Iron County register., 1880-04-29

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The old-time notion that boys on o
farm have no claims beyond school priv
ileges during the winter session and the
clothes they wear, while not so wide
spread as formerly Is by no means obso-
lete. Farmers there are and always will
be who can barely provide the necessa-
ries of life for their families much less
add extra recompense for work, be it
ever SO deity and faithfully performed.
They understand full well the exagger-
ated length and breadth of rows to be
hoed and beds to be weeded by boys who
have no incentive beyond the dutiful one
of assisting the family generally, but
they do not appreciate how these same
boys may be possessed with q genuine
interest in the same duties without extra
expense attending. There is not boy
living deserving the name of boy who
will not labor with n right good will for
q stipulated prize or a share in the crop.
though the actual gain in dollars and
cents does not exceed the amount annu-
ally expended in wearing apparel and
the like. The coat paid for with money
which has once been in his own pocket
becomes, however, n very different sort
of garment in this boys eyes TO the ono
gained in the ordinary way. and top
boots representing n certain number OF
bushels of corn or potatoes take on an
enhanced value. There is no charm 10
the human mind-espccially a youthful
one-quite so potent as that OF possess
sion. The day which makes n boy the
owner of or partner in poultry-yard.
truck garden, or gives him place in the
common field with hire worthy of his
work, marks turning-point in that
boys life. -f
The Elmira On. ~ Farmers Club.
whose practical discussions on agricultur-
al topics furnish worthy precedent for
many so-called agricultural associations
throughout the land, has always evinced
lively interest in the youth Of the COM
munity. This year that interest shows
itself in prizes offered for the greatest
yields of corn by any system Of cul-
ture that may be chosen by the competi-
tors, the tests to be governed by certain
rules made known TO them. In York
County, Me-, last year one hundred and
thirty-eight boys under. seventeen years
of age contested in the corn-field for
$500, offered in even prizes. The result
was an average yield of about one hun
dred bushels per acre of shelled corn.
the ears being reckoned at seventy pounds
for a shelled bushel of fifty-six pounds.
As each boy was required to fill out q
blank giving a full account of time of
planting, kind of fertilizers used. culture,
ETC., much study was necessary and not
a few important lessons in chemical
farming were learned. Farmers clubs
at large, or individuals offering similar
are doing much toward
solving the problem, How to keep boys
on the farm" which is puzzling many
wise heads nowadays. They are further
more assisting materially in the educa-
ton of an intelligent farming community
for the no distant future.
The present is an opportune time for
giving the boys a chance. Try during
the coming year relieving the tedium at
tending much farm work with relish
here and there in way of stipulated prize
or partnership. Allow a 1.-THE of the
proceeds from strawberry and other fruit
harvests to tickle the palms of the youth
ful hands which render important service
on these occasions. Give certain per
cent. Of lambs saved from cold and
neglect to the lads who rescue them.
Plant your early potatoes far enough
corn between fortnight later;
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harvested in due season. BY these and
similar encouragements. the keynote TO
the love of farming among
he youth of the country is struck. This
S not all. Fruit crates will be heavier.
osses from dead lambs fewer and profits
generally enough greater to repay with
interest the sdpends that have gone
owards making an army of cheerful
workers in field and garden.-N Y
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