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Show U. S. BOYS' WORKING RESERVE 'V o A more intensified activity of the Boys Working Reserve Is a most Important reliance of the Government In meeting . the enormously Increased demand for food brought about by. the Winning of the War. Twenty million tons of food Is the new burden placed on tho American people according to Wm. E. Hall, National Director of tho W, B who lias Issued an appeal to all principals of high schoofe thru-out thru-out tho codntry-tc? enroll, irthls organization; their bbysbetween ages of 10, to 0. The organization of the Boys' Working: Reserve consists of national, district, stato and county directors. The national director is Mr. Hall, and Ernest G. Dudley Is, district director In charge of tills district which Includes In-cludes Utah, Cullfornla,ArIzona and Nevada. , " Mr. J. Cliaiien Smith, principal of the Sumner1 .Junior ,Hlgh school or Salt Lake City; Is Federal Fed-eral Stato director and Under him operate, forty county or district dis-trict directors, 1 ? t Outlining the work to be undertaken un-dertaken in Utah, Mr. Smith says: . .' "Immediate steps are to be taken throughout the dtetrict(to start a, program of propaganda through; which It is expected to enroll at least 00 per cent, of all the eligible high schooVstfldenta In tho Boys' Reserve. Each Re- 'servlst Is to bo provided with a uniform and insignia denoting .him a volunteer in tho scheme to aid production. During the winter and early spring months, classes of instruction and information in-formation in farm work and agricultural ag-ricultural pursuits will bo held in 'the high schools, in addition to 'the, regular curriculum. These, classes will furnish preliminary instruction in farm work from milking, hitching up a team, tfirough tho entire gamut of pre-parlng pre-parlng the soil, seeding, tending and harvesting products. Books of Uie various subjects, prepared, by Prof. Eugene Davenport ,'of the University of Illinois, will bo provided each volunteer Immediately Immedi-ately after December 15th. Instruction In-struction plans Include a period, of actual training at ,a school training camp at the Agricultural Agricul-tural College of Utah at Logan, In May or June. At this camp instructors at the college will give actual demonstrations in tho theory and practice of Utah fanning. The camp school Is planned to continue about a fortnight Credits earned In tho high school agricultural classes . will bo given." ,J. T. WORLTON, Acting, Federal State Publicity Publi-city Director, Boys' Working Reserve. |