Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-24

Forty boys competed in the Judging
contest.
Analogous to these pig clubs are the
poultry clubs, which are more attrac-
tive to the girls than the pig clubs. This
work extends over eight states, with a
membership of 1900 children. Their
war record is worth noting. The stock
of all the members is valued at about
$4,000. During the poultry season the
club members gathered $4,000 eggs,
hatched $4,000 chicks and sold or con-
| sumed $4,000 worth of poultry products.
At state fairs, poultry shows and con-
tests they won prizes that amount in the
aggregate to S46S5.
All of this work was under federal
direction. But the government was by
no means the only agency at work
America how to serve its country best.
The Boy Scouts-25S.0 900 of them in this
country-have done, and are still on
the job doing, their bit. One of their
greatest achievements was the farm
ing of a 120-acre tract near Washing
ton to provide food for the soldiers.
Two thousand boys worked on this
plot, which overlooks the Potomac, and
their efforts stand as a testimonial to
| the caliber of American youth.
They took out five hundred stumps
| from the soil and cleared and burned
the rubbish. They ran an automobile
| tractor over the ground and prepared
the rows for the seeding. Though this
work of seeding was done by hired la
borers, the boys carried on the farmers
| task and kept their mammoth corn
| field weeded and guarded throughout
the summer The work of harvesting
this corn will be undertaken by the
| boys also.
In the liberty bond drives the Boy
| Scouts have been useful assistants. On
| the last day of the second drive In
Washington they went about the city
selling bonds, each troop trying to out
do it's fellow in order to win the ban
a. t-t. ct
ised to present toS the most successful
| troop.
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There is little story about n Mas
| sachusetts Boy Scout which is a classic
for illustrating the industry which the
boys have displayed in their patriotic
work, and which is also a pleasing rev.
| elation of the character of the Boy
Scout spirit. This little scout was
| trying to win the medal that was of
| fered to the one who should sell ten
liberty bonds to ten different indi-
viduals. He succeeded in inducing his
| family and his parents friends to help
| him out by taking nine bonds. One re-
NAMED to be sold, and the contest was
drawing to q close. Finally, so that the
scout might be n winner, his father
suggested that his aunt buy the other.
actually paid for it. The boy sent in
| the notice that he sold ten bonds. Then
it was suggested to him that he may
, have sold ten bonds, but he did not
| sell them to ten different individuals,
for the father had virtually bought two
| Quick as a flash, he sent a letter to
headquarters admitting the error and
telling the head scoutmaster that he
was not entitled to the medal. A little
bronze medal means much to a boy OF
| fourteen, but IT meant much more to
| this boys scoutmaster to know that
high ideals of integrity and honor were
deep rooted in this American youth.
| Each scout is planning to adopt SOL
| dier and keep in touch with him
| throughout the war. In Kansas City
! the Boy Scouts have adopted a soldier
at a nearby camp and will perform for
him any tasks at his home which he
desires to have done.
| The Boy Scout war band has set a
precedent for the service of boy musi-
clans in war time. This band, which is