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Show Clubs For Young People FOR several years we have been telllnS of the iidvuntagcs of having a goeJ farmers' club In every community and getting get-ting together to talk over and discuss matters mat-ters pertaining to the farm nnd farming op- , etatlons. In some places the seed has fallen r on good ground, sprung up and yielded ubundintly. In many places It did not even take mot to flourish for a season With the new movement In Introducing; agrlculturo in the schools there are sdgns of much good coming from It. The young P0" plo are organizing agricultural clubs for the purpose of getting together and discussing mat'ers pertaining to the farm. Such club can benefit those who attend regularly In -iany ways. It will tend to gKa an accurate estimate of farming as a profession profes-sion In comparison with other of the? IciroeJ professions. It will aid each member in gathering and putting In practice much scl--entitle Information. It will tend to Imp' social conditions In the country. No other one thin? has been the cause of discontent la the country as has the lack of social advantages, advan-tages, and we can properly welcome o movement move-ment that will gratify the social longings ot the younger classes of people who live In the country. They have been In the past a subject fef Jokes on account of being "country greenhorns," green-horns," le-ttlng moss grow on their backs and carrying hayseed In their hair, but now tho countryside place Is the "popular retreat" fr the reilncel and cultured who seek to Bf' away from tho nolso and bustle of the clt)'' And such are to be a part of society hereafter in the country. Let the kooiI work progre |