Show THE AG CLUB LINK PAGE POUR IN SCOUTMASTERS Rv poor stuff is hardly worthy tie name It is unpleasant to look at it There must be something wrong about you otherwise pm would not show it You are insensible to that line satisfaction felt in producing excellence Your product cannot go into the car for export shipment The inspector condemns it The good markets refuse it The buyers are evading you You are Your foul fruits spread their shunned depicable nuisances into your neighbor’s orchard You are that enemy who goes out by night and sows tares through the clean fields of an industrious producer You are an enemy to the neighborhood and being insensible to the rights of others you are not well fitted to live in a democracy You load your substance into your farm wagon steal out of your own town go into another locality where the market may not be so sensitive evade the inspector break the Jaw and peddle your stuff to the innocent consumer at an excessive price You are a criminal and a profiteer There is only one hope in your case You may haul your fruit to the cider mill the vinegar factory or the preserving plant This is the best thing you could do with it under the law Even at this there is an unpleasant taint The pure tood inspector is watching you You are a producer of only The price you get scarcely pays for the trouble of gathering and marketing You are not prosperous You say you are indifferent about spray-in- g 1 hen you have no definite purpose on do not know where you are going Xo one will ever clear the track for vou You are one of thoe fellows who dts or the fence 'ion are the unfortunate victim of pros and cons of ‘peeving if ou better acquainted with farm mm would know that the evidence ill !avor piamug When you did spray it is cm taw that your knowledge did not pnumpt mw p do it I’erhaps otir neighbor p u r bv-produ- -- e - t' cts Yci nal W BEYOND SCHOOL ilbe The ycotit mast er s’ Pc bool which was held at the Utah Agricultural College January 2nth to h'ebruary 2nd under the direction ol J )r George R Hill j r with Dr lert L Richards as Campniaster was the hrst ot its kind to be held in Utah Although it was found necessary to discontinue the school one week earlier than planned the scoutmasers while here spent their time in intensive work and study and all expressed themselves as being anxious to return in June when the school will again be One of the many good things of the School was the instructive lecture ot Dr J 11 Paul of the University of Ltali on the common birds of the Rocky Mountains He said there were 289 different kinds of birds Utah during the year and of these about 200 build their nests here during the summer The common meadow lark instead of singing but one song as it is commonly thought to do may sing as high as seventeen different songs The entire future of the State depends to a great extent Even tile hawks widen upon our birds are thought to be all bad have many good qualities and some are among our best birds Those that use their wings continually and have speckled breasts are generally bad While those hawks that sail through the air without using their wings a great deal are generally good lie gave the scoutmasters some pointers for the distinguishing of the conifers of tiie Rocky Mountains It is a common fault of many people to speak of all these trees as evergreens The spruces have but one needle coming from each place and they are sharp and pointed When these needles are removed the twig presents a rough saw toothed appearance The Colorado Rlue Spruce is uHtinct from other spruct in its bluish-gree- n foliage with horionlillv layered branchlets ami stiff sharp pointed needles Jt has large cones with narmvud elongated blunt tipped scales he lirs or balsams ham hut one needle coming lmui each place which is generally in -- 1 iiluut and suit When these needles fall off it leaves a smooth stem the Douglas hit gi eat heart it is the tangible picture of vour well trained feelings Xo matter how much the world enjoys your excellent pro-mu11 enjoys your personality more The inspector wants information from you and plavs into vour hands You put your town on the map on sell your products in the "dl light n! da Every point of excellence 'Urn he judges discover in your fruit is f r quality in your good You are a light in the caudle ciiaiayte Mick a ritv that is set on a hill ts 1 ought to Oil g e i it I his dot- Knowledge will - Vjfi- ! - ir ' i I i imo You say vprav i:g You arc tin ma m of -- a - ( - kv v-- - p v ju world is looking toiu ii i to vmmi e tie prodiu turning jo settle the perplexing f the high cost of living Thom! nnr home he in the wo uls the path heaten to vour door ' lr "‘rld cnjo)s your best and repays you in the same coin You are one of the twenty to lollow your own instructions Your house is built on rock Your fine ‘ t tS t i i i ’ rv the smallest lie was probably the navy and one in attend a party such a little chap “m ddy” Jn evening he was invited in the saloon He was that the ladies had no idea that he was a midshipman at all hut took him for somebody’s ‘‘dear little boy” in a royal navy serge At last one of them on whose lap he had been sitting and who had just kissed him asked: “And how old are you little dear?” “’Twenty-tw- o " he said in a voice like a fog horn Then the lady swooned all-wo- ol resumed n mt is one abundant expression of your tll'lt THE LAP AGI l Gold Nuggets Xot always the strongest who lead in the race Xor always the weakest who trail Ktip pigging away with a smile on vour face It is only the quitters who fail —Main Extension News under favorable conditions through out he West It has blunt dark green leaves or needles which' are always joined to the twig by a short petiole The buds while the cones have are reddish-browpersistent scales rounded on the edges with conspicuous protruding bracts which are pointed and winged like the feathering of an arrow is found i n The pines have needle shaped leaves in small clmtcrs of 2 to 7 Each cluster is surrounded by a persistent sheath The cones have woody scales which mature at the end of the second or third season The Lodge Role pine is found throughout the West under favorable conditions The larches have many needles coming out in clusters surrounded hv a sheath They shed their leaves in the fall and in winter are frequently mistaken for dead trees Each day was crowded full of lectm s exhibits and hikes while the evenings w re reserved for tenderfoot second class and lirst class examinations On starry nights the stars were studied and star talks ami lectures were given Many valuable tilings were learned an I some that stand out as being of greatest importance are: How to tell and prepale good scout stories IIovv to tie scout knots and how to splice and whip ropes How to apply lirst aid How to swim and lies! methods of life saving Signaling with International Morse Code How to play tin best scmit games in summer and wintei Rest methods of mapping local sections With the store of information and knowledge gained during their week at school Hie Scoutmaster s should make things “hum” in their own troops during the coming year |