The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-29
YOUTHFUL CLUB
MEMBERS REPORT
THEIR PROGRESS
Three Hundred Representa-
tiveS Of County Farm ACtiv-
tiles Are Doing Fine Work
for Future Of Country Life.

over 500 otficers and leaders OF the
boys and girls community farm or
ganizations Of Shelby county are at
tending the annual meeting Of the
county corn clubs, pig clubs, canning
clubs, poultry clubs and garden clubs.
These bright ana energetic Voung
people represent thousand members
OF the four organizations and they ex-
pect to have two or three times that
membership before the present season
The corn club and garden club work
was begun several years ago, but the
poultry clubs were organized only last
year, The interest shown by the young
folks has been wonderful incentive
to the teachers and government agents
who are directing their work, The
boys and girls are finding a new lin.
the work done on the farms and learn
ing the best modern methods OF caring
for their gardens, fields and live stock
The garden clubs have about 1000
members, the pig club officers Mt the
meeting Saturday represented more
than 200 members, the corn club about
tk0 and the girls OF the poultry clubs
canning clubs 125.
Nothing but pure bred stock 10 owned
BY the members, generally Plymouth
Rock or other farm breeds of chickens
and Poland Chinas or Durocs In the pig
clubsl The county school system Is
aiding In the work, special instruction
IN poultry raising and gardening hay
county schools this year.
Best of Foundation Stock.
Miss Cara Harris is in charge OF the
work among the girls, and the work
OF the boys clubs Is directed by M. ID.
brock, government county agent IN
charge Of club work, who also has gem
eral dlrection over all the club work,
BrtHf three-minute reports were made
from many of the clubs, showing that
those boys and girls are successful
young farmers, II was shown that the
pigs owned by club members ranged
Ia cost from $25 TO $500 and that the
best Abiclkens have been bought to start
the elsths members in their work while
The Nafdeners have BEEN as busy as
bees ever since early In the spring and
hhye plltstrlpped their parents In many
ilflHtaNAess The canning clubs are study
II sSaj eRaration for their Wnrls later,
MtSYt ANS NJ tAs n 9 A
point, too---were Charles Ford, of CaIiei
vile, Wander Bryan, Of Colheryille, LISA
Emma Lou Latting, OF Cordpva, who ID
q member OF a poultry, pig and garden
club; Woodaon Bowe and j. u. Holmes,
OF Capleville.
Miss Cara Harris, spoke briefly Of
the girls club work throughout the
county. She said the garden clubs and
pig clubs are spreading all over the
county, clubs having been organized In
every community The schools near
the city, in suburban communities, are
devoting most Of their energies to
poultry work, as poultry can be raised
are mostly In the strictly rural com
Elegant Luncheon
Dr. TAFT BItler and Dr. II. n, Lloyd
OF the farm development bureau OF the
Chamber Of Commerce, spoke OF the
opportunities offered the children in
Y. M. c. A., led in the singing and M
d. Brock presided.
Then came the annual luncheon al
the ChiSca, q regular course luncheon
with flowers, music and everything,
as one bright young teacher said, such
as she never saw when she was q
school girl which wasn't so long age
at that, The young folks were guests
Of the bureau OF farm development al
the luncheon.
Mr.. Brock presided at the luncheon
and there were few after dinner 70.
marks, which were also supposed L
be confined to three minutes In length
Among the speakers were chas. j
Haase,. of the bureau OF farm develop,
ment; Miss Adaa Harris, w. A. Schoen.
feldt, OF the extension department ,o
the University OF Tennessee, Knoxville
Senator Frank Fuller, Of the Trl- Stat,
fair, and S, q. Abernathy, West Ten
neesee district agent bf the farmlnl
and club work, jackson, Tenn. MrA Ab,
ernathy told the boys about the frs
annual pig sale that the club boys O
Madison county are going to have Apri
Q, and said that they could organic,
such sale In Shelby county, probabl,
this summer or fall
The work OF all the clubs Is evi
IDENTIFY In good hands, for the younl
officers were comparing notes busill
both before and after the meeting an(
seemed eager to find out what eacl
rival club was doing.
The club members marched from tn,
courthouse to the Chlsca, giving Mem
| phians who were downtown at noon
| splendid opportunity to see what fin,
specimens OF young manhood and WON
| anhoodN are growing up In the rura
communities Of Shelby county.