Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 30 | Million Children Offer Services Big Membership Drive is Planned

Mi MilR Children Offer Services i Mightiest st Juvenile Crusade in History of World a I Membership em P Drive is Planned I ilL I ilL It is estimated d that boys and gild X Xin girls girl 1 ii Ii America are engaged e in organized food production and food c conservation work under di direct direct Ii- Ii p supervision of government j specialists It is the mightiest t Childrens Children's Crusade in the history Of the world f A i million children can call accomplish a tremendous task Yet fret there is so much to do that the thC dous leaders of boys boys' and girls girls' work vork k in the New t. t World have sounded the slogan A A Million lillion children Chu m More So much success is IS being in attempting ting to get this million more that f lit I it t is be believed the juvenile food army of Amer- Amer 0 fica i a w 11 will ll be two million s strong rong by 1919 Big Membership ember ship Drive Planned I The climax of the campaign for new members members mem mem- bers hers bers 11 in 1 this district is to be a big bin drive at the the- t I Utah State Fair Salt Lake ake City September 28 to October 5 f Because Q Ot the tremendous attendance which i js s expected from l all parts of the country and ithe the overwhelming interest Which boys J. 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I girls have displayed in the 1918 food Q d campaign it is is predicted that the membership quota for or orthis this district will be exceeded Childrens Children's Exhibits a Feature J the public can be e expected to re respond respond respond re- re spond to the drive for new v members only in proportion to the general interest which can be aroused during the week To demonstrate the importance of the movement and gain ain the endorsement of everyone a big exhibit of all kinds of boys boys' and girls' girls work york in field garden and kitchen will be displayed Actual demonstrations demonstrations demonstrations demon demon- will be given by children with specialists specialists specialists in in charge It will be a most convincing proof of the value of the boys and girls as producers producers producers pro pro- and conservers in times of world crisis The children engaged in food production and food conservation work in America arc are interested interested interested inter inter- ested in many kinds of work In Canada and the northern and western middle-western part of the United States the boys are raising corn vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables potatoes pigs piss sheep colts calves and poultry The girls are learning how to make better etter bread sew knit can fruits and vese- vese t N l 6 i. i I. 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I Hex e l 0 1 ten J b bR p R oAY tables raise chickens and run nun runa nuna a garden Boys who took part partin in the potato growing contest in Minnesota in 1917 raised bushels of potatoes on their plots so millions of bush els of potatoes must have been raised by all the boys of America America Amer Amer- ica who were interested in po potato potato po- po tato growing I I Farming Rejuvenated It is an acknowledged fact that farming methods in the th southeastern part of the United States the States the South South have have been revolutionized by the improved principles introduced by the boys and girls who have been interested in in lives on the fannby farm fann farmby farmby by Government specialists Cotton raising without rotation rotation rotation rota rota- tion had put the soil in poor condition It was hard to in interest interest interest in- in terest mature farmers ni in any other kind of agriculture The farm boys and girls responded enthusiastically so it was decided decided decided de de- to get hold of the chil chil- dren This was done through short courses the tile organization of clubs and the introduction of the study of farming and domestic do- do science science in the schools The result result result-a a new South There is no section in all America America America Amer Amer- ica that is more proud of its boys and girls than the South operation Co-operation in in the raising and selling of farm products of all kinds has proved ver very successful successful successful suc suc- in all parts of America In a similar manner the organization organization organization organ organ- of childrens children's clubs has been of big assistance in interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting the boys and girls in farm life Children crave companionship com coin and the club enables enables enables en en- en- en ables them to get together tog play together and work together Many l boys an girls are working working working work work- ing individually because they live long distances from other boys and girls but nearly all the children are arc members of clubs Clubs of all kinds have been organized There are corn clubs potato clubs home garden garden garden gar gar- den clubs canning clubs mother-daughter mother clubs poultry clubs pig clubs beef baby-beef clubs bread clubs sewing clubs handicraft clubs sugar- sugar beet clubs home hante cooking cooking- clubs and many other kinds of clubs S S gg V F FT T v V i iS R i fY j. j j 1 p Sr r r. r r mW ff x u r K i r r y A Qt r a R a A Prouder sou el Gardener er ei eves lived ve The policies of each kind of club are worked out by specialists special special- who are arc all working to together together together to- to gether so th that t complete unanimity unanimity unanimity una una- of action results Vho Who has not heard of the story of J Jerry err Moore the Moore the boy who has done clone more to make South Carolina famous than any six of her famous men in days clays gone by br In 1910 when few knew that South Carolina could raise corn profitably J Jerry err raised bushels on one acre The nation gasped Then it smiled Then it extended its hand han to Jerry Then it began talking about him Today J Jerry err rry r Moore is known in p nearly early every community and everybody everybody everybody every every- body is proud of him Since 1910 the time gospel has spread spread like wild fire Today in every ery little hamlet or community community it ity r there are dozens of J Jerry Moores 1 laboring just as hard as Jerry did and with just as much success ess Do not think for a moment that the girls are arc delinquent Some of the things timings they have done would almost put the boys to shame They have excelled excelled excelled ex ex- celled in the kitchen and out of the kitchen Records attained by them are hard to believe It makes one proud to be known as an American to read about t them h eIll