Show D Duchesne I 1 ne' ne County oun Agent A g en Qt f 1 II B By Bk J. J F. F Ho Hoyt t Former Vice Vice- Vice president resident Marshall talking to a learned gathering said saM the great menace to our country Is not the uneducated masses but the educated people e who cannot compete compete compete com com- pete pete with others In earning a satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory livelihood l. l Is it not hot a pertinent question to ask w why y are we spending millions of or dollars in our nation and thousands thousands thou thou- sands of dollars monthly even in our own county for so- so called so-called education of our youth What are we doing with it Where are we going in inthe the process Are re we building for each child a p powerful machine for good or ill without training him how to torun torun run rUIl it In our schools we dilate on the greatness of Washington or Lincoln but largely fail to train the boy how to be the man in the face of danger or to r reach ach the French fort over over overa a dangerous river or to fight a national na na- wrong We are using vast energy to drive home to Johnny the greatness of 01 our production of manufactures manufactures man mau- the mileage of our r railroads railroads rail rail- ll- ll roads the tonnage of our mines lh the tremendousness of our prod production of w wheat eat and corn But ut as a rule our schools are not training him how i to make even a pick handle read a aI atrain atrain I train signal select elect or hoist a ton of ot cheaper ear ore or grow a better or of corn In most of the high schools of our country we are instructing in agric agricultural agricultural agri agri- other in industrial industrial industrial in- in c cultural stock raising or subjects While we are tea teaching hing history mathematics and the science we are trying to train boys and girls In these schools how to apply this knowledge to the practical practical pra of life Ufe But at the time when the application would be most vivid ane and useful during the summer summer work at home because of the la lack k of funds the school system cannot retain retal the skilled Instructors ctol'S t to supe supervise vise during those months 1 The next best recourse then is to secure an au agricultural agent agent with t Boys Boys' and d girls girls' cl club b lea leaders ers to l keep keepin ep epin in ill touch tou h with with the youngsters and I 1 work up and nd oversee projects pr such as corn or poultry pig or calf r l clubs b 1 Such training a th these se give is training training train train- train ing pat par excellence In these clubs the boys and girls sirls actually actually put into practice the the information po l gai gained etl from ob observation a and d. d t the le study studY of books Some SOIne years ago agot reports showed that while the average yield of c corn cord rl p per per r acre on the farms of Ohio which ranks rank's foremost in the Union wa was only seven forty bushels over over overa a hundred boys in these these clubs pr produced produced pro pro- more than eighty eight bushels per pei acre e each ch One One boy in North Carolina Carolina o cai Caro Caro- I lina Ina after clearing off two a acres res of or stumps on his fathers father's farm to get the use of or one acre grew sixty-six sixty bushels on his plot while his his' father beside him raised only twenty-three twenty bushels per acre A Roosevelt boy boy about 1915 grew bushels of po potatoes potatoes potatoes po- po on a half acre west vest of town thereby second place in the Utah club contests These are typical typical cal calor of attainments reached by both boys and girls in various club activities activities activities ties with potatoes corn tomatoes calves pigs etc over the nation Boys Bos and girls trained trained In school for the thc vocation they will follow such as agriculture stock r raising and home honie econ economics will will go into lute their l life fe work with interest and not discontented with their lot as many otherwise do without such training As a result of club contests all will willbe willbe b be better boys and girls for they will absorb lessons of carefulness responsibility and aud love for work Too often orten the usual school lIf life brIts by br its emphasis on past events events and ideals and md Its ignoring of present practical problems breeds youthful discontent The The youngsters all too ton often go out into the world looking looking- for lor snaps S white collar Jobs rather i ithan than seeking to fill places In the I worlds world's needs Tl This ls Is is th the class that forms the menace b menace to our nations nation v Then why not remedy the con condition condition condi condi- l. l tion as far as possible by helping the boys bos and nd girls while aiding tho the thoad ad adults to Increase their farm e ings Ings- Ings Lets Let's find a away way or or make a away away away way to secure a n capable enthusiastic tic county agricultural agent |