Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1919 — Canning Club Products in Demand, Bring Good Prices and Increase Food Supply [ARTICLE]

Canning Club Products in Demand, Bring Good Prices and Increase Food Supply

Some of the canning club girls organized by the home demonstration agents of the United States department of agriculture and the state agricultural colleges utilize their canning knowledge only to provide the family table with plenty of fruit and vegetables. The larger number, however, not only practice what they have learned for the benefit of their families, but increase their incomes by marketing the surplus. The agents who helped during the canning later assist In the marketing of the products. The uniform excellence of the 4-H brand makes it a comparatively •easy task to keep a customer once he has used the products. The agent in Jasper county, Mississippi, has found a ready sale for the canned fruits and vegetables her girls wish to sell. One day in March $175 worth were weighed, sold and shipped. The demand is "constant, because the buyer reports that the club girls’ canned goods are the best he has found on the market.