Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1918 — Great Home Army. [ARTICLE]

Great Home Army.

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 state agricultural colleges. Of this number approximately 350,000 made complete reports, which show, that they produced and conserved products amounting to $10,000,000. In the 33 Northern and Western states 840,606 boys and girls 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 the regular work, who produced products valued at $4,500,000, and 73,306 girls, who produced and conserved products valued at $1,500,000. In the emergency club work in the South the dub leaders reached over 400,000 boys and approximately 1,000,000 girls, who produced and conserved products valued at more than $4,000,000.