Morris tribune., 1912-05-17
SEE FAIR WITHOUT COST
Farm Boy from Each County
to be a Guest at State Fair.


Society will be host to one farm boy
from each county during the 1912
state fair. The board of managers
has decided that in no other way can
it do greater work for the upbuild-
ing of the agricultural districts of the
state than by assisting to educate
deserving boys.
With this end in view, funds have
been appropriated which will be used
in paying the railroad fare and caring
for one boy from each county of the
state. who. united. will form what
will be known as the Farm Boys
State Fair Encampment.
This educational plan was tried last
year by few state fair manage
ments, notably by New York and
Illinois. 1t proved immensely sue
cessful. 1t aroused unusual interest
and was pronounced by all to be a
move in the right direction. The ex-
perience of these fairs has been con-
sidered by the Minnesota managers
and with it as basis they have
worked out their own ideas and new
plan. While the rules for the Farm
Boys State Fair Encampment have
not been completed the main features
have been decided upon and the de-
tails will be worked out in the near
future.
The committee in charge of the
encampment is made up of Director F.
W. Murphy, President C. W.. Glot-
felter. Secretary J. C. Simpson, and
Director Thos. H. Garfield. Work
ing with them is E. C. Higbie, Sup
erintendent of the agricultural school
at Morris, MINI. Mr.. Higbie has
been selected to have personal man.
agement of the encampment for the
fair board and will supervise the elec-
tion of the lucky lads and their care
and entertainment while on the fair
grounds.
The first step in carrying out the
plan will be the selecting of a COM
mittee in each county who will pass
on the tests submitted and select the
boy who is to represent that county
at the state fair encampment. This
committee will consist, in each coun-
ty, of the county superintendent of
schools, the chairman of the board of
county commissioners and a third
member, to be appointed by the state
fair board. The committee in Stevens
county is R. A. Roberts, j. H.
Devenney and J. C. Morrison. The
competition for membership in the
encampment will be limited to:
1st. Boys of good character of from
sixteen to nineteen years of age.
End. Boys living on farms and who
have desire to make farming a life
work. n
Bird. Boys who have not been
regularly enrolled in any special
school of agriculture (this does not
exclude boys who have received ag-
ricultural instruction in regular grad
ed or high schools.)
4th. Boys who will be willing to
cooperate with the fair management
to make their visit of value to all
concerned and to that end will be
willing to put themselves under the
supervision and direction of the camp
management.
Any boy who complies with these
qualifications can enter the competi-
tion to represent his county at the
encampment. In order to do this he
must file an application with his
county committee not later than June
18th.
| In each county all applicants will
be asked to write an essay of from
four to six hundred words on the SUBJ
ject "Our Farm Home" Subdivi.
sions under this title will be as fol-
lows:
LIST. Describe the home.
End. Why desire to remain there.
Bird. What changes may be made
in the present system of carrying on
this farm to insure better financial
results.
4th. What may be done to make
our farm life more enjoyable.
These papers will be judged by
each county committee and the writer
of the one awarded first prize will
be selected as the boy who will visit
the state fair at the expense OF the
fair management. 1t is proposed to
provide the eighty-six visiting boys
with uniforms and to furnish them
with comfortable sleeping quarters
and all they want to eat. In addition
to this they will be allowed to see the
| fair and to thoroughly study all of it's
features. They will visit the different