The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-26
CANNING CLUBS
GIVE Winners
EUROPEAN TRIP
Pitty.ilvs Thousand Girls to Cen.
iete This Summer and Eau;
Wlnhefs Go to France.

Chicago. Aug. 26.-(By the Assn.
ciated Press. "A three months tr;,
to Europe for four country girl.
with all expenses paid. is the pri,s
that has just been announced for
winning members Of the canning
clubs Of the United States. These
clubs are conducted by the axricnl.
tural colleges and the United States
department Of agriculture. The
American committee OF deya stated
France is providing the prize trim
for which 5000 girls the country
over are expected TO compete this
summer and fall.
The plan provides for the usual
local, county and state elimination
contests conducted by the state AZ.
ricultural college extension debart-
ments. Following that there viii
be five interstate or sectional con.
tests held Announcement exposi,ions
namely. Eastern States exposition
Springfield, Mass; Southeastern
States exposition at Atlanta, Ga:
Interstate Fair and Exposition.
Sioux City, Iowa; Colorado State
fair, Pueblo. Colo, and the Pacific
International Livestock exposition
Portland, Ore.
The first and second highest
scoring teams at each sectional
contest will compete for national
honors during the week of the In
terneti0nal Livestock exposition 81
Chicago, Dec. 2 to 9. At this con.
test the honors and prize trips will
be awarded on the basis of efIicien.
cy In demonstrating 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 Re
spent i'm visiting places of interest
in France and in demonstrating
earning in the devastated regions
under the supervision of the Amer
ican committee for devastated
France and the T-e1ch department
o: agriculture.
Purpose Of Contest.
The purpose Of the contest, &C.
cording to G. l.. Noble, secretary q
the committee on boys and girls
club works, is to encourage thrift
in the conservation u all available
products during the season Of
abundance; to emphasize through
canning the importance. of a con.
slant, well rounded diet that will
make for farm and rural home Il.
ficiency; to stimulate a greater In
terest in canning clubs and boys
and girls club work and to deter
mine prize winners worthy OF q
trip to Europe and capable of dem
onstrating canning to the French
people.
1t is estimated that the Compel
tors will can $4,000 worth oil
fruits and vegetables this year in
preparation for the contest. Il
A committee of state leaders and
members Of the states relation
service of the United States depart
ment OF agriculture have been col
laborating with the national come
mittee on boys and girls club
work in preparing the rules and
regulations of the contest so that
they will be satisfactory to every
state in the union.
The following state leaders as
acting as chairmen of each section-
al contest in their respective dis
tricts: Miss Leis P. Dowdle, assist
ant state agent, Georgia, southeast
ern section; Miss Maude Sheridan,
state Club leader, Colorado. Rocky
mountain southeastern section;
Miss Elsie Traube, assistant stats
leader, Connecticut, northeastern
section; Miss Helen Cowgirl. A.
sistant state leader, Oregon, Pacific
northwest section.
Three leaders who will train the
winning teams will accompany the
party, two coming from the state
having the champion team and one
from the state having the near
champion team.
In order to be eligible, the con-
testants must be 16 years of age
or more Jan. 1, 1923, as well as to
be members of a bonafide canning
club for 1922, organized and direct
ed by government extension
agent. Forty or more states OF the
union will be represented in this
contest. which is the largest over
conducted for the boys and girls
club work in the United States in
point of prize money and in the
number Of competitors. The 5000
canning club girls are part OF
600, 900 farm boys and girls in the
clubs demonstrating the better farm
and home practices under the su-
pervision of the agricultural COL
leges and the United States depart
ment of agriculture.