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Show HIGH SCHOOL BOYS . I MAKE GOOD AT ' I FARMING I An average gross income of four . M hundred nnd six dollars and fifty If M cents fr summer's agricultural work u H I ' n class of twenty-six high school 'H boys Is tho entirely surprising result H obtained by computation from tho records supplied by Mr. H. P. Andcr- fl aon, Instructor in agricultural aub- , "'H Jerts and leader In Smith Hughes " H work ror the southern hair of Cacho county. Subtracting from this tho H avorngo amount of expensu it was M found that each member of the class H realized a substantial profit from his H summer's work, reaching as high as. jJ one thousand and eighty dollars in M one case and averaging two hundred M und thirty six dollars and eighty-six rents. When ono bears in mind tho M fact that theso profits came as a re- M suit of work in tegular projects of M the Smith Hughes agricultural actlv- H Ities which were directed by Mr. An- jH derson ono Is struck with tho per- M fectly potent fact that the Smith- H Hughes pari of the South Cachu M High School's curriculum in one ( M the really wurlCablo "broad and but- M - MM (Continued on Page Eight) hem HIGH SCHOOL BOYS MAKE GOOD AT FARMING (Continued From Pago Ono) ter" courses given at tho Khool. , According tojho records kept by Mr. Anderson, one boy a resident at Hyrum rented a farm on shares as his Smith Hughes project and tho profits 'from this added to profits ro-, allzcdfrom another project which he 'carried out, placed ono thousand dollars dol-lars on tho credit sldo of tho ledger for him. Nor was his tho only strlk-, Ing case. A Wellsvllle Btudent made I a net profit from beets ot over five hundred dollars and several other boys cleared from three hundred to fivo hundred dollars.' These figures are remarkable in tho fare of the I fact that tho boys are only from sixteen six-teen to eighteen years of ago and high school students, r-rojecta which were undertaken vary from tho raising ot a calf or a pig or a flock of chickens to, the renting of a farm and the renting of ' sugar bVt land' and the raising 6f .beets But In every caso tho fact ; stands out thatC hero Vrfejfew In-saiices In-saiices In which bojMrwere "hot distinctly dis-tinctly gainers and substantial gain 1 era, tbo from .their, work.-bplh fl ti'ancfally as vcn $ edutlonnlty. At 'the Bamo tlmeljliat they were JhUkjhg mtujoyVj jlearnlns valuablo thjnp nbout "scientific agriculture, and-'bet,-terlng themselves physically as a result re-sult 'of tho outdoor life', thoy were, In addition, gettlnc credit at the Souh Cache High School for summer 1 project Wortc. 1 Mr. Anderson Is naturally onthu-slastle onthu-slastle concerning tho results of the work of tho boys. JIo Is a strong supporter of -the Smith Hughes practice prac-tice nnd with such encouraging' ro-aultsMo ro-aultsMo aid hr. In Ms support, he gives out tho Hta'.'trent that tho worjc, carried out bv the agricultural students of the Scum Cacho High Sch'Ool lTuVlng the rasi summer ban benefitted them In a least five. nils- ( Hnc.r;Vfavs: ' 1. it bns Inculcated In them jt1 fanning I ilt'3. i 2J" It has rpfiutirtt them to lce?D exact r.:cu"'.a ami trcrcfor tan; t , them much of the v .ue of kelns j rcrordx I:-, life. 3. It has taught them new, sclcn- J tlflc, practical me'thods ot dealing with problems of farming In this community. I i. It has given ' them valuable training In citizenship. C. It has done much to keep the ' boys on the farm, to keep them in-' in-' terestod In farm woik and nt tho t & , fsa'nietlino'pald them well. j Mr. Anderson states that many boyS working on the farms of tho 'southern part of the valley, but with out tho advantages of supervision Vhlcu- nboy engaged In tho Smlth-THuftHetf Smlth-THuftHetf al'rIc.iltijraJ'"ProJect8 vlnvarl- ' 1 nbly j-ec$IVs,j.lflriifalled to produce I ' results to the boys of tho Smith- I ' iJughcs class. f I t cr-T-rr-rrTTr s i |