The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-22
100 BOYS
ENCAMP At
STATE FAIR
Young AgriculturiSts Here
From All Over State
Camp Is Conducted Along
Military Lines
Boys Spent Busy Day Prepar-
ing for Weeks Stay

One hundred boys, delegates to the
agricultural encampment at the state
fair grounds. worked laborously this
morning pitching their tents and get
ting the camp in shape for the weeks
stay in Fargo. Every county in the
state was represented by two husky
young agriculturists. They pitched
their tents with as much ease as they
would pitch hay and It only took a
short time to make camp.
The work Of laying out the camp
was done under the direction Of
Lieutenant Heron of the regular
army, assisted by two cadets from the
state agricultural college. Lieutenant
Heron will be in charge of the boys
throughout the encampment. He
said this morning that no better place
for the camp could have been select
ed on the fair grounds.
The tent city Is located just north
of the Merchants building on gentle
slope to the west and no matter how
hard 1t should rain during the week
the boys will be high and dry Fifty
tents were pitched this morning. Each
tent will be occupied by two boys.
The fair, association furnishes the
tents and equipment. Headquarters
mas DBEuA GSLduL15DElt Win IDIIBhulEI
Center Of Grand Forks in charge, and
mammoth assembly tent for the
boys to congregate in, in their leisure
hours was also erected today.
A Tent Home.
The camp at the state fair grounds
is to be made as homelike as possible
for the young visitors and DIR. J. g.
Dillon will be on the grounds con-
stantly in case any of the youthful
agriculturists eat too much or imbibe
too freely of red lemonade and pea
nuts. The boys will have the best
things the market offers to eat, as the
inviting list of viands announced for
supper tonight indicates. A r. Bor-
chart, expert for the Better Farming
association at Jamestown, will assign
1.-THE various squads to mess and right
from the start he has the boys coming
his way.
Commencing in the morning the del
egates from about the state will be
summoned TO arise by a bugler from
4 the state militia. The camp is to be
conducted along military lines and II
would be altogether wrong to have
reveilIe sounded by detested alarm
closk. TO go a milking at the COM
mand Of bugle may seem queer, but
/ 1t will be change for boys who
had to hop out OF bed at the GROWING
Of the cock and changes are what
boys are looking for when they are
off on a vacation.
Many Good Things.
/ Many good things are in store foI
the farm boys at the fair this week
and the Better Farming association
will do everything in its power tc
| will be furnished no end of fun and
yet their time is to be well utilized
for they will receive course In better
farming for practically nothing tha1
could never have been offered had II
not been for the older boys" OF ths
Better Farming association.
Each morning the delegates to this
Iencarrpment will be given lessons In
various lines of modern farming. II
the afternoon they viii be taker
through the fair buildings. Eacl
partv passing through the exhibits viii
be accompanied by men from the ag-
Iricultural college or the Better Farm.
ing association and the innumerabIt
things of interest viii be pointed on
and explained
The purpose Of this agricultural en-.
campment is to bring the farm boy
Of North Dakota IN closer touch witt
modern farming. 1t is proposed to hav,
Ian encampment of the kind at eacf
state fair in the future. The countie.
sending boys to the fair this year ap.
pointed alternates, who will be In di
rect line for appointment as regulal
delegates q year hence. The boy
4 range in age from is to 20 years. Th,
appointments were made by a com
lmittee for each county consisting o.
the county superintendent OF schools
the chairman of the board OF county
commissioners and the expert OF tn
Better Farming association for tn.
district Boys who have shown unus-
ual interest ia the upbuilding Of tn,
i farm and have expressed desire Ii
learn the ways Of up-to-d date agricuI
ture were named to this encarnpmen
Il iii each case. They are q husky. ret
blooded collection of samples OF on
OF the biggest and best crops tina
talckertail farmers produce.