La Junta tribune., 1917-04-26
MonILIzING BOYS AND GIRLS
Boys and Girls in Every City and
Town May Serve Their Country
by Planting II Garden

The boys and girls OF Colorado are
mobilizing. While the officials of the
army are mobilizing the young men
OF the country for actual fighting.
the children of Colorado are mobil-
izing for the equally necessary bat
tie for the production Of food.
The farmers of Colorado have
been appealed to to increase their
crop production to the utmost in or
der that a threatened shortage Of
food next fall may be avoided, and
now the boys and girls of every city
and town in the state are being en-
listed in the work
The Colorado Agricultural Col
lege through its Extension Service
and state leader of boys and girls
clubs, has inaugurated statewide
campaign to encourage the children
of the cities to plant and tend gar
dens on the vacant lots. Copies of
the plan of organization which has
proven very successful In cities where
this scheme has been carried out
heretofore have been sent to the su-
perintendents of schools. the cham
bers OF commerce, the women's clubs
and the mayors of every city and
towns In the state, together with a
letter, calling attention to the plan
and offering free assistance In or
ganizing. Besides this assistance
In organization. the college will fur
ther aid the work by sending printed
material and blanks for the keeping
OF records.
The plan contemplates the cooper
alton OF all the civic bodies men,
toned. the raising OF suitable sum
for the financing of the undertaking.
and the employment Of paid super
visor to teach the children how to
plant their gardens, what to plant.
how to tend them. and how to har-
vest and market them when the sea-
son II oser. Asslstsacs Will be sivsa
by the college In teaching the chill
dren how to can such products as
they may desire TO keep for winter
use. this instruction coming. natur-
ally. later In the season.
The city OF Fort Collins and seven
other cities have already adopted
the plan recommending TO the other
cities Of the state. n fund has been
raised by local subscriptions. a su-
peryisor employed and the work OF
organization Is already well under
way. II worked with excellent sue
cess in Greeley last year. and has
been proven In number of other
cities OF the state.
The city boys and girls viii find
an added Incentive TO meritorious
performance In the fact that they
viii have highly efficient rivals In
their country cousins. For number
of years the Agricultural College
has been carrying on boys and
girls club work among the boys and
girls OF the rural districts. teaching
them how TO plant and care for
garden and how to preserve their
products for winter consumption.
over 5000 boys and girls were en-
rolled In this work last year and
they are all hard at work with many
additions TO their ranks this year. on
the very same undertaking which IL
now being urged upon the children
OF the oitirs and towns,
A portion OF the expense OF the or
gsnisation and supervision OF gar
den york In the cities and towns VIII
be met from the funds appropriated
by the recent session Of the legisia-
ture for general extension wherever
II becomes necessary. Thus quickly
II Colorado reaping benefit from
her appropriation for this work. The
Use Of federal extension funds ~
limited to work In rural communities
and towns Of twenty-five hundred
people and under.