Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1920 — INDIANA CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE PRODUCTS WORTH $441,667.00 [ARTICLE]

INDIANA CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE PRODUCTS WORTH $441,667.00

Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 16.—The 21,349 boys and girls in Indiana, who were members of agfiricultural clubs in the state during the past year, produced products worth upwards of a half million dollars, $441,867 to be exact, and earned a profit of $218,411, the annual report of Z. M. Smith, state club leader, and supervisor of Agriculture Education shows. Of the 26,869 youngsters enrolled at the beginning of the season, just 80 per cent, or well above 21,000 carried their work through the summer on the high scale set by Indiana club leaders, and then made a suitable report. Practically every county in the state was represented the past year with one or more clubs, a total of 776 having been organized. Gardening, as usual, was the most popular, with 224 clubs and 19,894 youngsters enrolled. The youthful gardeners earned a profit of nearly $97,000, outstripping their nearest competitors, the com clubs, by just $75,000. However, there were but 967 com cUib members enrolled. Sewing attracted 1,012 girls and baking only 156. The pig clubs drew 1,531 boys and girls, many of whom made enviable records. During the year there were 33 potato clubs with an enrollment of 231. This was a new form of club work started this year which proved highly popular. The beef calf club was the only one which did not show a profit for the owners, due to the big slump in beef calf and cattle prices. , .. .. “We are not trying to get the biggest enrollment of any state, said Mr. Smith, “but we are trying to get a larger percentage to complete their projects. We have succeeded and last year when only 70 per cent finished up, this year we had 80 per cent or four in every five to carry their work straight through. This record is considerably above that of any other state. Camilla Mansfield of Monnett school went to Milroy today to spend Christmas. Ruth Bates, also of Monnett school, is spending her vacation with her parents at Chicago.