1912 girl's club, tomato club booklet by Biddie Wagner

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Hickory, N.C. R.L.D.2.B.127. Oct 3. 1912

Dear friends

As I am a member of the St Stephen Tomato club I will try to write a few lines telling you how I enjoyed my work this season. I did enjoy my work fine and I was at three club meetings I certainly did enjoy going to them fine. The first one was at Hickory second at Mr. Ekard third at Mr. John Robison I had a nice time at all of them

examinded

Begining of work

Mar the 14 1912

Preparing and Sowing Seeds Mar - 14 time 15 minutes. Sowing April 10 time 15 min. Transplanting April 25 time 35 min. Seccond [?] - _ _ _ _ May 10 time 60 min. Third _ _ _ _ _ May 21 time 60 min. This was transplanting to Cold frame.

My ground was plowed April 26 time 45 minutes it was turned 7 in deep. Halling manure 190 min. Manure weighed 300 lbs one ton and a half.

Fertilizer 16 lbs cost 2.40 for 200 lbs.

Cotton Seed meal [illegible][crossed out] 5 lbs cost 140 for 100 lbs.

I saw my first blosm bud May 28. Preparing and transplanting to the tenth of acer 90 min this May 28 _ _ May 29 - 40 min. Time preparing the ground 25 min May 28. Plowing June 5 - 17 min _ _ _ _ 10 - 6 _ _ _ _ _ 12 - 6 _ _ _ _ _ 27 - 12 _ _ _ July 13 - 16 _