The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-12
BOYS ARE DOING / /
IMPORTANT WORK
First Class Trained at Vail
School Now Assisting
Vermont Farmers
PLANT MANY CROPS
ON THE SCHOOL FARM

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Strict Military Discipline Is Maintained
and Sergeant Major Wingate of Nor
witch University Is Comlnandant of
the Camp.
I; MONTPELIER, June l2.-Rollo G.
Reynolds as the state director of the
boys working reserve is meeting with
success on every side; in fact other de-
partments in the state are cooperating
and the record which Vermont will make
this year bids fair to exceed that made
gagged in helping produce food.
One of the most interesting parts of
the program is that which Mr.. Reynolds
under the school system is conducting at
the Vail school in Lyndon, where one
class has finished its two weeks training
and the second class is half through.
About 60 boys are engaged in learning
different branches of farm labor in order
| that they may help in the production of
| food Out of the class of 80 which have
gone to farms but two instances have
failed, one in which the farmer was to
blame while the second was because the
boy was placed in the wrong location
| The first class made such hit that
| there were applications for all the boys
/ in the second class. 1t is interesting to
| note that these boys for the most part
are going into families of considerable
means. The second class is more adapt
ed to farm work than the first one was
| because the boys come from smaller
neighborhoods where they have seen
more of what is found in every day life
| on farm than those who come from
cities.
Someone has said without knowing
i that but little farming was done by these
boys. But that this may be removed
from the minds of any who have repeated
the statement, the following will show
what they have been doing in the last
few weeks: Two thousand tomato
plants are set out, one-third of an acre
of peas planted, one acre of corn, SOC
head of caulitiower, 900 heads of early
cabbage. one-eighth acre of beets. one.
fourth acre of onions, one-half acre OF
I tstEing beans one acre, of. field heans. one.
. eighth acre of cucumbers, besides a large
a patch of melons and pumpkins. alons
a with considerable land prepared to plant
j. to parsnips and carrots. The boys in tn,
camp have accomplished this under tn,
8 supervision of the tutors of the Val
5 school and those who have been selecte,
q to teach the boys of the camp. II.
I They have enough military disciplin,
, so that they are constantly under super
: vision and an easy checking up of eacl
can readily occur They arise by tn
bugle. following out that idea until the,
go to bed. Following breakfast they be
! gin training to which they are adapte
= connected with farm work. Some do on
Kind and some another according as the
appear best fitted. They are laugh
the care of tools and their use as we
= as given a knowledge of these SO that
'e farmer sends a city boy after an imple
neIit he knows what to get. They ar
taught among the first things TO as
questions that they may understand wha
is wanted of them For 1nnderstandin
they accomplish great deal more tina
d, If a farmer tells a boy to do somethin
he knows nothing about They eolnplet
the days work at 4 o'clock and then. ma
A enjoy games for an hour and a half G
e if they are adapted to military trainin
he they may receive more of that. Setting
d. up exercises are enjoyed. Baseball is tn
of favorite recreation aside from drilling
ne They have Saturday afternoons off whe
he generally baseball game takes place.
lis Mr.. Reynolds has general supervisio
or of the camp. Jerome Fitzgerald. Geore
Blood, Harley Leland. Carroll Pike, Ra
Ia Hammond, Seth Weatt George Burnhal
by and Mr.. Billings have charge of the
ee education, while Sergeant Major II.
1T Wingate of Norwich university is con
CHI tmandant. Mr.. Burnham has charge ,
the commissary department. The DO,
b. upon arrival are turned over to d
ng Leonard, who strips each and examin
Sc him that those in charge may know. iu
all how much work he can stand. One. be
res withsa heart leakage was found. He d
ar not know it existed, neither did his pa
Ter ents. One thing has been established
nothing more that the camp win gro
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