South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-12
CREDITED
FOR HOME WORK
Much Interest Is Being Shown
by Students of County
Schools.

Interest in the home project work
for the boys and girls of the county
held under the supervision of County
Agent John =. Bordner. county Supt.
of Schools, r. II. LOngheld and Miss
G. l.. King, county supervisors of do
nestle science. is being sustained dur
ing the entire summer. according TO
reports coming into the rural dis
tricts.
Ten projects outlined early in the
spring by those i'm charge include
dairying, horse raising, swine. pOul-
try, horticulture, corn growing, pO-
tato growing home gardening. fruit
and vegetable preservation and gen
eral housekeeping.
The requirements for the various
projects are. DaiTying, take charge
Of either two milk cows or one cow
and a calf for period of four months:
horse. take care of a brood mare and
colt or one farm team for four
months: swine take care of brood
SOW and litter of pigs for four months;
poultry take care of the entire flock
of chickens kept at the pupils homes
providing there be not less than
three dozen hens for four months:
horticulture, take care of a home or
chard for one season providing there
be not less than 20 trees in the or
chard; corn growing, producing not
less than one acre of corn: potato
growing, producing not less than one
acre of potatoes. home gardening
planting and caring for garden con-
tanning not less than 900 square feet
and growing not less than ] 8 varieties
OF vegetables; fruit and vegetable
preservation, TO can not less than 40
cans of fruit. to include five varieties
OF fruit each TO be preserved in two
1f.sr tnr - % f.H1
of each Of four kinds of fruit, not less
than three cans of each of four kinds
of vegetables and at least one pound
OF dried corn: general housekeeping
includes planning. cooking, and serv-
ing at home at least six breakfasts,
six dinners and six suppers. making
OF three garments, patching three
garments. darning stockings. making
towels. pillow cases, sheets, napkins,
etc. care of house and asSiisHng in
washing and ironing
The reward offered by the county
for promoting interest in the various
activities on the farm for the young
farmer boy or girl is a credit in schOo.
work. To the boy or girl making the
best showing in the county. a trip to
farmers week at Purdue university
is offered
The object of the projects is to pro-
mote a general interest among the
members of the rising generation of
farmers in advanced methods of hus-
bandry and farm culture Tt get the
boys and girls first interested in farm
work and eager TO learn more and
more about the different processes is
The aim of the competitive produc-
ng and growing contests. said one of
those interested in making the pro-
iccts this year a success.
Enrolment in the various projects
was completed last April and the re-
suits viii be announced this fall. Pu-
pills in the seventh grade and above
were eligible TO compete. In the corn
growing contest there were 20 en-
tered, in the home gardening there
were nine I'm the dairy project six.
and horse project four. and in the hog
project there were six. Nine enrolled
horticulture. five in the poultry. 81 in
general housekeeping. and - in the
canning. The total number enrolled
in the various departments is 166.
BY means of this project the county
schools are correlated with practical
work connected with a farm as we'll
Is theoretical 1t hac been said in
the past that too often the schools
looked only upon the scholastic side
of the training and failed To stress the
actual conditions that are met upon
the farm.
Before any one of the contestants
receive "A credit their work must be
pronounced satisfactory. a disinter
ested person must observe the pro-
gress and work of "a pupil making re-
ports 10 the school officials before
credit is granted