The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-25
AGRICULTURE FOR BOYS;
HOME ECONOMICS FOR GIRLS

The boys and girls club work which
is being carried on in the state under
the direction Of Prof. H. c. Hogeh-
son for the Utah Agricultural Col
lege and the U. S. department Of ag-
riculture. is attracting the attention
Of not only the boys and girls and
teachers Of the state, but also the
people Of the state as a whole.
Today too many Of the young men
and women leave the farm and the
home and go into other really less
attractive and less remunerative &C.
equations because farm and home
work is not understood and appreci-
ated. Boys and girls usually only
see the drudgery side in farm and
home work, while in the so called
learned professions and office work
only the pleasant and pleasure side
is seen by the outside observer. To
acquaint the boys and girls with the
best methods of farm and home work
so that they may get the most pleas
ure and profit out of it. Incidentally
also, the fathers and the mothers get
inspiration from their sons and daugh
tiers so that they also adopt the
latest and best methods. If there Is
anything that will arouse the boys and
girls the fathers and mothers to &C.
ton and to do their best in all that
they undertake, 1t is the club work.
There is now an active enrolment
1920 boys and SSI5 girls, making a
total Of 1903. There are 1875 boys
clubs and 1873 girls clubs. These
clubs are distributed over 20 counties
of the state.
The boys in the various lines OF
work grow nder definite instructions
from the extension division of the Ag.
ricultural College, one-half acre Of
the product, and I'm the poultry work
at least three hens must be set and
instructions followed in rearing the
chicks.
The girls must make during the sum
mer % loaves Of bread while the girls
in the flower garden work must plant
and care for a garden containing at
least 10S square feet, must have
definite co'or scheme and arrange the
plants so that each plant gets its
proportionate amount of space and
sunshine.
This girls work will lessen mater
tally the amount Of sour indigestible
bread made in the state, and cause
many home grounds to produce
flowers where only weeds grew before
besides giving the girls practice and
experience in the house and out of
doors.
The boys work will ultimately bring
into the state thousands of dollars
and will cause the boys and fathers
to become more and more interested
in agricultural work.
The following are some OF the veg
etables grown by the boys: potato,
sugar beets, mankel wurzels, onions,
cabbage, peas. tomatoes, cucumbers;
also the raising OF poultry is engaged
in. The girls take up one or more of
the following lines: bread making,
flower garden work, sowing, and can
ming fruits and vegetables. Most
girls can put up fruit nicely, but when
II comes to putting up vegetables
many make a failure and say 1t can
not be done. 1t is just as easy to
put up vegetables as fruit providing
we know how II is done. Special con-
tests in making collections and writ
ing descriptions OF wild flowers, grass
es, naming and describing trees,
shrubs, grains, weeds and birds.
In each school or town where about
ten boys and ten girls are interested
in the work local clubs are organized.
In the fall each member OF the club
completes with other members for To-
cal prizes. Those four bows and four
girls who win locally compete with
the four boy and girl winners from
the other local clubs in the county for
local prizes, and those winning IN the
country compete with the winners
from all other counties in the state
for state prizes awarded at the time
the state fair is held in Salt Lake City
each fall.
AT the recent state fair many splen'