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curriculum. Graham had proved the worth of the club approach in teaching agricutural techniques to young people. With this new knowledge, youngsters also gained a sense of pride in their rural heritage. Elsewhere in the midwest. Will B. Otwell, Iowa Farm Institute President, wrestled with the problem of how to give young people pride in their farming heritage. He offered a dollar premium for the best yield of corn produced from his seed, with an amazing response.
School children from throughout the midwest and later, from the south, began to belong in great numbers to “corn clubs”. Young girls began to learn canning as well, both in after-school clubs and in school classes. The new rebirth of pride in farming and the desire to learn the new skills necessary for farm life resulted in superior corn yields and a decline in food poisoning in home-canned products.
In Page and Wright counties in Iowa, home projects became an important part of the
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