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Show THE "CXUB" METHOD When, but a few years ago, the movement was started to organize i lie boys and girls, men and women of the land into clubs for the better furthering of various agricultural in-lerests, in-lerests, the promotors were far from dreaming of the great benefit these1 organizations were destined to confer upon their country. Promoted orig-' inally largely as a matter of pride in achievement for achievement's sake, they have really placed their country coun-try in position to mobilize her enormous enor-mous resources for the most titanic struggle this world has ever witnessed. witnes-sed. The urgency of the food situation situa-tion has made of these organizations a heaven-sent boon. They have enlisted en-listed effort that was heretofore either eith-er misdirected or utterly wasted. This year should see such an ef- 'ort on the part of the various agrl-i cultural clubs as will make the world ' sit up and take notice. Greater re-uills re-uills should be accomplished because; they have passed the experimental uage and are now firmly established. The preliminaries of organization ' and experiment are past, and the ( road lies open before them, withj. sign boards correctly placed and all needed information thoroughly worked work-ed out and available for all. . The day has arrived when the closest possible co-operation is nee-1 ?ssary between every agency that has ' to do with the great problem of the ' world's food supply. Only by such co-operation can we hope to overcome over-come the great handicaps under .vhich we are already laboring. . j Every pig club, corn club, vegetable vege-table club, canning club, or club of! whatever kind should be thoroughly ' awake and direct its supreme efforts oward the working out of the plans of our government. Your country' calls for the best that in you lies. The opportunity and the material are "it your hand. A long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together, and the : victory will be ours. |