The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-13
E. G. Bishop of Ames, j. a.
Greene of Illinois, Govern
ment Agents, Offer to
Aid Committee.
ARE 10 DECIDE AT ONCE
E. G. Lynn and Miss Helen Nc
kee, County Superintend-
ents, Offer Some Good
Suggestions.

The idea Of corn clubs, baby pori
Or baby beef clubs, canning clubs ant
the like was explained to the mem
bers of the Retailers league las'
night at their regular April meeting
by experts from Iowa, Illinois anc
Missouri. The proposition had al
ready been discussed as = feature u
the big fall celebration in Keokuk in
October at the meeting of the experts
and fall celebration committee. Il
was decided by vote of the league
to refer the club proposition back tc
the celebration committee which viii
have power to act The committee
met with the expert from Ames, E. C.
Bishop, this morning to outline the
plans.
Following the supper President JUS
tice asked Emile L. Renaud, chair
man of the fall celebration committee
to tell the members what had been
done Mr. Renaud outlined the plans
for the celebration, and announced
that the contract with Ruth Law has
been secured. She will make two
flights daily in her Curtiss machine.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Re-
maud spoke Of the idea of having a
permanent coliseum. This need will
be filed temporarily by the taber-
nacle building.
E. c. Bishop of Ames, state club
leader, and agent for the United
States department of agriculture, was
introduced and outlined in a general
way the plan which is followed in
organizing these different clubs.
Through arrangements with the Unit
ed States department of agriculture
the state agents have the power to
cooperate in the expenditure OF
money for the furtherance of the
campaign of education The national
motto is ITO Make the Best Better"
This, Mr.. Bishop said, was always
presented to the young people OF the
community with the idea that they
will find out what has been done, and
then will try to do this better.
Leaders In County.
The idea is to appoint leaders
throughout the county, to organize
the boys and girls and to enroll them
in corn, bread, baby beef or baby
pork and canning clubs. Instructions
are given, report blanks are furnished
from time TO time, and conferences
are arranged for through the local
committee, at which state agents will
be present to give helpful talks. Mr..
Bishop said he was glad to note the
spirit of cooperation which the Keo-
kuk retailers are showing in this mat
ter, and he suggested an interstate
competition in which the boys and
girls of Lee county would compete
with those of Hancock and Clark
counties.
r1gi1if Of uyho haap
complished in other years, Mr.. Bishop
cited the fact that the average corn
grown by the boys in their contests
was sixty-two bushel while the farm
er's average was a little over thirty.
James II. Greene of Illinois, who
holds the same position in that state
as Mr. Bishop does IN Iowa, told what
had been accomplished in the Illinois
contests. These are conducted in co
operation with the Y. S. department
Of agriculture and the University OF
Illinois. The point has been reached
in education where artificial stimula
ton is necessary, Mr.. Greene told the
retailers, and this stimulation is found
in these clubs. They develop initia
tive and stimulate the boys and girls
to do better than som cone else has
done. The school work can be car
ried on in connection with this.
Mr.. Greene told a number of In
teresting stories to illustrate wha
had been accomplished in this way
One boy was asked to go into tn,
field and judge the percent of stant
of his corn last summer. He wrot,
back that he would like to do this
but that his corn field was unde
seven feet of the Wabash river !
that ever went down and his corr
was not damaged he would hav.
some good corn to show in the fall
One of the girls who entered tn
baby pork contest fed several hog
scientifically and they gained owe
two pounds day on an expenditur
of four cents, while the hog breeder
thought they were doing wonders
they put a pound a day on their an
mails.
Miss Mckee's Idea.
Miss Helen Mckee, superintendeI
of Clark county schools, told whs
had been accomplished in kahoka {
the harvest festival. This was begu
five years ago, she said, and ha
grown to immense proportions La:
ha fin artc hall at fTa To nt