The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-29
RURAL SCHOOLS
Boys and Girls Clubs.
BY CHARLES r. BEEMAN

Last Friday meeting was held il
Montpelier, which was considered so i'm
portant that United States government
agent, two Vermont state agents,
Washington county agent and nine uniol
school superintendent were present. On
of the chief objects of The meeting wal
the discussion of boys and girls clul
work, which is one OF the largest move
ments to-day for the best interests O
our boys and girls.
All boys or girls in Vermont are urgec
to join one or more of the club projects
some of the most popular OF which arc
the poultry clubs, corn clubs, garden anc
canning clubs and pig clubs. All that is
necessary TO join a club is to send youi
name to Mr. Ingalls,, state club agent, al
Burlington, telling him which club you
wish to join. He will send you instruc
tions for carrying ON your work at home
In many cases there are state prizes
which are most desirable Besides the
prizes, there are many other valuable
things to be gained by becoming a club
member as will be seen by some OF
these stories OF club members from the
state OF Maine.
Harrison Blackstone, 17-year old
schoolboy living in Aroostook county,
was state champion of boys potato clubs
for 1915 On his half acre plot he raised
potatoes at the rate of 459 bushels to the
acre at cost of IL cents bushel, and
made net profit of $ls924 on his half
acre, which means $37s.4s per acre.
The profit of another enterprising
Maine potato club boy for the summers
work was $500. This l7-year-old high
school boy is in fair way to go to col
lege, to start in business-the farm bust
ness or any other-if he continues to pile
up capital in his spare time in this way.
He planted four acres to potatoes
Chrystal Waddell, a sunny l2-year old,
made profit of S38.23 on one tenth acre
of beets. Does that sound small in com
parison with the boys profits? Consider
ons up at S3s2.30 per acre. Look back
and compare this with the boys profit
per acre.
1t is an answer to the father who
says: 1T is not worth while to let girl
fool around with tenth-acre garden.
Chrystal is the present state champion
of girls garden and canning clubs.
There are some very interesting things
to tell about this little l2-year-old cham
pion. Every club member is graded not
only on profit, but on exhibit on MY
Seasons Work" Crystals record of
costs and receipts under the column, IRE
marks" bore the following legend: I'll
nan raise as many beets as anybody, but
don't think it is quite fair to expect
little l2-year-old girl to write as good an
essay as an older girl" 1t sounds very
and while her essay was
among the best, it did not receive the
highest mark.
Do You want to know how Chrystal |
her beets2 Here is the record: |
5s quarts Of picked beta at 10 cents,
$3.50; 10 barrels of beets at $3.50, /
1880; greens sold at thinning time. 81;
oops, sold for cattle feed, ST. total,
5000. And here are her expenses: 40A
lours' labor at 20 cents per hour, Ss,l5;
me pound of seed, 81 cents; fertilizer,
2; ploughing and narrowing, 1925; to-
al, Sl207, which leaves profit of S3S.23
Poultry clubs had the smallest enroll
nent in 1915. but Milton McEwens rec
nd proved that there is something in
ems. Milton, who is IA years old was
oultry club champion. He won first