Montpelier Examiner

GOOD WORK DONE BY BOYS' AND GIRLS' CANNING CLUBS

More than 2,400,000 boys and girls were reached through club work last year, according to a compilation recently made by the United States Department of Agriculture, which supervises this work in co-operation with the State Agricultural colleges.

Of this number 360,000 made complete reports, which show that they produced and conserved products amounting to $10,000,000.

In the northern and western states 840,606 girls and boys were enrolled. Of this number 160,625 made complete reports and produced and conserved products valued at $3,700,000.

In the south there were 115,745 boys enrolled in regular work and over 400,000 in emergency work, while there were 73,306 girls in regular clubs and over 1,000,000 in emergency clubs.

Altogether they produced and conserved products amounting to $6,000,000 in regular club work in the south and more than $4,000,000 in the clubs organized under emergency leaders.

During the year 1917 in the south alone the canning club girls put up 12,844,613 cans of fruits and vegetables and dried 5,511,881 pounds of fruit and vegetables. There were 73,306 girls organized into these clubs.

The girls in the canning clubs in Bear Lake county are gaining in numbers and enthusiasm every day. Nearly all the girls have started on their canning, and some have already completed the minimum required of them for the summer's work.