Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-01
VERMONT BOYS AND CORN
sons of Green Mountains showing
Their Fathers the Way in Making
the CornfeId Prosper.

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pie are learning to cooperate. This CO.
operation is made possbl. by the various
means by which the people are getting
I.iuain,cd with one another, and by the
"u.i ,siasuc leadership which gives ex-
PIE sion go IN. common interest," which
exist in any community
The work Of tho Windsor county Y. NJ.
c. a. is a splendid example Of a valid and
vital Countrywide movement 1t builds
| from the ground upward 1t faces the
two principal questions involved in the
country-lifc prohlem:-the new land prob
lem or how to make old land pay; and
how to sociaize the country people in a
really social way. It's primary aim may
| be the conservation of human life. but
it recognizes that in the country there is
a close interconncction of the conserve
| ton Of human life the conservation of
country life and the conservation Of farm
+ resources.
THE BOYS POCKET MONEY
The Windsor county Y. NJ. G. \. pro-
NOTED and maintained by farmers and
business men, has stood for q recognition
of the value Of rural life itself, for the
development of constructive rura. forces
and for corporation among community
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for its leadership and its spirit. This
spirit is evidenced in the number of small
money contributions made by individuals
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ito a,eni,as c.o. ho,d w. -, e.,
Together Dinner" at White River Iunc-
ton important in the annals of "The
New Vermont" Through its initiative
was organized the Windsor Countv
Farmers association. which with govern.
ment aid employ an Agricultural al
wiser For although the Y NJ G. \ g
chiefly for tho bows, their ,,arents are nor
forgotten: and often It is through tho
boys that the parents are reached
The negative result of tho work with
bows is TO keen Thorn ont Of mischief h,t
the menace Of child idloness exists in tho
village rather than on the farm \ moro
important result is the widening Of tho
boys horizon by taking hin, ,o no,r
places. by making him feel himself = mar,
Of a larger social whole than Is repres,nt-
ed on the farm and by leading him TO
express himself in friendly rivalry with
other bows. II has been found a rood
thing that the farm boy should have o.
chance to earn a littlc nockat rpo,o,. IN
his own hook. and thi. no can do IN tina
corn contests while Ioarnin,, sor,a,b,rc
about seeds soil. and n,,hod. 80 49,,
tivation.
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''"' vi '''' ""'i'' Worn BOYS VINO snow
an "'' 'o'l"'" WIN DOCKS and
hiS'' N'n !" aeI"Pau" construction and
e'ectrlc"l WORK Tor instance. Tho secre-
tary suggested to his boys this spring-he
ana MS assistant are circuit riders
through score of towns-that II would
be good thing to put up some bird
houses, A little later he found the trees
and fence posts OF the county so well
supplied with birdhouscs that a countar
suggestion had to be made for the sake
of the beauty of the landscane There g.,
through the Y. NJ c. A. educational, uor,,
for the farmer man as w.r as th, sans,
err boy. The V. NJ ca I,rds r,l.a :.
let's of information on farm subiects. hut
1t also works in conjunction with the
State college of agriculture. the experi-
ment station, the commissioner of acri.
culture IT, United states departm,nt of
agriculture ana the agricultural him
schools, all of which lend Sneakers and
demonstrators
The boys manifest mucb irtor.s, - ,,o
country athletic mrcts. and for r.,.,,,. 49,