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TOLD BY THEMSELVES E VERY young reader of TEE FARMER'S The second year every boy was re- XV.WiEp will enjoy the three stories cm quired to get a registered sow pig. Three this page written by the young folks who did boys out of that bunch have become breed- all the things about which'they.have written. ers and have a small herd of their own.' The third year the majority of the old My Club Work and Results boys raised their own pigs and lots of the .; ANNA PROKOPEC new boys purchased pigs from the old CANNING , work is what I am going to members. This past year there was a tell you about especially because I en- large number of the boys in the pig club joyed it the most and I will tell you why. that raised their own pigs. I canned at school The-first year I was in the club . I won with the rest of the" $37 in prizes on my girls of the club, when school was out. Miss Partridge was our leader. In a few days of canning she organized a team consisting of three girls, Lorraine Bach , the captain, Leona Jepson and myself as associates. She appointed Miss Marion to drill us in canning. We then began our work earnestly, can- . ning once every ANNA PBOKOPEC week. before the week of the county fair when we canned every day of that week. The canning was done at the homes of the contestants, always canningthree pints of our own products; corn, tomatoes and plums were the most common to can. Lorraine did the talking while Leona and I did the work. It was work, too, not play. The day of the county fair came and we were all prepared for it. We took our places on the platform at 7:00 A. M. facing a large audience.of onlookers. We worked together evenly and accurately. Everything seemed to go just right. The judge told us we did just SCOOOAN JONES ANO A PDOF1TABI.E PIO fine so we went home delig hted. Morrilhg dawned bright and cheerful. The telephone rang while I was still in bed announcing the good news that we had won first prize which was ten dolia'ta and a free trip to the State Fair. How happy I was. The next Monday we packed our suit cases and started for the Twin Cities. Tuesday we canned at the State Fair and there everything seemed to go all right too. We canned two pints of each product instead of one so that put us off the track a little but not very much. One of our cans cracked after we had taken it out of the process boiler because we canned opposite a large open door and the cold air rushed in as we took it out of the boiling water and cracked it. We went home Wednesday night. Saturday Miss Partridge called me up and said that we won second prize at the State Fair. We were more than delighted now. We thought it was great to win at the county fair but to win at the State Fair was greater still. The second prize was twenty-five dollars and a trip to the Hort iculture meeting at St. Paul in December. I made twenty-seven dollars in prizes on my garden and canning work so far this year. I also received five dozen jars, six dozen jars rubbers and my two trips. I have a large patch of cabbage which I intend to sell soon. My garden contained five square rods. Everything has not been estimated so I don't really know how much I made on my club work. I had a good time. ' My Profits in Pigs SCOGGAN JONES HAVE been a member of the Kentucky 1. Agricultural Association for the last four years. I liked the pig club work best. This work has been both instructive from the standpoint of learning and beneficial from the standpoint of money to me. I have been fortunate in being president of this organization for the last two years. The first year that I was in the club, thf bovs raised market hogs. " market pig. The second year I won $5 on my pure-bred gilt and finishingJourth in the breeders. The third I fed five pigs that I raised myself. At the Jefferson County Fair I was not beaten with my pigs. I also won prizes at the Kentucky State Fair and a Silver Cup. The picture I am sending is of the prize' iplDS titSE&W SPECIAL OFFER V. SBBaraB ^ winning gilt. She showed twice and won two blue ribbons. I won $55 in money that year and a silver cup valued at $25. This year I fed six pigs for the club. I got first on my best gilt at the Jefferson County Fair, second on her at the Kentucky State Fair and I was also fourth in the promotion club against the breeders. I beat three large breeders in that class. The prizes that I won this year amounted to $37. I now have a herd of forty hogs so I think this work has been very instructive and beneficial to me. Don't you think so? Try it out for yourself. How I Won My Gold Medal QRACB EVA NEWMAN ^ IT WAS through my earnest desire to * have some share in the winning of the world war, that I became so interested in war gardens. My father rented a vacant lot near our home in which I planted and raised a large variety of vegetables. About the middle of last July, under a government supervisor, canning clubs were organized and all the children with war gardens were invited to join. I was chosen secretary of the Lincoln School Club. We were taught to can all the products in their season.' At the end of the season, we had a series of competitive demonstrations of canning to select a team of three to represent Stillwater at the Minnesota State Fair. By this time I was thoroughly interested in the work and the prospect of a week at the fair made me more determined to win a place on the team when it was selected. To my great joy, I was chosen captain of the winning team, the other two members of which were Ethel Lagerstaedt , sixteen GRACB EVA .NKV.MAN years old , and Clarence Berggren, aged twelve years old. So early Monday morning we left for the fair. Upon our arrival we were given quarters at the girls' dormitory at the agricultural farm school. Here we met girls from every part of the state. My team was to demonstrate in the afternoon so we hurried to the fair grounds to prepare. About four o'clock we were called, and it was a very nervous little girl who led her team to the platform and introduced them to the public. All went well except for a can of corn breaking in the boiler. We were entertained the rest of the week, visiting the large department stores and the pretty parks about the city. About two weeks after the fair, I received word that 1 had won a gold medal for being the best captain. My team won eighth place. My winning the medal was entirely unexpected because I had been very frightened when I started to demonstrate and then, I was about the youngest captain at the fair. 1 am twelve years old. Maj*M»«le)ltt>raMI*4M. 