The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20
YOUTH TO MEET / |.
/ IN Big Session
Corn, otatoes and other Pro
duct Handlers Will Get Re-
ward in Trip to Capital.

When the. canning club girls and
rue corn club. boys from the SOUTH
rIh stafes arrive i'll Washington on
december II. there will be boy and
sitt representatives of the potato,
corn and canning clubs of the north
.!h ahd western states to join them
iary vi agriculture. They will also
ne shown the sights of the capit,l;
tnei: expenses being paid by indy
icuats ana local or state organizations
Interested and not by the dc,uy;-
lnent.
There will be twelve canning club
slIIs .fom as many of the northern
and western states and fifteen or
tweEfy boys, champion winners of tins
pot"to and corn clubs. Six states
Sc nding potato boys" arc Mass-chua
setts, Ohio, Utah, Iowa and Michigan.
Colorado will send a sugar beet
cup boy who will be the champion
suger hcet grower of tho state and
thc sole representative of the club
M This line by the department of az
ricGlture.
Inc work of the clubs which the
dtpa:t'Ntn has encouraged in the
.arlous States to interest the Younger
generation in agriculture has been
going on in the northern and western
states 1t' only about 2 year and q
nan. Inc work. vas started. sooner
Nv IN. southern: states as these were
CONSIDERED to have a greater cconon,i.
cal need for it. Also, tho genera
education board of New York city Of
Tered TO help out tho work in the
south i'll order to remedy bad agricul-
tural conditions and his board has
materially aided in inaueurating clubs
| ~ interest hove md rt,.le 80 ,-,-:-
COIN; tomatoes and cotton.
Success Furnished In,petus.
In the meantime an urgent demand
arose in h northern and western,
states for similar cooperative work
Tor young people. The successful club
work in the south furnished an in,-
petus for a nationwide work and the
*''aih Of the north and west have
taken up the national club work
With much enthusiasm. In the CO.
operative arrangement with the south
ern states. each state had a leader in
charge of the club work whose en-
renses were paid. half by the de-
partment n half by the local or
carnations interested. The demands
OF the north and west have been so
urgent that eight states are now
waiting to pay half the expenses of
this club work but the department
OF agriculture has not at present the
funds to furnish the other half. How
ever. the work is continually being
pushed into new territory as the funds
become available.
cations throughout the north and west
nave been most enthusiastic regard.
ing the work of the boys and girls.
Senators and representatives, some
times aid the work by generous on
tributions. Last year five congress-
men from illinois alone each furnish
ID successful boy growers of corn
congressman from the New England
states. New York and West virginia
brought club champions to the capis
tai.
As an example Of the iutsrest taken
ny individuals. h wagsHxEslcf a Melll
known society leader Ok Cleveland.
Ohio, may he cited. She has devoted
time during the past yea to organ
izing and promoting girls canning
clubs. She hax paid visits to the 126
girls in her county who have taken
up the work and among the girls who
will shortly visit Washington are two
champions OF that district who conc
ut her expense. Her Two daughters.
aged ~ and Is years, are among tho
club members and although not COM
Deting for a prize. they have done
the work of raising tomatoes on a
one-tenth acre plot and canning the
products.
Potato Supplants Corn.
In districts where corn does not
grow readily hut where there are
plenty of"young people eager to grow
something 1t has been found THAI
potato clubs arc more satisfactory
than corn clubs. An organization of
boys and girls Was started last year
in Massachusetts to grow potatoes
and there are now $4,000 young peo-
them being boys. as the girls are en-
ccuraged rather to take up tomato
raising and canning. Some girls,
however. have shown interest in po-
tato growing and have. done par
.ticularly well in manufacturing home
made potato starch II Of the UNI
marketable culls of. the vegetable.
\ Potato club work is goint on in
Idaho. iowa. Colorado. Utah. Wyom-
ing. Upper Michigan. in parts Of the
Dakotas, In Minnesota and in Ohio.
The young people engaged in potato
growing. range IN age from, 10 to is
years. The basis on which the
awards are made for the potato cham
pious who will so to Washington is as
follows:
II, Greatest yield OF potatoes per
l-s acre 80
G., Best showing of profit on In
.Eestment so
go Fest exhibit Of one peck of
seed potatoes Is
ca Best history on How | Made
/. My Crop OF Potatoes. Is
Total score lilo,
Besides showing good potatoes. vel
developed airs of. corn and rows al
attractive. jars Of we'll canned. ,oma.
toes, these young people have shown
q. surprising moun OF pluck and
! perseverance in meeting setbacks and
unforeseen disasters.
illustrated booklets which the vari.
Gus young aEricu]turists have made
giving III account Of Glow I Made
MY. Crop" contain many stories in.
dicating that young America Is no,
exclusively bent on. city life but find.
much for enjoyment and interest o,
the farm. -
"A girl in northern Ohio. tells in
her account how she made a nc.
Thec upthat Giseefi