The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-05
THE BOYS AND GIRLS OKLAHOMA
JUNIOR AGRICULTURAL
CLUBS.

mant or the Oklahoma BOYS and Cir
Gi1bs ander the direction or the A.
IA. College. the State H0ard or Axr
culture. and the speciaI supervisor,
lohn w. Wilkinson and Miss Irm
Mathews, has been phenomenal an
surprising TO All interested In thI
sreat work. Last year several club
we're organized but tire membershi
lst was not large and probably di
iot exceed an enrolment OF thou
and members. This year ia spite d
be fact that the real work of organ
| satlon did not begin In earnest unit
ate In Fehruary. such enthusiasm wal
shown from the start that Ii soor
,ecaTie manifest the year or 1911
would be q record breaking one II
oklahoma for Boys and Girls Clut
york. In sixty days time ten thou
'and charter members had been Sc
uree and since then hundreds and
hundreds or regular members have
Ieen added TO the charter list and
lew clubs are being organized every
ew days. The magnitude or the
work. will be appreciated when one
axes into consideration the fact thai
no entire enrolment IN the Boys and
liris Clubs Of the whole United states
or 1908 was only about 1850 while
ne total for Oklahoma In 1911 on
he charter membership alone Will
asily exceed this. 10 say nothing or
he hundreds or regular mem bers mho
ave joined the various clubs since
he Original list was filed when the.
tubs received their charters The
membership In the Boys and Girlst
agricultural Clubs for the entire
inited States In 1910 reached 1926
nd d little more than trehled the en-
ollment or ths precious year, Id
'klahoma for the present year the
nrollnlent will show ratio OF ia.
rease from fifteen 10 twenty fold
nus demonstrating the fact thar
lklah0ma Is destined 10 take the lead
fn0ng the agricultural states or the
fnfon. The value of the Boys and
Iris Agricultural Clubs NOT only IN
oklahoma but ia the entire United
ltates Ia just beginning 10 be appre
lated. Speaking In this connection |
+. recent writer says. '1rhe Boys and |
Iris Agricultural movement is
narged with high educational volt
lges II tiHgIes with the irrepressibse /
ltfality Of youth and II has d grip on
he farm boy or girl that defies
,arental Indifference or opposition
lot only Is Ii the liyeliest and most
ignificant organization OF boys and
iris 10 America today. but 1t Is one
| the most powerful agencies at work
or better agriculture, nor the new
irming methods that stop waste and
iultipIy production"
II 10 an old saying but only too true
hat you can not teach an old dog
ew tricks and 1t seems dOubiy true
i regard To teaching new ideas to !.
le farmer. as he often shows such {
lpreme contempt for "Dook farming" 1
I'D "the new methods" The hope OF I
10 future lies within our boys and 8
ris Through them and through ia
em alone can the farmer be reached | /
ID awakened from the Rip Van n
inkle siumber and lethargy into q
hich he seems TO have fallen. IL
The local club organized and char.
red by the A. 4 NJ. College In each /,
through It's membership p
a center or influence that viii soon /,
ach out into the whole community. II
little leayen soon leavens the whole 81
mp. The local clubs uniting to :,
rm general county club will in /,
cry case become an agency for IA
cd that win revolutionixa every II
nnty In which such an organization =,
effected Finally by the union or y
} County Clubs into one vast state i
ib an organization will be assured .,
Il WIN WELD an Influence OF incal ct
ible value. M
n the past large part Of the, work th
the clubs was with corn alone but ~
J future promises q wider field or a.
ion However. on this narrower ~
,is some OF the results achieved -
year are very interesting in.as-
ch as II shows what scientific and
tematic methods might bring about ss =.
en- applied TO other kinds OF crops. uu
awarding its prizes Ia the corn ..
tests. the Federal Government ou
de It's basis that OF profit rather ny
n the size OF the yield, that Is the nc
OF producing the crop was taken 70
, account sr
'ast year business organizations ~
private individuals In eleven ~
es offered free trips to Washing w w
to members Of the Junior Corn .h'
bs making the best record on the we
Is above mentioned. The recOfds we
winners reported IN these acre ~
tests are as follows: uo
srry n. Moore OF South Carolina, Wo
and three fourths bushels At We
or 4S cents per bushel; Maurice .al
ers OF Virginia, 1858 bushels Al 40 the
Is; w Earnest Starnes OF n. c.. m
and two ssvenths bushels at n .ici
10; Wm. Williams OF Mississippi. ne
and four sevenths at Is cents per fou
lel; Stephen g. Henry OF Louisi. eh'
lss and eight tenths bushels at as
cents per bushel; Norman Smith hai
ennessee. 1875 and one half bushels va
y cents: Haghey A. Harden OF say
lama. l20 At 80 cents: Ira Smith tne
Arkansas. he at 3 cents; Joseph OF
Ie of Georgia, I02 and five eighths
Iels at ~ cents: Floyd 0ayer OF oel
Ihoma, IS aud one half bushels al
st OF cents bnshel; sud Wm
ger Smith OF Texas. SO ana one I
rs bushels al Is and two thirds the
3 and
thls list OF eleven boys the ste
est honors az the National Corn dat
J AZ Columbus. Ohio we're award. farl