Tomato Club

I used three two horse loads of manure $6.00 and 20 lb of 10-5-4 $.50 25 lb of nitred of soda $.75, I applied the manure in early spring, and when I transplanted my plants I put 10-5-4 to them. and after the plants begun to grow I put the nitred of soda to them.

How tomato plants were grown, including hotbed and coldframe making transplanting, etc

The plants were grown in a row a cross my garden plot.

On account of dry weather I did not get my plants out untill them were real large.

I transplanted the plants late in the after noon by making a lettle whole in the ridge put them in and poured water in the whole. then I pulled some dry dirt around the plants to hold the moisture.

cultivation, pruning and staking of plants.

my plot was plowed several times and was hand hoed to keep the surface stired and to keep "General Green" down.

Insects and diseases which attacked my garden, how I fought them.

The insects that bothered my garden were [chinish?] bugs I fought them by puting asher on the plants.

The storm broke numbers

of my plants off, and some of my fruit was sunburnt so bad that they were not used for canning.

The harvestin gof tomatoes, how to grade, pack and market.

I began to gather my tomatoes July 9. I would gather them carry them to the house and weigh and grade them.

I would grade them by their smothness and size.

How I did my canning, preserving, etc.

For canning I selected the nice smooth looking tomatoes. I rinse and put them into blanch. Then I removed them from the pot peeled them and quartered them when I could not put them in the can whole.

I took a cloth and wiped the can dry then I put the fluid on and sealed the cans.

Some of the good times our club has had at meeting.

Our club has had many helpful meetings. We met in several homes and at our school building.

What I have learned about the use of vegetables, cooking and serving them; some recipes I have used.

I have been taught that vegetables are very usefull for table use and for canning. I have used this recipe.

1 pint peeled and cut tomatoes.

1 pint grated bread crumbs.

1 level teaspoonful salt.

1 tablespoonful butter.

a suggestion of pepper.

A brief account of yield in pounds, how many vegetables used at home, sold fresh, canned, fruits canned.

I recieved 1028 lbs on 1/10 acre. 146 lbs were used at home. I sold 26 lbs fresh and canned 856 lbs

cost of work, receipts and profit on one tenth acre.

work cost me 5.30.

I received $48.00 off 1/10 acre. Expenses duducted $48.00 - $23.25 = net profit of the year $24.75

The ways in which the club work has helped me.

The club has helped me to know how to use vegetables and how to fix them so I would not waste so much and to know about raising

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come to tell of my first year's work in our club; to tell of numerous failures, of worries and some times unbusiness-like methods.

I purchased my seed from woodsons at Richmond in February - the stone and Carolina tomatoes - and planted them in March in a hot bed covered in canvas, out on the south side of my wash house. Extreme cold weather got quite a number of the outer plants; but then, I had enough for myself and for neighbor who wanted some for their garden.

The first of May found me busy in my garden. My husband had previously plowed the land to a depth of six inches with a turn plow, using half a ton of stable manure for fertilizer.

The row's were four feet apart, and I saw that all the clods were broken up. I watered the plants