Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . rs. Greer has been specializing in this for some time, a would cost her anywhere else; for the Institute buys whole- one of her demonstrations was to make a jam from foi sale and the scheme is purely co-operative. teen pounds of apple pulp, eleven pounds of raspberr They havea detail-ed systemof bookkeep-ing and someidea of theamount ofbusinessdone isgatheredfrom the factthat at thebeginning ofthe seasonthey assum-ed an indebt-ness of fifteenhundreddollars andthat theyhave alreadypaid it yearthey boughtone manswhole cropof cherries, another
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . rs. Greer has been specializing in this for some time, a would cost her anywhere else; for the Institute buys whole- one of her demonstrations was to make a jam from foi sale and the scheme is purely co-operative. teen pounds of apple pulp, eleven pounds of raspberr They havea detail-ed systemof bookkeep-ing and someidea of theamount ofbusinessdone isgatheredfrom the factthat at thebeginning ofthe seasonthey assum-ed an indebt-ness of fifteenhundreddollars andthat theyhave alreadypaid it yearthey boughtone manswhole cropof cherries, another entire crop of raspberries, and another of tomatoes,They got a farmer to put in an acre of sweet corn for themand they will try to buy whatever extra corn they needaccording to the demand there may be for it. When thegreen peas were in season a number of women took sharesin a half-acre patch and went out and picked them them-selves. When canned the peas cost them twelve cents acan instead of the regular price of twenty or Women from the farms all over the country bring their chickens and fruit and !es to the canning centre. and twelpoundssugar. It Vfar morelicious, tthan thestan dapoundpound fduct. Italso rat)difficultfirst to cvert ta v e r ahousekeeto the iof cannfruit incans,was afrthat fracid inh o w e \well it mbe treatcould ncbe wholesome. The excellent condition of fruit canin tin last year and opened at the kitchen this summer ocame this prejudice pretty well. Then they had a pudemonstration one afternoon, comparing the_ canniniglass and in tin cans, and showing how much less timework it took to fill the tin cans and seal them withsoldering machine, than to adjust rubbers andon glass jars. Continued on page 31 HOW DO YOUR CHILDREN PLAY I WONDER if anyone realizes the valueof a systematic day more than does therural teacher. Eight or more classes,totalling sometimes over forty pupils, sit before her. Shedare not step over the time-limit assigned
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