. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 201 Primarily, they wanted to stimulate the girls to furnish the homes with fresh and canned vegetables, thus enabling more fami- lies to live better and at a lower cost. The Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C, gave us much valuable assistance in furnishing all needed literature of in- structions and record sheets, besides seed and counsel. A number of girls over the State responded promptly, but only the bravest remained in the c
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Report of Missouri Farmers' Week. 201 Primarily, they wanted to stimulate the girls to furnish the homes with fresh and canned vegetables, thus enabling more fami- lies to live better and at a lower cost. The Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C, gave us much valuable assistance in furnishing all needed literature of in- structions and record sheets, besides seed and counsel. A number of girls over the State responded promptly, but only the bravest remained in the contest to the end. Many reported failures were due to the late spring and loss of plants, the greater number for the lack of home support, and in one instance the space of ground was refused the girl after she had joined the class. A report card was used similar to those formulated by Mr. Bradford Knapp, who has charge of the Girls' Canning and Poultry Clubs, organized under the auspices of the Bureau of Plant In- dustry, United States Department of Agriculture. Each girl re- ported on the cost of production of her tomatoes under the heads of rent of land, preparation of seed bed, the cost of seed or plants, of planting, of manure and fertilizers, of cultivation, of gathering fruit, of cans, labels and supplies, of canning work, and of market- ing canned goods. She also reported her receipts as those from fresh vegetables, from canned vegetables, value of that used at home and receipts from other products. Then the total cost and expense were figured and the net cost per can Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Board of Agriculture
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