The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-03-28
SOME FARM BOYS
Frize Corn Growers Earn a TriE
to Washington.

The Grange Should Get a Suggestion
From This About interesting tn,
Boys In Farm Matters and In thu
Work of the Grange.
In the first place. there were 80
,hpm that is. 80 Ohio boys Thest
boys had grown $40 acres of corn the
past summer 80 prize acres Their
these 37O Buckeye boys went to Wash
ington That is the story in Il nutshell
Details may he interesting.
Last spring Secretary Sandles of the
Ohio department of agriculture con
ccived Il plan to interest the boys OF
that state in corn growing He sait
that every hoy who grew the prize
acre of corn in his county should be
given free trip to Washington. And
LOO boys entered the contest. II
WAS also agreed that while none but
the prize winners in each county
should take the trip at the expense OF
the state others could go by paying
their own way Result. 80 boys, clear
eyed ruddy, %happy boys. made the
evpntful trip The boys came from
various sections of Ohio, but met at
Pittsburgh. where they all took a spe
cinl train for the Capital City, They
did the town They were received in
the east room of the White House by
Tn
of the house of representatives and
were addressed by Speaker Champ
Clark They were guests of the Ohio
delegation in congress at an entertain
mpnt They sailed down the historic
Potomac to Mount Vernon They Wis
tied the National cemetery at Airing
ton They saw everything everywhere
that was visible to the naked eye, and
vet as one who accompanied them
said. mot n single act of rudeness or
impoliteness was noted - gentlemen
all
SO much for the story. 1t was much
to have grown an acre of corn. 1t
was more to have made a trip like
that 1t all has Il teaching for men at
the head of agricultural affairs in 9th
or states The moral is. interest the
boys They are the farmers of tomor-
row
Out in Iowa some one determined to
interest the boys in roadmaking Ia
fact. it was Miss Jessie Field. super
intcndent of schools of Page county,
who had the idea She organized sew
en- teams of boys To drag the roads,
the teams numbering from four to ten
boys each W T.. Brown president of
the New York Central railroad, who
owns farm in that county, gave a
priZe of 500 to the team of boys who
did the best work on the roads Some
one else gave ii valuable trophy to the
individual boy who had the best half
mile road at the end of the season.
ghe results We're excellent, and an agri-
ultural paper of Iowa was led to say
hat IF we are ever to have good dirt
Dads in Iowa ii will he necessary to
mist tile boys in the matter"
Would the boys do these things with
ut the incentive of prizes or awards
SOME hiIu lpI. Ivy
Ike. comretition contest, a chance to
lcaSlIre up with other boys and to
viu if they can But while they are
DIN. the things they do under COM
riunt instruction they are learning
ungS they will not forget and will
lrubably have occasion to put into flu
ure use 1t was worth to the state
# ohio many times the cost of the
Washington trip for the boys in the
Dare results of corn harvested and yet
more IN that the boys gained valuable
Experience in the growing of the crop,
which cannot fail to serve them well
* the future farmers of their own or
some other state 1t was worth to the
state of Iowa and to the highways OF
The state more than can now be esti-
mated that several boys were taught to
make good dirt roads and that they
then made them Making the roads or
making them better that was the
thing Again, interest the boys.