The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-10-15


this course. II. Miller Director CO.
operative Extension Work.
|. Educational Value of Club Study
Education has been defined as that
training which fits for the duties of
life" II this is a true definition OF
education, and we certainly believe It
Is. and if it can be shown that the
club work in any way fits the boys
and girls for their duties in life, then
it must be conceded that there is an
educational value in the club work
Corn Club boys are instructed per
sonally and through bulletins and let
ters in the matter of u Selecting
their acre Tor demonstration (2) the
value and importance of sowing a win
ter cover crop on this acre, (3) the
proper methods and value of prepar-
ing seed beds, (4 the selection, stor-
ing and testing of seed corn, (5) the
proper methods of planting and cult.
walton, 60 the keeping OF daily eX-
pense account of all work performed
on his acre. % the submitting of this
record at the end of the year, (S) and
finally is asked TO make an exhibit OF
his products at the fairs.
In the study and practice of the
above instructions the boy is the prin-
cipal actor. and his stage of action j4
his acre OF corn. His acre of corr
may be likened to his laboratory ana
the daily practice OF application of The
principles taught him, are the eXper'-
ments or tests that he makes. and TIL
fact that during the last two year
the Corn Club boys have made al
average yield of over forty bushel~
per acre as compared with an average
of less than twenty for the whole star
is proof positive that the principle
taught were not only safe and sound
| but that they found daily application
through the boy ON his acre of cor,
| laboratory. In the performance OF n
| these activities or duties the boy /
caused to think, plan and reason from
year to year as he makes differen
tests on different soils or in differen
laboratories. All OF this will give
training which will fit him for his du
ties in life because he has learned ct
do by doing" He has used mothc
earth as his laboratory, has learne.
her principles, and has applied them
What has been said Of the Corr
Club boy is also true of the Pig Clui
boy In fact the Pig Club member
usually a Corn Club member too TIL
Pig Club boy has for his laboratora
the pig, and the tests that he make
are his daily care and the feeding q
his pig He learns. as one pig clul
member said in reply to a question a
TO what he had learned that WOW
help him next year. that clear waite
to drink. good pasture the year round
plenty of shade and a little cor
makes good cheap hogs and furthe
that these things are mighty good T.
keep off cholera He learns what
balanced ration is and the value there
of He plans his crop TO meet thes
needs Doubtless he wonders if Ii
body too does not call for a balance
food Dealing with animals usual
makes one kind and sympathetic II
efficiency as a producer of wealth
increased as a Jesuit of the applica
lion of the proper methods of feedin
and caring for his pig. He, too, ha
learned "to do by doing"
The Canning and Poultry Clubs OF
fer at once a profitable and pleasure
BILE livelihood for girls The Cannin
Club girl has for her laboratory he
ene-tenth acre. She is taught how T.
plan this garden, how to prepare thc
hot beds, the birth place of the little
plants, how to feed and care for tn
little plants until they are old enougl
to put into the field, how to cultivat
the plants on up to maturity, how T.
fight the common diseases and in
sects, and finally how 10 can and pre-
serve the products Of her garden In
all Of this work from the beginnna
OF the sowing Of the seed up to har.
vesting and canning OF the products
the girl has been the chief operator
her hands have been busy day afte
day hoeing, pruning. harvesting and
canning. This work is done in tin,
open; she therefore develops a souD1
body: she enjoys her work because e
= hers: her hands have done the
work; her interest is in her garden
md her aim is To produce product q
nigh quality and thus maintain tn
Four II brand standard