The Glenwood post., 1917-04-14
G|enwood Youngsters to Offset
the H. C. Of |. by Making
tbe Soil Produce
MANY PLOTS TAKEN

Miss Maude E. Sheridan, assistant
leader of the department of rural and
industrial education of the Colorado
Agricultural college at Fort Collins,
has been in Glenwood and vicinity this
week giving particular attention to
garden club work. In communities of
this size it is the desire of the depart
ment to have garden supervisor with
the object of getting the children 10
raise enough products to supply the
community. Later in the season most
of. the time of the state leaue-s will be
devoted to instructing both young AMI
old in the art of canning fruit and
vegetables
ganized from the different clubs to
compete for county championship and
the county championship teams will
compete for the state championship. AT
the close of the years work prizes will
be awarded on proficiency of work and
quantity of products put out.
Club work develops school pride and
school loyalty. Teaches the elementary
principles of cooperation. Provides {.
most efficient means of training in
thrift and industry. Provides the child
. means of earning money. Fosters
community spirit and promotes the
love of rural life.,
The boys and girls club work in Col
oraao stands for more than the raising
Of fruit .fand.. Vegetables = There arc
cooking,;sewing, canning, poultry, pigs,
corn, potato, bean and tree clubs. Any
boy or garl between't ages of 10 and
Is years.. may become club member
and any man or woman interested in
community welfare, who has faith in
boys and girls, who believes in his
country and it's possibilities and vino
will organize, interest and guide the
boys and girls may act as club
leader.
Club work is designed to make agri-
culture and home economics practical
rather than theoretical. Responsibility
placed upon the boy or the girl devel-
ops the child and they should be given
full control of the results obtained
from their work. They are not likely
to spend foolishly the money they
earned by hard work and have per
feet right to resent being deprived of
the fruits of their labor.
Last year the children of Colorado
canned over 5000 quarts. Lucille
Smith, 13 years of age, of the Apple
ton school pear Grand Junction, canned
400 quarts of fruit and vegetables.
She canned So quarts of "waste ar
ples.'' The children's clubs of Colo
RADIO haG total income from this
work of $17 1886, actual amount sold
by childlcn. The Greeley club Of 400
memb",s hired sursly scr at salary
of $3.50 aer month and at the eni u!
the Sc ,scn presented him an autom ''.'.-.
Every vacant lot in town, making len
acres in all, was under cultivation.
Each Saturday n market sale was held,
conducted entirely by the children,
the income of each child averaging
800. This year the school board has
arranged for ten-acre tract and the
high school boys are to pay particular
attention to the raising of seeds for
large seed. firms of Colorado, for which
they already have contracts.
At Canon City the Civic Improvement
league, which had lain dormant for
some time, suddenly came to life and
by each one paying 5o-cent member.
ship fee easily raised enough to employ
a supervisor for the garden clubs.
Miss Sheridan spent Monday in Ri
fle where she assisted in the organiza-
ton of six clubs, as follows: Sewing,
pig, poultry, corn, garden, canning and
cow testing clubs. "A, sewing club and
garden canning club was organized at
Carbondale. uI.. So.
Tuesday lareg garden club was
organized in Glenwood. The plan is
that committee shall be appointed,
as designated by the children who en-
tered the club, as supervisor and di-
rector of its work. A. E. Dow, manual
taining instructor at the grade school,
was chosen as local leader Of the gar