The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-11-07
BOYS AND GIRLS, CLUBS.

'''N A'h'NAhb itpOIl WIFI TeIefence TO
boys and girls club work is made by II. H.
Williamson, state agent in charge of this work
mt A. & M. College:
According to figures furnished by the of
hce at Washington last year, Texas had 12,-
63f members enrolled in cotton. corn, milo
maize and kaffir corn clubs. and 22S3 girls
enrolled in the canning club work This
membership was secured through county
agents, school teachers, various organizers,
etc. AT the June meeting, 1872 at Washing
ton, it was decided to revise the membership
In each state and determine, if possible the
number of real, active members engaged in
the work According to our revised list we
found only 1880 boys out of the 1857 that
were active and had an interest in the work
and that only 306 girls out of the 2,283 en-
rolled. According to this we realized that
we had very large enrolment consisting
principally of inactive members which was
the result of a loose system of organization.
From letters received last year from large
number of club members and other people,
il seems that many boys and girls were en-
rolled without their consent or knowledge OF
the fact Some organizers were inclined, In
order TO have q reputation Of having n large
enrolment, sent in a large list of names col
lected from scholastic rolls etc, without Sc
curing the consent of the members.
This year we deemed il advisable to con
fine our enrolment ms much as possible TO
bows and girls that desired to be enrolled IN
the work for the benefit that they expected
to derive from it, thereby eliminating large
per cent of inactive members who were not
interested in the work and would never send
I'm reports. Therefore each boy and girl en-
rolled this year was required to make APP
nlication on a prepared form, giving their
name and address and other points OF IN
formation desired; all of these applications
ore ON file in this office, from which ! sub
init the following data:
Number OF organized counties. '''''''''''''' -
Ny,r,ber NJ counties with members. ............. ~
Total number OF members. i'e4
Total number Of orphans. ..........''''''''''''
Per cent NJ members who orphans. ''''''''''
Number whose parents nre renters 90,
Per cent whose parents are renters 80
r-,nbcr whose parents land owners. losn
Per cent whose parents are land owners '.'''''' -,
rot,t number OF members NJ poultry CLUBS lul
trotai number NJ members I'm miscellaneous 'I"p7' ~
,roto number of acres of tomatoes s!os"
ts number Of acres Of other garden crops i4'
,rotot number OF members whose parents hIe Oh
ragged IN the Indicated occupations y 800,
Farmers .............''' ,o
stock farmers 40
30 Observation-Disclosures. ~
Ministers ......,........'''' '''''''''''''' A
Merchants .'','.'' '''''''''''' &
Cnpors .......,....t "a
nj I,soto Agents ''''''''''
Government special agents '.'..''''''''''' o.,
r,t,rcrr .................. '''''''''''' ~.
racl,smithH .............'''' '''''''''''''' ~
Teachers ...'''''''''''' ...... 3
county officials ......,.''''. .''''''''''''''
Bankers ....'''''' .......... 20
,,i,rte ................... ''''''''''''
postnnstcrs ......'.'''''''' '''''''''''' 10
AN carriers ..........,..'.''.
T. ......................''''' '''''''' ~
,r.ooancous occupations consist Of hotel
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