Tomato Club

2000 lbs. 800 cans $12 home $94 made $19 cost $98 profit

GIRLS' CANNING AND POULTRY CLUB WORK. ATTEST OF REPORT AND YIELD.

Member's Certificate: I hereby certify that the foregoing report is complete and correct in every particular, and that I have answered all questions to the best of my ability and understanding. (Signed) Lizzie Norris Club Member.

NOTE.-Each member must secure two local and responsible people to inspect this report, the crop and canning work of the season, and sign this report. We recommend that a teacher, school official, or some local leader of influence be requested to serve on this committee.

INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMITTEE ON ATTEST.

There should be 4,356 square feet in the garden. A plat 33 by 132 feet, or 66 feet square, will mee the requirements. 1. Measure plat of ground, giving length and width:

(a) How long? 132 (b) How wide? 33 (c) Number of square feet in plat? 4.356 2. Get information in regard to crop No 3. Total receipts [blank] 4. Total cost [blank] 5. Give net profit [blank]

ATTEST: We hereby certify that we have carefully inspected the report and the items referred to above and find the same to be correct. (Signed)

A J Stephens (Name) (Title) P. O. Address Holly Springs N. C.

Roy J Norris (Name) (Title) P. O. Address Holly Springs N. C.

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United States Department of Agriculture BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY FARMERS' COOPERATIVE DEMONSTRATION WORK WASHINGTON, D. C.

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GIRLS' CANNING AND POULTRY CLUBS.

To All Demonstrators in Girls' Club Work: We are sending this blank form to you and ask that you make a full report of the preparation of the seed beds, planting, cultivation, gathering, etc. of the vegetables from your one-tenth acre.

Please keep an accurate record of your garden work, exponses, etc, as you proceed, and then fill out this report in full and mail it to your County Agent in charge of Girls' Club Work at the close of the season.

Very truly yours, Bradford Knap, Special Agent in Charge

O. B. Martin, Assistant in Charge of Demonstration Club Work.

I. W. Hill, Assistant in Demonstration Club Work.

Approved: Wm. A. Taylor, Chief of Bureau.

March 27, 1913.

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I have done my best to get this girl to make this report [mb.?] decently, have sent it back to her a time or two, and have written the report sent for her to copy but she will not do it [M. Lee?]

sown early in the hot-beds or green houses when the plants are about two inches in height they whould be transplanted in a cold frame until they are four or five inches high. They should then be carefully taken up with a little of [illegible] to prevent breaking the roots; the dirt slightly shaken off and set into the garden which has been thoroughly prepared for them. The plants grow very rapidly, and are soon in full bloom. It is very interesting to watch the little tomatoes form from blooms, and grow until they develop this full size. When they are grown they begin to ripen and are soon ready for use.

The soil best suited for the cultivation of tomatoes is one which contains a comparatively high percentage of sand. In this region a sandy loam soil is preferred to bottom land. An area with a gentle slope to the south is considered more desirable than that with other exposure.

mix ingredients in order given. Put in a stone jar and cover. This uncooked mixture must stand a week before using, but may be kept a year.

Stuffed Tomato Salad.

Peel medium sized tomatoes. Remove thin slice from top of each and take out seeds and some of pulp. Sprinkle inside with salt, m[illegible]t and let stand one-half hour. Fill tomatoes with cucumbers cut in small cubes and mixed with mayonnaise Dressing. Arrange on lettuce leaves, and garnish top of each with mayonnaise Dressing forced through a pastry-bag tube.

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During the year 1913 I raised one thousand pounds of tomatoes, used three hundred pounds at home,

I didn't sell any of my tomatoes fresh but canned them all, and had eight hundred cans.

The instruction given by our teacher and the experience I have had in canning making pickles, preserves, jellies, etc, sinc [since] I have been a club member mean a great deal to me. I am sure I now know the most wholesome and sanitary methods of preserving fruits and vegetables. I have had to work right hard at times in order to save my tomatoes, but have thoroughly enjoyed it. And my health seems to be better than ever before. I really believe the outdoor exercise, fun, fresh air, and sunshine as good for anyone.

1914 [image of tomato on a vine] Maud Kendrick Fallston NC

Tomato History

I joined the tomato club to learn how to grow and can vegetables for home use. I had never canned anything before this year.

This being the first year we ever used tin cans I knew nothing of what I had to have. My father went to get my things to can with and the tinner told him all we needed was soldern and English rosin. I found out later that I needed salimoniac to tin my irons with. I was told that soldern flux was poison but the demonstrator said it was not.

My garden contains one tenth of an acre. It is in a swamp and has sandy soil with red clay underneath. I selected this because it was far enough away from the house the chickens would not bother my tomatoes.

My garden was broken with a bulb tongue plow five inches deep. Harrowed well and one third of a sack of quano and one one horse load of manure was put on it.

The quano was 8-2-2. The rows were laid off three ft. apart.

I did not spray, prune or stake my plants. They made nice firm tomatoes. after about half of the tomatoes were gone the leaves began to fall off and the tomatoes looked like they had been scalded. I did not can these tomotoes. My stone tomatoes were lateand did not get ripe until after school started.

On the club lable is found the club moto, "To make the best better". The emblem is: The book for back ground, Tomato, four leaf clover, upon the top of the book is the word "Demonstrator". On the lower part of the book is found the works, "Girls C & P club", meaning canning and poultry club. The four H's mean equal training for the Head, Hands, Heart and Health. I didn't plant any thing but tomatoes on my tenth. I canned 223 cans of tomatoes and sold one bu. for $.80, one pk for $.20 and one pk for $.15.

I made two diferent kinds of catsup, 6 bottles of catsup with seed and 9 bottles of catsup with out the seed. When I made my catsup with out the seed I used the receipt in a letter that was sent to us, only I just used half the sugar and salt and spice. I like the catsup with out the seed fine. It takes about twice as much tomatoes.

Besides my tomatoes I have canned 3 qt okra and tomatoes 13 qt apples 3 qt black berry jelly 3 qt plumb jelly 2 qt mixed vegetables 2 qt pear 5 qt corn 4 qt green tomato pickles 13 qt cucumber pickles 2 qt chili sauce 2 qt chow chow 1 qt beet pickles 1 qt pears

As we have no orchard I did not get any fruit put up hardly. Hope to can more next year.

I used the catsup receipt, sliced pickle receipt, chow chow, chili sauce, mixed vegetables and tomato receipt and found them satisfactory.

I Hope to know more about canning next year.