The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-21

| ZOV,VVO htBD 5cnoOl Doyb OF Lhe Ou-
tied States were enrolled into the re-
serve and we're placed upon the
farms tc maintain and to harvest this
planted crops.
Manifestly IL was unfair to the
farmers 10 vitenpt to send to them
from the cities boys who knew very
little Of couru, life and next to
nothing Of farm. practice. Endeavor
was therefore made to train the
boys sent o''t nnder the auspices OF
the United States Boys Working Re
serve. OF thu 100000 that went out
approximately 5000 were trained
in high schools and approximately
5000 more were trained in central
farm training camps located in Or
near State Agricultural colleges.
With thy coming Of peace the de-
mands upon the Department Of La
Dor for such service as the high
school boys Of the country can rem
der is rather increased than dimiu-
ished. M. Hoover stated in his
great speech Of November ~, that
so per cent Of the burden Of saving
Europe from starvation rests square
ly upon thu shoulders OF the United
States and that North America must
export twenty million tons Of food
to Europe during the present and
coming var. Therefore the United
States Boys Working Reserve is
summoned to redouble. it's energies
No readjus,ment Of labor from war
industries 10 normal industries, and
no supply from soldiers returning
from abroad, will begin to meet the
situation upon the farms. II. must
be borne In mind that we are to ship
abroad from three an done-half to
four timos OH normal shipments or
food to Europe. In spite OF the best
that we can 10 Mr.. Hoover assures
us that at lear. ten million pople in
Russia will almost certainly starve
during the present winter.
The Educational section Of the Re-
serve issued December 10 series OF
which make up what is
known as the Farm Craft Lessons"
These lessons have been prepared
by a great educator, Eugene Daven-
port, dean Of the College of Agricl-
ture, University of Illinois. The les
sons make a text in vocational edu-
cation of the very highest quality,
and are remarkable in that they COW
er field hitherto inadequately COW
cred land that they have simplicity
and directGess about them, and that
thy breathe the spirit of a noble
patriotism that is beyond all praise.
They are an institute in the ele-
ments of farm practice, and they
make an excellent foundation for
the prosecution of studies in agri-
culture that very naturally follow
in any carefully considered course
of vocational training that relates to
farming. Dean Davenport has in
cluded within the body OF the lessons
a simple and sufficient and conven-
lent biography.
The Departm, mt of Labor desires
to introduce This text into every high
school of the United States and ear
nestly hopes that man ythousands Of
boys who ure unfamiliar with farms
will undertake the course. The course
is planned to tfgin in January and
to continue util April; there are 20
lessos together with some material
that is to De studied along with the
Lessons. making the equivalent OF
total of SO lessons. The fall SEM
ester ends about the middle of jan
uary and school men will then be
preparing their programs for the
spring semester BY the elimination
OF unessenrial stables; by elimina-
ton OF unessential elements in es-
sential stldins; by the curtailing of