The Harrison times., 1914-10-17
TEACH YOUTH COOPERATION
Necessary Lesson Of Forgetting Self
for Time Being Taught Members
Of Boys Corn Clubs.

or some other foreign nation, have
prohted by It's application in produc-
tion and marketing are given. Numer'
Gus instances are cited from our own
country showing that on this side OF
the Atlantic successful cooperation Is
possible Yet most Of US have seen
some form Of rural cooperative under
taking tumble before our eyes.
Just why such organizations have
failed Is hard to say. but one reason
is that those interested in them, both
officially and otherwise, have had lit
tie or no training In this line OF hu-
man endeavor.
1t is the belief Of the writer that
many Of these failures could have
been avoided If those interested had
had even some elementary training IN
the workings Of cooperative organisa-
tions If tho individual members had
been taught to forget self for the time
being in the interest Of the many, the
organization failure would not have
been the result. This elementary and
very necessary lesson Is being taught
the members Of the boys corn clubs,
writes j. X Giles In Southern Guilt
yator.
In the first place all the boys hear
the same lectures on agriculture, read
the same bulletins on corn growing,
fertilizers, seed selection, etc This
has the happy result Of getting all boys
to study questions Of this class from
tho same point Of view and creates
opinions alike and thus the boys are
drawn unconsclously toward each
other, You can see the sympathetic
smiles playing upon the faces Of these
boys whenever they meet each other.
In fact these boys 90 out after other
boys to join the club. and the great
number now engaged in the work can
be partly attributed to the indlyid'
ual work Of the young fellows who
first became inoculated with this CO.
operative or corn.club spirit
Again, the method Of distributing
premiums in Georgia has had and Is
having a great influence upon those
boys and causing them to forget self
IN the interest Of tho club, Premiums
are offered In most all counties to the
school that makes the best record that
IL, the school that enrolls the greatest
number Of boys and gets them to
come through with their final re.
ports. The school making the highest
average yield at the lowest average
cost gets the premium, The premium
for schools is usually an agricultural
library, Here the individual ls lost
sight Of and the boys efforts are made
for the good Of the community,
Then IN the district contests we SEQ
county pItted against county and the
boys taking u keen delight In aiding
their counties to win.
Last but not least, is the state con.
test held In Atlanta each year under
the auspices Of the Atlanta chamber
Of commerce, Here again, county Is
pItted against county and district
against district or course individual
premiums are offered at all contests
but the greater amount Of the pre-
mIums 80 to school, county and dis
trict clubs, Let It be repeated that
the boys take an active part In work
ing for these club premiums
overheard two boys discussing
their prospects, They had each gath.
ored thoIr corn and displayed IN OK
hlbIt at the county contest and failed
to win premium, one boy was In the
act Of taking down his exhibit and
carrying IL home when the second boy
remarked John, don't carry your ton
ears back home, but leave thom here
and have them sent TO Atlanta They
viii help our county win u premium
there" This boy had learned his los
son In cooperation Does any one
think that this young farmer will bo
slow to enter into cooperative orgNni'
2atIons when he grows to be MANI
believe that he will enter those or
ganizations readily whether they be
organizations for production, buying
or selling Organizations composed Of
such fellows aB this will always bo
Ruccessiul
The training In cooperative 0rganl
uatinn IA ana nf the mOat yalunblO
things done In eornaelub work, Il viii
make possible "The Age Of Cooperaa
ton" which is just ahead Of u.s.
SWEET SORGHUM FOR FORAGE