Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-19
FINE PRIZE FOR
BEST GIRL Gamers
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been announced for winning
members of the canning clubs of
the United States. These clubs
are conducted by the agricultur-
al colleges. and the United States
Department of Agriculture. The
American Committee Of Devas-
tated France is providing the
prize trip for which $4,000 girls
the country over are expected to
compete this fall and summer.
The plan provides for the u.s.
ual local, county and state elimi-
nation contests conducted by the
state agricultural college extern
sion departments. Following
these there will be five interstate
or sectional contests held at con-
venient expositions namely
Eastern States Exposition, at
Springfield, Mass; Southeastern
States Exposition at Atlanta,
Georgia; Interstate Fair and EX-
position at Sioux City, Iowa
Colorado State Fair, Pueblo, Col
orado, and the Pacific Interna-
tional Livestock Exposition, at
Portland, Oregon.
The first and second highest
scoring teams at each sectional
contest will compete for nation
al honors during the week OF the
international Livestock EXPOSE
ton at Chicago, December 2 to
9. At this contest the honors
and prize trips will be awarded
On the basis of efficiency. in dem
onstrating canning, in Judging
canned products and by the
home canning record.
The unit will leave next June
and will spend three months in
Europe; eight weeks of the time
will be spent in visiting places of
interest in France and in dem
onstrating canning in the devas-
tated regions under the super
vision of the American Commit
tee for Devastated France and
the French Department OF Agrl-
culture.
The purpose Of the contest ac=
cording to G. L. Noble, secretary
of the Committee on Boys and
Girls Club Works, is to encour-
age thrift in the conservation of
all available products during the
season of abundance; to empha-
size through canning the import
ance Of a constant, we'll rounded
diet that will make for farm and
rural home efficiency; to 'stimu-
late greater interest i'll can
ming clubs and boys and girls
club work and to determine prize
winners worthy of a trip to Eur
ope and capable of demonstrate
ing canning to the French peo-
pie:
1t is estimated that the COM
petitors will can $675,O00 worth
Of fruits and vegetables tins
year in preparation for the con-
test.
A committee of state leaders
and members of the States Re
lation Service of the United
States Department of Agricul-
ture have been collaborating
with the National Committee on
Boys and Girls Club Work in
preparing the rules and .regula-
sons o. the contest SO that they
Will BE satisfactory to every
state in the union
Three leaders who will train
the winning teams will accom-
pany the party, two coming
from the state having the cham
pion team and one from the state
having the near champion team.
In ORDER to be eligible, the
contestant must be sixteen years
of age or more by January l.,
1928, as well as to be members
of a bona fde canning club for
1922, organized and directed by
a government extension agent.
Forty or more states of the
Union will be represented in this
contest, which is the largest ever
conducted for the boys and girls
club work in the United States,
in point of prize money given
and in the number of acompeti-
tors. The $1,000 canning club
girls are a part of 600.000 farm
boys and girls in the clubs dem
onstrating the better farm and
acme practices under the super
vision of the agricultural col
leges and the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
The estimated average selling