care of babies. the
work is not by any means confined
to girls or to canning club activities.
For instance, 1876 women are enrolled
in this county and interested in
! carrying forward various demonsrra-
tons. A conservative estimate in
Gicates that 200 other women have
been influenced by the demonstration
work carried forward in the. 1876
homes indicated. AS illustrative Of
the influence which the work is eX-
erting ON the community, it is note
worthy that eight demons tratiOn%
were made during the year to show
how vegetables could be prepared and
utilized to better advantage in the
home dietary than has been practlced
in the past. There were sixteen
demonstrations in the making and
handling of dairy products, twenty
in poultry products, fifteen in bread
making, four in child feeding and
five in invalid cookery. There were
also demonstra tons in vinegar max
ing. laundry work and clothing
Twenty fireless cookers, thirty can
ming outfits, ten drying and ten
brining outfits, and ten home con-
venienCes were installed. Three OF
the demonstration improved their
home grounds. while 100 gardens were
grown, of which 1907 would be class
ed as winter gardens. Ten home
owners were induced to plant out
orchards or vineyards, or in other
ways improve their fruit plantations.
Canning Activities
The work of the women in rela
tion to the canning and preserving
Of fruits and vegetables is illustrated
in the table below.
approximate number of quarts
canned fruits (put up by
women under demonstration.
methodist, quarts .......'.. "'Vf0
Approximate NUMBER Oh quart ,o ana
canned vegetables quarts. -"'o0o
Number plltS preserves je'- noo
lies ana marina laoeN' qua l' '''00
y umoef POUNDS urIeu Ne6e'"~ IN
bleS stored pouIlos '"'0
NUMBER poulloS ulle" l"'' an
stored POUNDS ''''',' WV
Nolnoer POUNDS prlile" Il "'''7 onn
SIore"' pouli"9 49,, .t
~ ui,loeI p ouli1'' ,,,,1e g ooo
pIES 'eo 17 Ie', p "'i,laa.a,. ,,,ado
y ullinot 500
r,Iio,a fr,,i+ iuiaos
- ' oaIIoI,s 100
>-,5,,,llo,. cans heef nor1< pouI-
wv and game. cans w 100
Nun1bnr mounds smoked meat.
noInds $4,000
<rn7ber hounds sausage made,
nounds 10, 900
Number pounds lard made,
pounds ................. $4,000
It annears that the total value Of
these products was S25,510. This is
rpoarded as a conservative estimate
of the activities engendered in the
home dave1onment work primarily
rhrouoh +hn personal effort Of the
county accent.
+ Of the 1876 girls growing tenth
acre gardens it appears that the beSc
record was made by Donna Mason
Of BIafrsville, Ca. This little girl
,aised 1000 pounds of tomatoes Or
Ter tenth-acre garden at a cost Of
500. and a profit of $50. Fannie
3Iauchter, of Blairsville, harvested
500 mounds of tomatoes from her
>tan+h-acre Garden. at a. cost of So.
and q nrcff+ of sos. Ethel Souther.
of R1afrsviI1e. nroduced 1000 pounds
IF tomatoes on her ten+h-acre. at q,
cost of S. and a profit of 500.
Thirtv oir1s in the c1ub and ner-
onniol oa~dars The tota1 WELD Of
tor,o+ooe, o,o,,,n b1, the o1,,h NOM
hnre 7,,os 81 0OO Ten thousanG
,,o,,,,ds of o+bor nroduct,, ,,-aro also
crown Fifteen thousand mounds or
for,e toa, zynre cold in The froeb
forn, ord Q0oo Wounds IF otbor
,,rodrc+s MA ,,a1I,a of the fr,,tte
20 r,ar,,4,,11aI soI5 o- a.i1,r g.
0o0 T5osa af,,Is, ,,-,+ ,,r S0o c',,a,,+s
of tomatoes in tin and ann aIIaTtc
~ oIass lars Tba,v also ,,,ada ono
t>ninfs of 1-o+obrr ana eoo ,,ir+e or
100, +o,,,n+o ,,iaI-1oe MI +a+a1 aJ
.,.,...lz
az GO % 0co y! 'H1:''
vas q0'Oo-. ~ nc SIIl I,,,, III u -
tpuii'% ,oon Ia9t year d III'Ie more
o,l|'l' @5'0?o - 1iley m@o llol peell
vor46 ,,biio ,ro,'Id baIro bonr2 Iaf2
on Of +boin Ii,o,. oa5 t,,a-- l,.a,-I1
s,9Io ,I,is~ed oa o,7,ortl,,,it,, "o., ,,.
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t1a,- Ii,,aG hn;+ ts tl9al. 90 - WIN