The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-10
Parade OF BOYS
IS SIGNIFICANT
DEMON srRATfcN. HEADED nv GOV
EnNoR MANN. MEANS MUCH
TO STATE.
GIRLS ARE INCLUDED
eoRN AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE
CLyBS HAVING 4 FINE IN
r1.uENCE SAYS HE
GOVERNOR

Mr.. John r. Landstreet will ne the
4 chief marshal OF the parade Of the
4 Boys Corn Clubs ant the Domestic
y Science Clubs which Rii4 take plsre
Tomorrow morning AHGet ne niree-
lion OF the Farm concentration
Workers OF the State starting from
Capitol Square at 1899 u'eiock
There will be In the parade about
two hundred boys, repr eSeating most
Of the counties in the state. led by
their county agent or ae.nonsiraior
and representatives from the pornes-
tic Science Clubs in charge OF Miss
Ella J agnew, will he on a Goat and
!, during the parade the Young ladies
4 belonging ~ the clubs viii he en-
4 gaged in canning vegets bjes aud fruits.
thus displaying their proficiency in
this most important domestic work.
The boys will be In autom ohiies,
which VIII enter the western Ests Of
the Square, pass around the Capitol.
and form on the right Of the avenue
facing the Washington monument,
in the fret automobile Will tie Gov
erncr Mann and his wife, Mr.. I. q.
f SANDY having charge OF the demon
xtrataon work in the state for the
nited States Department Of Agrl-
culture; MIR. Bradford Knapp IN
charge OF the work Of the tnlted
4 States department. both members of
he United Agricultural Board OF Nir
Kinfa. vi winch Governor Mann Is
Chairman. ), II. Eggleston. Jr., super
;ntendent u Public Instruction. and
Colonel George ". koiner. Commits
sloner @. Agriculture also members
Of the United Agricultural Board.
The parade viii he escorted to the
Fair Grounds by the Boys Brigade.
and will be an imposing and interest
M4A, Ia kNntp u
are reached there will be found thir~
ts-swo booths, representing az many
counties. filed and beautifully deco
rated with the products or the boys
eft the State engaged in demonstra
ton work In addition TO these thir-
ty-two booths, the girls composing the
Domestic Science Clubs have two
booths in which tho work of the club
Is hea u,ifully and tastefuly displayed.
Boys Blaze Away.
While this VIII be an interesting
feature OF the fair. II has far more
in 1t than can be seen from the out
! side, said Governor Mann yesterday.
The Boys Corn Clubs have been or
ganized in connection with TIE public
schools throughout the State for the
purpose of demonstrating the eff
cheney OF intelligent, scientific meth
DDS of agriculture. Il was found diff
cult to convince adult farmers that
the methods employed by them and
their fathers before them were faulty.
Wasteful and so unprodueiiVe as to
call for different and better methods,
and therefore il was almost impossible
to persuade them To adopt the new
and scientific methods If agricnlture
and even when their prejudices were
80 far overcome that ,hev ! ndertook
These methods as an experiment they
would be so modified by previous praC
tice as 10 fail short OF promised re
suits. But this was not the case with
the boys. who, having obtained their
fathers consent to cultivate an acre
in corn, went to work without preju-
dice ana faithfully carried out in.
structions Received from the Depart
merit OF Agriculture.
Inc results obtained have been g.
wonderful and the acres cultivated sc
WIDELY scattered throughout the Stats
That The adult farmers have wakee
UP 70 the value OF a method which
mas produced lb1 10 bushel of shell
ed corn on an acre of land that un
der the old way of cultivation would
not nave produced more than f1fteef
or twenty bushels. And enthusias n
ana nope have taken the place of tn,
dull routine OF the farmers life ant
Virginia finds ltelf in the midst Of
forward movement in agriculture
which We believe will put her abreast
II not ahead. of her sister States. Al
though the awakening. of which
have spoken, seems to have made II
self felt more or less In every section
of the country, We have found TIA
where the lands are rich IL is Ser,
much harder to introduce new meth
ods
- Make Home Attractive.
IF anything, the benefits likely l.
spring from the domestic sciene
clubs, whils not SO apparent, ma.
prove OF greater value In hnporta n
directions than the Boys Corn Club