The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-29

hdence that the money offered to the
states by the Lever Act will be gen
erally accepted, and that they VIII
feel that the young generation de-
seryes its benefit. The All Stars have
a fifth H in their emblem, which
means Hustle" All club members
who have won state or district cham
pionships become members automat-
ically. They could not escape II they
wished to. If question arises re-
garding their eligibility, the United
States Department of Agriculture be-
comes the arbitrator of their deserv-
ing. The work of the All Stars is to
be carried on on larger acreage, and
demands more advanced work in the
science of agriculture. There are
now several hundred boys enrolled
Just turning toward their twenty-first
birthday. They will always be farm
ers of high-powered productivity
and they will always help.
Earl Zeller of Greene county, Iowa,
is the type of boy who becomes an
All Star club member, and he is the
particular pride of Uncle Sam. He
VIII be saved for demonstration lead
ership. For two years he was cham
pion Of his state For three success
siye years he harvested crops of corn
|of maximum abundance. In this
time. on his one acre OF land, he
raised 4C3 bushels of corn at cost
of nine cents a bushel. His profit
.or the three years was $440.80. An
other star. r. Ethan Allen, of Nor
ganto xn, West Virginia, began to
educate the corn itself-for these
boys are developing not alone them
selves, but by breeding are producing
a better seed. So young Allen made
a test of four varieties of corn on
five acres He raised $50 bushels Of
"crib-dry shelled corn" selling 215
bushels at $3.50, and 80 bushels of
extra select guaranteed seed corn"
at $3.50 bushel.
The young generation, in our most
important gainful employment, does
respond to the call for help. All the
wasted effort and money spent on
the unresponsive fathers will be re-
turned to the government in time.
For they come back year after year,
once they have learned the game.
This is a school without any compul-
sorry education laws. We do not
know the percentage of those who do
not remain. But we do not need to.
We know that 1900 boys in one state
added that twenty million dollars to
the potentiality of the soil; and the
people of that state knew it and ap-
preciated it.
Agriculture is the only large in
dustrial activity to which the gov
eminent offers organized assistance
which costs nearly $25,OOO,OOO
year, something near four cents of
every dollar of federal taxation. Over
GO cents goes for war, for potential
war, to keep up an army and navy.
These young soldiers of peadeful in
dustry will return much more than
they cost, the other return nothing.
They are justifying the hope reposed
| in them for the rehabilitation of
ruarl America. Will they pull down
the highly expensive structure of ex-
istence? 1t must be so when boys
like Earl Zeller can raise corn at nine
cents bushel when the market price
is somewhere near 70 cents. AS we
shall see in the live stock activities,
they have given a real expectation
that a fall in prices will come when
they have become the big men on
the farms. The young generation are
going in larger number to agricul-
tural colleges, and paying their way.
They have come to help-and they
are going to stay, to keep on helping.
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