The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-17

kept on the farms and contented. Now the atti-
tude has been changed and the parents
deeply interested the boys and girls themselves.
and in many states and sections the parents and
children contesting between themselves in or
der to which grow the bigger crops
notable instance of this was shown BarthOlo-
new county, Indiana where two years ago the
boys beat the parents by a wide margin in the
production of per acre, but where last year
the parents came back by making their acres
yield more than the acres titled by the boys
This year the boys have put their heads together
and have their plans laid to win back the records
Rapid has been the advance of agriculture
during the last years. the future is going to be
filled with more wonderful revelations through
the work of the boys and girls and the inspiration
that their work has been upon the farmers Of to-
day. If in the last years farm has been able to
produce double its former crops, the next ten
years it will produce four times much per acre
with proper soil treatment and cultivation. On
the of ground that last year yielded 200
bushels of potatoes. 400 and 600 bushels will be
raised, because the boys have demonstrated that
such yields be produced. Over in the field
where 80 bushels of corn considered good
crop-in state where the average yield was only
a few bushels more per acre-at least so to 100
bushels per acre will be raised in the future, be-
cause such boys Dewey Hanes of Ohio raised
1887 bushels per acre, and the winners in
other states Outgrew him
True education" is the basis for the work that
the boys and girls doing. The clubs the
mediums of practical instruction In the common
duties of the farm and farm homes. The boys
taught better methods Of farming, and the girls
are taught better home methods The agricultural
colleges and experiment stations are finding that
the boys and girls better teachers and more
practical experimenters because they carrying
the entire country with them toward better farm
ing and better living the farm. The "old folks"
learning the value of crop rotation the
of fertilizers and manures, the need OF proper
tiIlage, good seed, and the other factors that
ter into the efficient management of the soil and
the farm.
How the parents help the boys and girls
is the question being asked the leaders in the club
work by farmers in every section of the United
States. Parents and should help by
aging them to enter the contests and organized
clubs, and allowing the children the time from
regular work with farm chores to tend their own
plots OF ground. The children should feel that
they partners the farms.
Parents, think what this work means to you be-
fore you refuse to help. You don't want your
children to have the hardships. the same
toll with little to show for the years spent such
as many of you have had in the past. You don't
want your children to have the discourage
ments because of seasons when the crops were
poor and the market prices were low. You don't
want your children leaving the farms and taking
lines Of work that less profitable, healthful
and productive of happiness.
You cannot afford to refuse your support and
your cooperation during the coming season. From
you cannot afford to go with the same methods
and getting only half the yields that you should
receive.
If your boys raise four times as much corn