Excerpt from Farm Demonstration Monthly, Vol. 18: May, 1916The annual report for the year 1915 of T. J. Newbill, club leader for the State of Wash ington, shows 3 844 boys and girls beginning work on projects, and reporting at the close of the season. Ninety-seven demonstrations Were given by the club leader and 86 club exhibits were held. A summary of reports received from club members shows that the members grew worth of corn, worth of potatoes, and worth of vegetables; canned quarts of fruit, vegetables, greens, soup, and fish; and marketed poultry products to the amount of The baby beef club reported sales amounting to Two hundred and eighty - three boys in the pork and cr0p production club borrowed money at their local banks on their personal notes to purchase pigs. On March 20 every note had come due and been paid by these young business men.The potato club championship for the State of Massachusetts was awarded to Isadore Horin, of Westminster. This boy ranked second in the State in 1914. His report for 1915 shows that he raised 114 bushels and 30 pounds of potatoes on one-fourth of an acre, at a cost of 30 cents a bushel.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.