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FIRST AID FOR THE LUNCH BOX Upon This Noon Meal Hangs Much of Health and Happiness PEARL BAILEY LYONS NEARLY every home, at some time cut about one quarter of an inch' thick in IN or other, lunch boxes are a necessity and the vexing problem has. worried oblongs, rounds, diamonds and even heart shapes to lend a little change to the "looks." many a house-wife. When the man of Grown-ups as well as the children enjoy the house needs to carry his lunch the finding odd-shaped sandwiches with un- problem is not much different from the known fillingrand it takes only a few min- one presented by the children's lunch, utes longer to cut them. although the chief factor to be considered In packing the lunch, place the things is the kind of work the man is doing and to be eaten last in the.box first and the to furnish him withj the necessary food things which naturally would be wanted that will supply the essentials he needs. In selecting suitable boxes in which to first on the top of the box. Too many things in carry the lunch, consideration must be made for the things you intend to send in • the lunches. The man's lunch box should be substantial and The following little table of First Aids ample to hold a for the Lunch Box may becutout, mounted good sized lunch. on cardboard and hung up for reference in The children like planning the family lunches. to ' change the Bread for sandwiches: Wheat, brown, style and color nut, nut brown, oatmeal, rye, raisin. of their boxes Fillings for sandwiches: Minced ham, occasionally so beef hash, bologna, veal salad, baked beans, that good firm minced egg, apple and celery salad, tuna cardboard boxes salad, olives and green peppers, brown will answer very sugar, peanut butter, jelly, jam, marma- nicely. lade, honey, molasses, lettuce and salad It is well to dressing, raisins and corn syrup, salmon keep on hand salad, minced chicken. plenty of plain Fruits: Oranges, apples, figs, dates, white paper nap- bananas, raisins. kins. Colored Cakes: Cup cakes, spice, cinnamon napkins are apt rolls, raised doughnuts, sugar cookies, to fade off bad; coffee cake, ginger snaps, graham crackers, ly on the things , cream puffs, ginger bread, oatmeal cook- in the box and ies, chocolate cookies. give- a sad-look- Soups: Cream of pea, cream of celery, ing appearance •bean, chicken with rice, cream of corn, to the lunch. clear tomato thickened. Another neces- Puddings: Gelatine with fruit, bread sary is paraffin with raisins, rice, tapioca, chocolate. paper. Other desserts: Cup custards, junket, A thermos •baked apples, canned fruit. bottle meets the Drinks: Milk, chocolate, buttermilk, problem of keep- coffee. ing coffee , choc- Extras: Puffed rice balls, pop corn olate , and even 4>alls, nuts, candy, sweet chocolate bars, cream soups pip- seedless raisins, celery. ing hot and these Recipes for any of the above will be sent things add much by mail if request is accompanied with suf- to the otherficient postage for mailing. wise cold meal. Where a thermos bottle is not available for the hot drinks a good heavy bottle may be made to answer for the purpose. Individual porcelain cups are nice to use for desserts, baked beans, -custards and many things which cannot be sent without a dish. For sandwiches many kinds of bread and fillings may be used. Day-old bread will cut to better advantage and make better sandwiches than fresh and is much better for the digestion. The bread should be 'the lunch box is not good. Better have three things today and a complete change tomorrow than to have to repeat tomorrow. In preparing the desserts for dinner today, plan ahead for the little dessert cups for the lunches tomorrow. Make enough more to fill them and set them aside all ready for packing in the morning. Try to make the lunch hour a happy one for the absent ones by adding" zest and interest in the unexpected contents of the lunch box. This is easily accomplished by adding one new feature or dish each day, somethingdifferent and not repeating day after day the same hard-boiled -eggcold - meat-andbread variety too often met with in the average lunch box. It is wise to keep a proper balance of foods in the lunch. For example if the sandwich filling is of meat, plan a simple fruit dessert ; or if the sandwich is a sweet filled one, use the oustard pudding, gelatine desserts, baked beans or something more hearty for the other dish. When the lunch is planned, packed and all ready to close, slip into the corners a few nuts, simply shelled or salted or a few pieces of candy or maple sugar to "top off with." These make the whole complete. PUZZLES FOR YOUNG FOLK TO WORK out the picture sum given here, first write down the names of the nine little objects. Then add and subtract their letters as indicated by the signs and the resulting letters will spell one of the United States. Concealed Geography Each of the following sentencescontainsthe name of a city, town or village in the United States: 1. Now let the Doctor see Jumbo's tongue. L. It you are the curlew 1 stoned yesterday, I apologize. 3. Frightened by the terrible mob, I led sister away. 4. How nicely Anna polishes the silver when Jack is expected. 5. Just look at that superb Angora cat! A Puzzling Proverb The picture at the right is a rebus and hides a saying, with which we are all familiar. Can you guess it? 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