Show 4 11 club work all al 4 H club members mem aers be ready tor for work as soon as school Is 13 out the first year loads foods leaders are mrs waldo thompson miss irene tree miss virginia drown and mrs clements hansen mrs airs hansen also will have the second year foods group first year clothing mrs roy george and mrs emmett brooks see sec end year mrs claypool mrs gregg and mrs belle wilson you may be enrolled ir your club as soon as you like mrs C 0 hull will mill conduct a first itar ar clothing class K X H SHOWN TIIE THE WAY one of the ways way a of Increasing the ret arns 11 in many farm communities is to go in tor for special crops and reduce acre ii iio aso o ot of staple or surplus crops this Is easle easier said than done it has brought disappointment to many who have tried it the reason Is that the growing ot of any chop no matter how simple it may seem does actually require special experience ana often requirements in the way or of soil water and storage preparation tor for market Is another item it the farmer fanner starting a new crop will stick to it for or a few years and study its culture he be will usually master its laspro pro but usually one years failure stops a man so the problem Is to work into the crop in some way to avoid failure how this was done in a penury pennsy I 1 alvania community through the projects or of 4 H club members may give an ide idea to other communities celery growing was taken up as one ot of the club projects in schuylkill kill county pa several beveral years ago club members found that in spite ot of the flue prospect the clop offered for making money it was another thing to produce a quality of the crop velch sold well so they had to go through an experimental stage with the aid of county agent W L bollinger find and specialists from the state college they found that to produce a high quality of celery it had to have plenty of water one club member solved this by pumping water down don the fur farros ros between the rows this was improved upon after a time by overhead irrigation with the experience of club members to guide them and continued assistance from the state specialists local farmers took up the crop they were saved much disappointment as a result and got started off on the right foot one grower 0 al alone de now puts out pl plants aut thertist Ther e year six elx large irrigation dyste systems were mere installed to water the celery c crops P of them their owners I 1 I 1 1 |