Show young folks urged to join the national junior vegetable growers association was organized in 1935 with the sole purpose of encouraging young people to investigate the fine possibilities of entering the vegetable growing business as a lifes vocation membership is open to any boy or gill between the ages of 14 and 21 and is free of charge several contests are open to members and prizes in 1948 total over all of the activities of the association cia tion fit very nicely into the overall program of such organizations as 4 11 clubs and the 4 11 club or project may be used as a basis on which to enter contests there are eight items of descriptive information available every interested person should send for items no I 1 and 2 immediately dia tely write to prof grant B snyder university of massachusetts amherst mass 1 national junior vegetable growers handbook this contains a brief description of the association and its activities 2 membership application card after registration members automatically mati cally receive items 3 4 5 6 3 the monthly news 4 the study course in vegetable production and marketing the study course is arranged to cover briefly some of the important factors in effective production and marketing of perishables it includes five units 1 I geography ideography and production 2 Quality and handling practices 3 grading Pac packages kazes and packing 4 wholesale distribution and 5 retail distribution 5 report form of the study course 6 standard report form of the production and marketing scholarship contest this report form is set up so that the member may outline tile the results of his vegetable project and also indicate some of his or her other interests and activities other publications are also available about the activities of the N J V G A why dont you send a postcard to prof snyder at the national office of the association askin asking him for a free handbook and member membership application card |