The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16

/ don't like just the average help. /
don't like averages. l don't like to
be an average man neither do you.
/ don't want an average man work.
ing for me. l want a fellow who
uses his brains. l pay my men well,
and the only things l say to them is
You can't smoke cigarets or drink
whiskey while you work for me,
and if your wages don't get you up in
the morning l won't call you, but l
will fire YOU When you get a class
of men whose wages get them out of
bed in the early morning, and the
kind that uses their brains when they
work you get the class of men that
| you want in the community, the kind
of men that you want your daughters
to marry"
Mr.. Schilling roasted the farmers
somewhat on their suspicion of each
other and consequent failure to organ
iZe and cooperate as they should.
He laughingly stated that the farmers
would cooperate some day when
they had to, and when they came to
believe that they had as many faults
as their neighborS. In speaking of
cows he advised them by all means
to use the cow test and see if the
cows they were keeping were profit
able. Mr.. Schilling is an advocate of
all labor saving devices, all modern
improvements, and the utilizing of
everything upon the farm. He stated
that last yea he had realized $500
from whey butter" that is, butter
from the whey after cheese has been
made from the milk. He has a late
patented whey separator which he
uses on bis farm, and states that
the whey butter is fine enough to be
relished by anybody. The farmers
thoroughly enjoyed Mr.. Schilling's
talk, as he knew exactly whereof he
spoke from his own practical and sue
cessful experience, and told of his
farm work with an understanding and
wit which brought forth frequent en-
thusiastic applause and laughter.
Boys and Girls Are Asset.
That the boys and girls are the
most valuable asset of any commun-
ity was a fact well brought out by
George F. Howard of the state uni
versity farm, st. Paul, in a short
and eloquent address at the
ton program in the Knights of Co
lumIbus hall last night. In opening
his address Mr.. Howard briefly
touched upon his many years of ed
ucational work in the state, during
which he had endeavored to promote
better conditions for the boys and
girls in Minnesota. During the last
seven years which he had spent in
travelling while attending to his ex-
tension work, he stated that he had
come to believe Minnesota to be ar
empire state, and IN empire as yet
undeveloped. He then told of some
things that the department was do
ing in extension work for the boys
and girls. He said that when he Wis
tied different places the first thing
he asked the people was What is
the best thing you have here?" and
described the varied answers which
he received. He stated that he be-.
Iieved the best thing which the
people had in Blue Earth county
where the boys and girls.
No Price Can Be Put On Them.
worth?" he demanded. There is no
price that can be put upon their
value. In fifty years you and l will
be dust and ashes and they will
have taken our places. We must
work to develop u boys and girls
into future citizens of the highest
type" He said that part of the
work of the extension division, with
the cooperation of the United States
! government, was the preparing of
the boys and girls for United States
citizenship, and outlined the plan by
which the boys and girls clubs
were being formed.
"We have on u books over four
hundred boys and girls clubs in the
state" he said.
Mr.. Howard outlined the work of
the clubs, which include the corn
growing and potato contest clubs,
pig clubs, ~breadmaking clubs, and
gardening and canning clubs.
"Over twelve thousand boys and
girls have taken part in the contests
the past year and the estimated
value of the work they have done is
easily worth more than a hundred
thousand dollars"
Boys Showing Great Interest.
Boys are showing great interest in
the corr contests, according to care
full observations by Mr.. Howard, and
some boys raised over 100 bushels Of
corn per acre last year. 1t is much
easier to teach the boys and girls
advanced methods in farming than
it was their parents he said, the
hardest thing of all in extension
work being to get the farmers to
believe in it, as their habits were
fixed.
Pig contests are proving popular
with both farmer boys and girls. In
the pig contest last year six hun
dred boys and girls took part and
over four hundred finished, having
kept accurate records of their work
and carried it through to the close
of the contest, which was a splen-
did business training, said Mr.. How
ard. Girls are admitted to the pig
raising contest, and often make
enough money to help them with
their school work, sometimes putting
as high as $50 in the bank at the
end of the year, made from their
work as pig raisers. The climax OF
the pig contests in each county
comes al the end of four months,