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Oct. 6. 1916
I joined the tomato club because I thought it was a good thing of my own my tenth of an acre was on good rich soil I had it broke up real deep and used about one third of a sack of guano the only fertilizer I used
I sowed my hot bed the second day of april and set my tomatoes out the fiftenth of may I did not hoe my tomatoes a time they were only plowed twice my plants did not have any diseases I gathered my tomatoes in large tubs and took then put red ones in cans together and the pale together marked the pale ones
I did not grow any together on my tenth except tomatoes
We had lots of fun at our meetings we did our canning under a shelter on in the woods in the shade we kept our yard clean for we had company nearly every day we canned on day we were canning and I was [illegible] one day and the canner pipe fell out and had to wait till the canner got [illegible] and we had done fun awhill the canner was call
I have learn late about canning the club work has helped me in [illegible]