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Show Boys amid Gnrfs Can Help toe Coumtry amid Themselves i - ( ( T USED to have a hard time to 1 get my boys to work in the garden, even when there was nothing else they wanted to do," said a suburban ,-j"" " " - make nil possible uc of the enthusiasm and devotion of the boys and girls Is making n sad mistake and committing a blonder. For a long time we havo been complaining that no one has wanted tion comparable in satisfactory returns with many of those in the city to which tjicy have solely heretofore turned their attention. The children and yAung persons who are so willing now, under the high Impulse Im-pulse of helping humanity, to do their part as gardeners will need direction, of course, but they will need also to be assured as-sured that they nre doing something ANSWERING THE NATION'S CALL. " raajSfiSimsilSStBHK father, "but now they go without an order or request from me and work as long as they can find anything to do. 'We arc not slackers,' I heard one of them boasting, and ho wns as proud of doing liis bit in tho gnrden as if he was following the colors in answer to the bugle call." This is the experience of other parents. par-ents. The boys have responded to their country's need and enn be depended upon to do their duty in the useful trenches of the garden and on the honorable honor-able field of food supply. Tho adult who does not encourage this spirit and to work on the farms or live in tho country nnd bemoaning the fact that all the young people come to the congested cities. If properly handled, the interest that the younger members of 'society have had aroused in them in this farm and gnrden campaign for the patriotic increase in-crease of the food supply nnd the altruistic altru-istic purpose of feeding our Allies niaj be turned to good practical account for Ihe future. It may incline the bojs, nnd the girls too, to find something in the country that is worth while and to think that farming is, after all, a voca- worth while nnd that they shall sec the results of their labors and havo a personal per-sonal share in it. If a boy or -irl raises a good crop he should havo something to say about its disposition. If he wants to present it to his family the family should be duly np- . preciatlve. If he desires to givo it to j Mmc one who has less food he should havo the privilege. If he desires to sell it and bend the proceeds to the Allies or donate ' it to some other patriotic purpose his parents or those directing him should endeavor en-deavor to get his point of view or to xiso such nrguments with him ns will persuade him to adopt theirs. Gardening is not tho whole of increasing increas-ing the food supply for the country, although al-though it is a very important one, nnd the only one in which city children can havo a share. If the country children can be encouraged to raise live stock, something which all children who lovo pets and animals will take to very readily, they will be performing nH important service. Let them have a flock of chickens chick-ens for their own, make theirs the responsibility re-sponsibility of feeding them, of gntheriug the eggs and of taking enro of their quarters. A goat is a pet thnt will add to the liveliness of a little chap's life, nnd it is nn valuable as it is easy to support On a farm the youngest member mem-ber of the family may choose to raise a calf with advantage to himself and tho community. Give all the bnys and girls n chance to bo priidm er |