The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-02
An Acre Of Navy Beans in Every
School District in Iowa.

School District in Iowa.
Owing to the extreme necessity of
raising more food to feed our sol
diers and those of our Allies. the
State Superintendent of Public In |
struction deems it necessary that
the schools OF Iowa respond in every |
greater food production.
At a special meeting OF County |
Superintendent of the state, held |
in Des Moines the last week in Feb
ruary, plan was presented which |
project. The plan calls for raising
at least an acre of navy beans in |
every school district in Iowa. Pu-
pills may take up this work at home |
personally or collectively on school
ground i such is available; It is
try to encourage the raising of beans
by farmers and others, the same to /
count to the credit Of the district in |
the report Of amount raised in the /
district: This work should be taken
cry school in the state and brought |
to the attention of every person who |
might raise beans. In all cases, the
work will be known as. the school
district bean raising project encour-
dren of Iowa, working, with the local
club and garden leaders, farmers,
and others. Some pupils should be |
able to get garden club credit for
raising beans. We urge the hearty |
cooperation Of all forces in the dis
tivity.
Prizes: Prizes are offered to the
school district and to the county |
that produces the most beans. Those
offered are as follows:
County
Selected fifty.dollar school library,
S. ]. Clarke & Co., Chicago, and |
cash-ten dollars, Successful Farm
ing, Des Moines.
School Corporation.
City of $1,000 and Above
One set of McMaster's History Of
the People Of the United States, D.
Appleton. & Co., Chicago. ,ooo
Towns OF 900 and Under ooo-
Towns and Villages Below 1000
Not consolidated)-
- School library Of ten volumes, A.
f1s seheo1 library HS ynl Of six volumes,
Charles scribner's Sons, Chicago.
Township School Corporation or
Agricultural and farm library,
nine volumes 1 CHM IN! & Co., ch Usage
Burdett & Co., Chicago.
Consolidated District
Home and school cyclopedia, Q.
g. Waffle OF Dodd. Mead & Co.,
Agricultural and farm library,
six Volumes, Webb Publishing Co.,
Rural Ri ALL Independent District
Agriculture and the farming bust
ness, The, Bobbs- Merrill Company,
Gardening, j. B. Lippincott Co.,
Philadelphia.
if every school district in Iowa
produces at least one acre Of beans,
the result will be very gratifying.
to enter 70 this ae Contest Sena1 fom
a sense Of patriotic duty and for the
schools and pupils. Funds for Red
Cross, Y. M. c. A., school library,
etc, may be realized through the
bean project.
Organize Now
Teachers are urged to, organize
their schools at once, enroll with the
county superintendent and secure
seed from local merchants or seed
at home, l suggest that you write TO
Iowa seed companies or consult with
your county agent or with the local
club leader regarding sources of
SEED, etc. Your DanES ana HeICH-
ants may be willing to finance you
with seed until the crop is harvest
ed
Each school district is requested
to keep record of the amount of
seed planted, acreage planted as near
as it can be measured. and the bush
els of beans produced in the dis
trict. An enrolment blank and
production report blank are fur
nished for teachers to fill out
Prizes will be awarded, as stated
above, on the most beans produced
by the various classes of school dis
-tricts and aggregate OF school dis
tricts of county
Teachers pupils, and parents Of
Iowa, let me urge you. to apply
your best. Food will win the pres
ent war and we must supply our
own and our Allies who are all
fighting for humanity, democracy
and world peace.
Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
ton
MIR. Taft on the War Camps.