Show BOYS CLUBS TEACH THRIFT AND INDUSTRY AND HELP TO MAKE progressive FAR FARMERS mera club members learn more than principles of agriculture prepared by tio tho united states depa ment of agriculture Auri erl culture agricultural pi Is not tl the 10 sum total of achievement by members of boy bois il clubs lit n the south below dlton dixon line rill nilso so good crops ciopa they ral senno fanu baby hooves beeves und standard pigs their ilie 1 nio aro of f ne credited broods breeds their poultry Is of tile the better aylies and tile the gardens they cultivate cult hato itro ro model gardens ninny many of them very worth cortti itlo produce in dollars and cuts cents the result of those boys efforts lally ino mounts ants up to many thousands in food supply tt it Is ot of alue value stet lint but tills this Is only part pait of the story a hare enumeration of some borne of ai tho the nc ile of those southern lads the tha other part Is or should be more in te resting for it deals with intangible commodities cliar acter high ideals aspirations civic chic pride i from and developed through the e tr ining received in boya clubs it ii it ita al rt to strengthen tile tural extension organization oi tho the valt id d santes department of agriculture cites somo some instances to show ilia beald alta of tho the boys bois club worl ork in alo south bonds and dank bank accounts lit in texus texas thoro there are 1000 boys boss receiving higher education tho the direct re ici H tilt suit of club membership there nio club boys bos lit in tufit banto who bought 11 berty bonds war savings anti thrift stamps tile rnino number belong to the red cross gohd 2 have bank accounts BIem Blen lieis ibers of oe tile boys boya clubs in Olda bonin over own war vim securities amounting to ll 2818 their bank deposits total alto also west virginia tins lias 1500 club members who have bank de dc counts 4 abany own on lands and several hundred indred lii nio are in colleges arkansas tins has 11 record of hundreds of former boys club il in members embers who ho cro are in college ond anti c what v lot Is more to their credit paying their tuition with money earned from the lie salo sale of of thear agricultural products and prizes won in agricultural contests A number of tho southern clubs linao de Ic eloped loped college professors ln in tractors truc tors in agricultural schools men who learned tho the scientific method of forming farming and gained experience in blip clubs many club members are lit in tile tho military service 11 wo have hundreds of club members that aro are in the united states army writes a n mississippi state agent nor have we modern business methods been by those husband men in ili some or oc the states co obern the to buying selling and inar Js Is alio llio to of boys club diem bers bucl tho use iso of banking fricell ties it cof colimon fimon custom the kind of 0 bunking banking ly by the way where the vitan chari acter and industry of the borrower borrow form tile major port of the in III tills this connection tile testimony of 1 th I 1 president of n bank in mississippi H corroborative says bays lie jae s so far oil oa my information goes there Is not a sinew ploce piece of bad paper in the state assa asin result of loons to club boys these instances are arc taken at random the influence club boys boya exert upon their heir fathers find and upon the formers farmers in their neighborhoods Is very marked state and county agents say bay it Is thi kind of influence that through practical demonstration turns skeptics into converts that makes progressive danners out of tho old w acy y ls lo go good od for mo me types influence of thi the clubs but extension agents are not the only ones who note those these transformations men alen of affairs have ob observed servet I 1 thein and right ready aro are they to tell of civic Imp improved rovern ants better schools more active churches marked increase in tho demand for bolter better merchandise lit new v business enterprises pride in the hie appearance of their buil buildings dinks home grounds tile tho family acres and a higher type of community morale all brought about by boys boy s clubs and vo community inu tilty operation cooperation co o increased production stimulation in every line of agricultural endeavor for the immediate and continued continue d prosperity of their sect section ionis a one of tile tho important functions of boys club work in tile south tills this Is being accomplished by instruction and aw clemon demonstration stra in correct agricultural methods by the extension service of tho the united states department of agriculture ano the state agricultural colleges ani and tt it to Is being dofis don lit in the only way pos sible through tho the organized effort of the very boys who are ity gritu progressive hinners and become thu producers of the f future llo however wever q alto ni as Import important nut a function of this work Is tho the nil all round development of the boys themselves i great stress Is lot laid upon tilt fills through the agency of these boya oyt clubs the In members ember aro taught habits of thrift and aeilt industry they are shown tile real value of high character the advantage of education the possibilities of I 1 leadership the dignity of labor tile the importance of co operation in civic affairs and respect for others rights ali the credit creditable ablo desire tor for once for land ownership and beauty and orderliness in land possessed Is inculcated la that they ill inay ny have e the ho ot of remaining upon tile the very soil that nurtured them and become factors la in their coun development |