Tomato Club

roots I used 8-3-3 guano about 1/2 of a sock applying At first plowing [?] and about the time the first bloom came I selected a rich spot near a spring for my bed, and as it was in may when I began my work I maed [made] neither Hotbed or cold from I Trans Planted them to garden when They were about six inches high.

I hoed my Plants often and had them plowed several times the Plants were small and I didnot prune or

and I will get about $10.00 for my Tomatoes I will net about $1.90 for the year I have been helped by the Club in many ways in Canning, growing the Tomatoes, and keeping my book most

Irene Everette (age 14 yrs)

steak them. There were a few cut worms at first but it soon turned warm and I wasnt bothered with them any more but the wilt set in and killed about 1/2 of my Plants and stoped [stopped] the rest from [illegible]g so I only had the first blooming to ripen when The Tomatoes began to ripen I sowed [?] only The 1st gradle [grade] gruit and The rest I fed to the hogs sever al [several] bushels of the fruit off the [illegible]es that

Had the wilt in them ripined [ripened] These also went to the Hogs I did not sell any fruit and did not have any things but tomatoes in my garden I did all my canning in tin cans I did not preserve any fruit The emblem is four H's and means Heart, Hand, Health, and Happiness we did not very many club meetings but we had some very [illegible]l Times

I have some very [illegible]e things about canning [?] of vegetables I did not keep ac count of my fruit [?] in lbs. be cause I didnot I would have to I used no vegetables at home and sold none I have one hundred quarts of to matoes in tin and I also have 1 qt peaches I qt corn and 1 qt serupe [?] mixture for [?] [illegible]e exhibit in glass jars It cost about $8.10 [?] to keep [crossed out] my [crossed out] make my garden.

Tomato Club Booklet October, 4th, 1915. by Irene Everette

4H BRAND

[image of two tomatoes]

1915

[image of scroll with text MOTTO TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER]

OLA MAYE CRABTREE

Why I joined the Tomato Club.

I was attending school at [illegible]t Hill, when I first became interested in the Tomato Club.

I had never heard very much about the club work until one day when Prof. J.Y. Irvin, our county rep. [?] visited our school and made a very interesting talk on club work that girls were doing in other places. He made it very plain that we do just as good as others had done and with very little work.

By his talk it seemed that the club work was all sunshine and roses, with never a hindering cause that could not be mended.

I was delighted beyond expression for I had always liked a garden of my own and I thought this would be one useful and ornimental By prof. Irvins report of other girls I knew this would be a good way to make nice [?] money. This seemed great to me. So as soon as possiable we organized a Tomato Club.

How I Grew my Tomatoes. [image of tomatoes]

I sowed Stone Tomato seed in a cold frame.

I watered them most every night after the seed were planted until the plants were large enough to set out in the patch.

When the nights were cold I would bring my box of seeds in to keep them from getting too cold.

Soon as the plants were up, and had grown to be about two (2) or three (3) inches high I set them out in my club patch.

The rows I set them in were four (4) feet apart and after the disstripter [?] had put guano or cotton seed meal in the top of the beds, I dug little holes for feet (4 ft.) apart and put a plant in each hole and spread a light coat of loose dirty on the roots to make them stand up. I then poured the water on the roots. (This was done after sundown) After the

The Kind of land on which I grew my Tomatoes, and how it was Prepared.

My patch was on a hill-side.

The land was red and almost smoth, not rocky.

The soil is about four (4) inches deep, and the subsoil is red.

The land was broke in the fall with a bay [?] dixie plow.

In the spring it was broke again with a bay dixie. Then it was harrowed then bedded up with a bay dixie.

The soil was mostly mellow.

After the rows were bedded up, it rained on them and when it was dry enough, I took my garden rake and raked off the tops of the [image of rake] ridges and dug holes to set my plants in.