The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-02
KSaq444e News of Interest to North Carolina Farmers M$@a
ACHIEVEMENT DAYS.
STAGED BY CLUBS
$4,000 Farm Women Taking
Advantage Of Extension
Service Program

Eighty-eight of the 100 counties
in North Carolina are organized in
Home Demonstration club work
and nearly $4,000 farm women arc
taking advantage of the program
sponsored by the State College TX
tension Service through county
home agents and suject matter
specialists. These fall days and
evenings, the Home Demonstration
club women are gathering in the
88 county seats or other centers of
activities for their annual county
achievement days.
Miss Ruth Current, state home
demonstration agent, has attended
a score or more of these Achieve
ment Days and she says the CO.
operation of business interests and
the increase in the number of, men
attending the countrywide Home
Demonstration meetings has been
especially encouraging this year.
She is urging that farmers and
farm women hold joint achieve
ment days next year.
Illustrative of the fine reports of
achievements during the past year
were those presented at the Rich
mond County Home Demonstration
Achievement Day in Rockingham
recently. The program was held in
a vacant store building, and the
Rockingham Merchants Associa-
ton served a chicken stew dinner
in addition to distributing a num-
Der of valuable prizes to the rural
people. About $50 persons attend
ed.
Mrs. Harris In Charge
Mrs. Anna Lea Harris, Rich
mond County home agent, was in
charge of arrangements and Mrs.
A. H. Mccall. president of the
County Home Demonstration Coun-
Gil, presided. Club presidents made
their reports, after which John H.
Harris, Extension landscape spe-
cialist of N. c. State college, show
ed two reels of colored movies
made of home grounds improve
ments in he state. The Richmond
County clubs have had home beau
tification as their major project
for he past two years. l. S. Lon
don, Rockingham newspaper pub
Usher, conducted the contest for
the prizes and Miss Current led the
group in recreation.
Here are excerpts from the re-
ports of 7 OF the IL clubs in Rich
mond county, which Miss Current
says r excellent examples of the
Home Demonstration achieve
ments throughout the state in 1910:
Saron club, Mrs. j. W. Coving-
ton, presidential members had
gardens, and five members of year.
round garden. Each member fol-
lowed recommendations for the
use of fertilizer and insect and dis
ease control in her garden. The
club members sold $225 worth Of
dairy products, $35 worth of fruits
and vegetables, and $13 worth of
poultry and eggs, while keeping 375
chickens. Three members bought
steam pressure cookers and can
ned 2,480 quarts, valued at 1912.
They cured 1900 pounds Of meat.
Seventy-five dollars was saved by
making, remodeling and cleaning
clothes.
Jane McKimmon club-Fifteen
of the 20 members in the club sent
in reports and all had gardens; 10
of them being y%ear-round gardens.
Four made new lawns and drives;
two members built new homes; $50
chickens kept; 3 members
sold on the curb market, and l of
the 3 sold more, than $3.50 worth of
fruits, vegetables, dairy and poul-
try products during the year; 3
others sold S127 worth of home pro-
ducts in private sales; SOIL cans
of produce were put up, valued at
$451.65 and 1850 pounds of meat
was cured and 976 pounds of but
ter made; 296 garments were made
n clothing projects; S members
made kitchen improvements.
Norman club, Mrs. Marvin Al
len, president-the IA members of
the club canned $343.1 Is worth of
home products; l woman saved $40
by making garments at home,
saved SIS by remodeling, and
made $25 by sewing for others:
most of the members have a year
round supply Of poultry and eggs.
All Have Year-Round Gardens
Gibson Mill club, Mrs. Idell
Broadway, presidential of the IA
members have year : round gar
dens; $50 peach trees were set out;
418 quarts of food canned, valued
at $627; surplus sold from the
farms amounted to $366.27.
Ellerbe club, Mrs. w. S. Pear
son, president - the % members
sold So, 500 worth of farm produce
on the curb market and otherwise;
cured $500 pounds of meat; can.
ned 1900 containers of vegetables.
921 jars of jelly and preserves, and
1875 pounds of dried fruits; 81 COWS
are owned by members of the club.
Zion club, Mrs. John Adams,
observation-disclosures there are only
6 active members of this club, they
canned $152.70 worth of food, cured
1000 pounds of meat, and sold
$3.50 worth of poultry, dairy and
garden products to supplement
farm income.
Crosland club, Miss Sadie Low
cry, president seventy-fve per-
cent of the homes of the members