The log cabin Democrat., 1914-07-30
PICNIC AT CATO
 4 GREAT SUCCESS 1000 IN ATTENDANCE
CONWAY BOY WALKS 22 MILES TO HEAR NEW FARMING
 DISCUSSED.

From Fridays Daily.
 From Thursdays Arkansas Gazette the Log Cabin Democrat reproduces in part the following interesting ac- count of the big picnic held at Cato l Wednesday:
 With more than 2,000 persons in at tendance, c-.e annual picnic of the Boys and Girls Industrial Clubs of Pulaski and Faulkner counties, held at Cato yesterday, far surpassed any other picnic given by the clubs.
 At noon both sides of the road, the churchyard and every available spot of ground was occupied by the wagons, horses and automobiles of l she picfnickers.
 The visitors were entertained from 3 o'clock until noon by exhibitions of canning, members of the girls clubs from Cato, Jacksonville, Ebeneezer, Tate Mill, Levy, Olnstead and War saw doing the work. Both the straight" heat and the condensed cooking were shown. The first con sists of the mere boiling vf the vege tables and fruits and in the second they are cooked under pressure In the latter case, Dixie steam canner was used, and the materials were cooked without allowing the steam to escape from the vessel
 The work was done under the su pervision of Miss Emma Archer, as- sistant state agent, who was assisted by Miss Myrtle Smith, demonstrator from Faulkner county; Miss Pearl Carmichael, who assisted in operating one of the steam canners; Mrs. Joe Clark and Mrs. Geo. P. Pyle. The canners were Misses Myrtle Wilson, Agnes Clark, Oder Prostor and Full ton Farris, Fred Wooten and George P. Pyle
 At noon, those of the guests who had never before attended one of the picnics, were given the surprise of their lives. Several had noticed trunks in the wagons standing by the roadside, and wondered why people should take a trunk for a one day s outing. Their wonder was turned to awe when the trunks were carried from the wagons and opened, dis closing great masses of fried chicken, barbecued meats, cakes, pies and every maginable delicacy.
 Commencing at 1:30 o'clock, the events came in such rapid succession that a Gazette reporter on the ground could scarcely keep up with them There was a baseball game between two volunteer teams in one part of the grounds; demonstration in cook ing; speaking in the grove near the church, and meeting of the boys clubs within.
 Probably the unique event of the afternoon was the boys meeting in the church, which was in charge Of George c. Pyle and w. J. Jernigan assistant state agent, each of whom made short talks to the 35 boys pres ent. At the close of these addresses, which were in the nature of instruc- tion along agricultural lines, Mir. Jer- nigan asked the boys a number of questions bearing on the raising of different crops and was much sur prised at the knowledge the boys had gained concerning scientific farming.
 After the speaking, four boys were chosen as having made talks above the average. They were Earl Milton, Walter Smith, Hoyt Fortson and Emory Paris. Milton and Smith being thigh mem and neither having majority of votes, were then voted upon, Milton winning the dollar awarded for the best talk. Milton was so interested in the new method of farming that he walked from Con- way to Cato yesterday (22 miles, in order to learn more about the meth ods He is 15 years old, living on Rural Route No. 3, Conway.