Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-03-13
RURAL SCHOOL NOTES.
By Zina Fesenden, Supt.


Remember the lectures by DR..
Chas. H. Meyerholz and Prof. C. P.
Colgrove to be given March 10 to
10 inclusive in the rural schools Of
the equity and in the Cresco and
Elma high schools.
The Goth annual Iowa state fair
will be held at Des .Moines Aug. rs
to September 8, 1914: An interest
ing feature Of the fair each year
Is the boys encampment. An essay
contest is held in each county, and
the boy whose essay is judged best
IL selected as delegate from his
county and is entitled to a free trip
to the state fair. The winners
from their, respective counties make
up the membership of the encamp-
ment. The conditions governing
the contest are as follows:
Boys whose applications are ac-
cepted will be required to write es-
says of not less than 500 words,
and not to exceed 1000 words on
1.-THE Ideal Farm These essays
must be filed with the chairman Of
the committee for their respective
counties not later than June 1.
1914. Competition will be limited
to
/. Boys of good character be-
tween IS and 10 years Of age.
q. Candidates must be living on
farms and actually engaged in farm
work.
3. Candidates must be willing to
cooperate with other boys and rep
resentatives of the state fair man
agement to make this visit to the
fair of greatest value to all con-
concerned and to that end they must
put themselves absolutely under the
supervision and direction of the
camp management.
4. Boys who won in 19l2-1913
are not eligible to contest this year
Outline for Essay.
Subject: 1.-The Ideal Farm
1. Size of Farm-Give reasons
for your choice.
2. Kind of Farming-General
Farming, Specializing on live stock,
dairying, fruit or poultry. Give
reasons. for your choice.
3. Managem ent-Under this head
tell now to build up and conserve
soil fertility. Also best general
management so as to make money.
o. A. 1mprovements-Hou barns,
sheds, feed lots,f fences, etc.
S. Conclusion.
.(Keep in mind that while this is
to be YOUR judgment on what an
ideal farm should be if you could
have everything just right, neverthe-
less your plans and ideas must be
practical and possible.)
Circulars containing information
regarding the contest and enroll
ment blanks will. be Sent to the
teachers and to any others inter-
ested.
We know that this is great
thing for the boys and so we are
glad to publish the following letter
written by our lasts years repre-
sentative to the boys of Howard
county:
- rIr,1 n IN.
ty:
In answer 10 Superintendent Fes-
senden's request, ] will write a
short article to the farm boys OF
Howard county, urging each and
every one between IS and 10 years
of age to try for the free trip to
the sixtieth annual state fair which
will be held in Des M oines the last
week in August, 1914.
/ surely can say that I received a
great deal more benefit for my
work than I could in any other
way. Just think of it. A free trip
to Des Moines and back, over 500
miles IN All, pCdr0 anC a SOoU Sleep-
ing place for seven or eight days,
for only writing an essay of not
over 700 words.
Of course we had to work a lit
tie, but that was only exercise. We
did not mind the work because we
were in good company. ! did not
know a single person when I reach
ed the fair grounds, but soon a few
boys came to me and said, Are you
one of the delegates for the boys
camp" ! told them that was. !
They said they thought so from the
the looks of my luggage, and soon
We were good friends. When / had
Registered at the camp and had met
the leaders, who were Y. M, C. A.
men and fine fellows, too, I'll prom
Use you, l went with my newly made
to look for other