Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-27

are mailed instaents of literature timely literature
which will enable them to follow each step of their
work after the most modern methods. Eight mallngs
of literature each boy and girl during the
year. And if there something he wants to know that
not contained in this printed matter he can get 1t IN
jify from the department from its held agents
Just as the boy has shown record OF one
hundred bushels of at an average cost OF
not more than twenty cents he becomes life member
OF the "All-Star Corn Club" Then the boy is urged
to increase his demonstration pat to at least acres
and delve into advanced studies OF crop pro
ducton. He becomes leader, demonstrator. he
won't hire himself out by the day: there's more than
this in life for him.
Of course commercial clubs, county fairs, and the
like take hand and offer valuable premiums and prizes
for excellence in this clubwor. But the Department
of Agriculture rather tends to discourage the offering
of large cash prizes: it advocates the oeng 81 UPS
tuition to colleges anything that tends to further the
boys education rather than to crafty the innate de-
sire for money.
These championship contests in State district and
county are determined the following basis, which has
been outlined and recommended by the Department of
Points
81 Best showing Of profit on investment . 80
81 Best exhibit Of ten ears at county, district or
State fair 20
C4) Best written history or account entitled
How Made My Corn Crop. 20
100
From which it will be that the boy must do and
know something more than the actual raising of heavy
Weld of corn He must do at the least expense,
ket it at the best price. He must make that acre
business proposition the like of which would attract
investment
IT'S interesting to note with what interest and
thusasm business men, bankers, Congressman, and
Senators have taken to this movement. Better
crops and better farmers told are the keynotes
rather the keystoneS, to greater prosperity Evl-
IDENTIFY the business interests of the United States see
that way for the department experiences no dearth OF
cooperation in its work to this end.
On ny a a
of its annual prize offer for the best yields made
certain acreages in four States in the East. Supple
menting this announcement is the following, The
American Bankers Association has come to the
cluson that the most useful and profitable work it
could undertake along the line of agricultural develop
ment and education"
And beside this is document printed by member
of the House of in which he lists thirty
five prizes offered by himself for the best growing
records made by boys in his congressional district
This is the second year this Representative has made
such offers. They're all boosting the farmer boy.
farmer boy has been eulogzed from the floor of the
House in Washington And this eulogy has gone down
in printed record It's the speech of ]. Thomas Hefn
of Alabama, who last February made the House walls
ring with his tribute to Lester Bryant, the champion
boy grower of Kentucky, who died in Washington
when there to receive his prize the hands of the Sec
rotary of Agriculture. @Mr Chairman" he said, while
the House was hushed to his words che the
boys firing line in the battle for bread He had enlisted
noble cause, and before he fifteen years old
passed all that had been accomplished the British
farm in the heyday of its production, when, Gold
smith in his Deserted Village wrote, Every rood OF
ground maintained its man. He produced four
not four but eleven men"