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Show WAR MAY KNOCK OUT BIG YACHT RACE PLAN LONDON A g 1 3 r Thomas L p on 6 seriously cons de ng wbe he f Grea Br ta n s nvO ed in he Eu opean wa he wi race h s yacht Sham o k l for the America s cup this yea SI Thomas lncl nes to the op nlon there should he no race wh e his country Is engaged In war In a wagon to the camping grounds One of the subjects eifiphas zed on the trip was the planning and p anting of the farm home grounds The boys were given the main principles to be kept in mind In decorative planting and after ward were asked to give suggestions re garding the Improvement of farm homes as they were met on the trip The making and maintaining of good roads also received attent on Especia note was made of the construct on of side ditches and how pools on the side of earth roads will alw aya result In a bad road no matter how we 1 such a road may be -covered. The va ue of keeping roads des free from weeds was spoken of In the study of livestock the boys were shown the good and bad points of the farm anlma s at hand They were told what the roost vita points were and why they were so cons dered In a herd of dairy cows they were asked to pick out the cow that had the best dairy con formation and give reasons for their de cislon Boys Given Specimens After the dinner hour of the first da s trip the boys were given specimens of wheat, oats and barley and a short time was given to the study of each one of these cereals All of the boys on the trip are doing some form of agricu tural club work and a number of them are in the potato con tes s. They v s ted several potato fields and discussed the fol owing points How the potato has been deve oped the best type for market how to control fungous dl eases The Tvhole trip however was not mere y one of study and tramping some time was g ven to games and sports After supper relay races were run and wrestling matches held After dark the boys gathered logs for a camp fire around which they assemb ed and to d of the funny things that they exper enced in their lives Such trips It Is pointed out, are within the- reach of every farm boy The ex pense is iomparat ve y nothing not any more than staying at home and the good to be obtained is incalculable More h kes of th s k n4 will go a long way in solving the problem of keep ng the boy on the farm It Is urged by the promoters |