Connecticut western news., 1917-05-24
BO1S WANTED FOR SERVICE ON
 CONNECTICUT FARMS
Will Be Enrolled as Junior Ag- riCuItural VOluRtoerS-Part
 of Federal Plan.
RECOGNITION PROMISED

Government and Receive Certificate. Signed by Governor Holcomb-Schools to Release Boys Above Fo5rteen Years Z Old to Aid\ Their Country In Produe-
 ing Food Crops.
 Announcement has just been made by the Connecticut Committee of Food Supply of the details of its plan for the mobilization of schoolboyS for farm service. under which the boys of Con necticut over fourteen years of age may aid their nation in its war pro- gram by active help in the great task of feeding America, it's army and navy and it's allies.
 The boys of this state who enter this service will become members of the Connecticut Junior Agricultural Volun- teers, a war emergency organization which is a part of the United States Boys Working Reserve, and will be entitled to wear an official button from the national government and when they have complied with the conditions of their enrolment by working the equivalent of thirty full days or more will receive an appropriate certificate signed by Governor Marcus H. Hol- comb.
 The plan for the employment of boys on the farms this summer has been developed by the food supply commit tee in conference with and with the approval of the principals of high and private schools in Connecticut, the sec retary of the state board of education. the school supervising agents, the Con- necticut Agricultural College Extension Service and the several farm bureaus. The plan has the cordial indorsement of the state grange, the farm bureaus and the state board of agriculture. Ex-Yale Captain Interested.
 Arthur Howe of Windsor, who was captain of the Yale football team in 1911, has accepted an appointment from the Committee on Food Supply to act as enrolment officer for the boys reserve and will assist in putting the plan into operation. In this work the food supply committee will cooperate with Hon. William E. Hall, assistant secretary of labor, who is national di- rector of the Boys Working Reserve. U. $. A. "# @
 Legislature Takes Action.
 Boys who volunteer for this branch of service will be allowed to retain tteir standing in school under an act passed by the legislature and approved by Governor Holcomb of May '. The text of this act follows:
 Section l. Any high school pupil over fourteen years of age who shall volunteer and be accepted for agricultural work on a farm shall be permitted to re-enter school without loss of standing by reason of absence, provided such pupil maintains the. standard prescribed by the Committee of Food Supply and receives certificate signed by the governor.
 Section 2. This act shall take effect from it's passage and shall not be opera tive after the rising of the general assem bly at its January session, 1919.
 Following the leadership of Yale uni versity, a number of colleges have taken action which puts boys enrolling for farm service on the same plane as boys who go into military service in the mat ter of entrance examinations. The ac- tion by Yale exempts from eXamina- l tions boys who enter approved agricul- tural work satisfactory to their princi- ] pal or headmaster and are able to pre- sent, satisfactory school records and ad- equate credentials regarding their farm work.
 Committees General Policy.
 In outlining its general policy in the recruiting and use of the Connecticut Junior Agricultural Volunteers the com mittee says it believes that results most satisfactory to both farmers and volunteer labor will be obtained and that more efficient conduct of farm op- | eratiOns will result" if sons of farmers as far as possible secure employment ill productive work at home; country boys volunteering for agricultural serv. ice find employment as far as possible in their home towns or with friends and that, as far as possible, local agen- cies be used to satisfy local needs and county and state agencies used only when necessary. fs' st
 Those who will cooperate in the re. scruiting and use of this schoolboy vol unteer agricultural force include high and private school principals and head masters, supervising agents, town clerks, chambers of commerce, county agents and other individuals and or ganizations.
 How Agencies Will Help.
 The school authorities will mt tht plan before their pupils and explain the necessity for their help, receive en rollments, with certificates of parents
 consent, administer the oath of ale
 glance to those who enroll, serve aS locs' Bureaus to receive farmers appli cations for, help, send lists of boys available to county agents and act a: local aoeRts of the sta ta food .Sllnnl,