Show AS substitute FOR FOOTBALL writer suggests that plowing matches would do be advisable A plowing match will help to interest buys boya in ili farming and perhaps por haps bo be quite na its profitable in ili tho end as n football match A plowing match la Is managed by measuring off equal tracts to bo plowed ny by each contestant contes the time being noted at the start and n limited time allowed for finishing tho the track tho the contest la Is to bo be judged by tho the straight straightness noss of 0 tho the furrows tho evenness of tho the furrows both as to depth and width and abo amount of land plowed within the time limit after which stil suitable table pries arl sea aro awarded stock judging contests cont butter malting making contests and butter scoring contests will all add ad interest and a doore desire to excel on oil tho the part of the pupil it a boy Is of a mechanical turn give him an all introduction to farm mechanics chanice cs experiments showing tho the influence of grade on the draft of a farril farm wagon may bo be mado with a simple aal par ritus tho jio boy could construct himself it can also bo be easily shown liow how draft Is influenced by bk tho width of bf tiro tire as well its as by the size of tho the wagon wheel also tho direction of line of draft and its influence on tho the draft of the wagon let a boy with a mechanical ch licad head mako make an apparatus for demonstrating the principles of oven even ors or let him malto mako a working model of a farm pump thus lit in vailous ways it Is possible to show the tha boy who thinks lio lie knows it all that lie ho still has something to learn and to show tho the plodding boy that there Is much beside drudgery on tho farm if ho be will but open ills his eyes southern Woi Wor kman killan r |