Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-06-04

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Ct Agriculture.)
In the little town of Spring Green,
Wis.,, grateful son has set aside the
sum Of 50 600 for a unique memorial
to his father, for many years a pro-
gressive and honored member Of the
community. The money is to be held
in trust by the University of Wisconsin
and the income from it is to be used
in promoting boys and girls club
work. The son has done what the
father had planned to do before his
death-a plan prompted by the strik-
ing results which club work for boys
| and girls has achieved in the vicinity
of Spring Green and other parts Of
| Wisconsin.
This benefaction is but one of many
| ognizing in this activity for, and by,
"junior farmers" one of the big fea
| lures in Americas movement for bet
| ter farms and better farming-big, be-
cause of the great promise which it
| holds for the future.
Training Farmers of Tomorrow.
While there are many important
| phases in this club work, the bearing
which it has on the problem of how
the farmer of tomorrow can better
understand marketing is of particular
interest, because that phase of the
farmers work, when ignorantly per-
formed, may deprive him of all the
profits from his labor. What the
farmer receives at the market is, gen.
orally speaking, an index to his sue
cess Or failure. Of course, he cannot
hope to win if his products are bad,
and sometimes he cannot sell them
proftably if they are good. But when
they are bad or poor, big factor in
promoting improved methods on the
farm is a clear understanding of what
the market demands and what it is
going to reject or discount.
Scientists and educators have long
contended that men and women under
stand and remember the things best
which they learned in their early
formative years. But psychology and
pedagogy aside, that is counted good
common sense. And people are real
iZing more and more that it applies
to buying and selling, planting and
harvesting, quite as much as to bool
learning. This <act has been a grea
stimulus to the boys and girls cluf
work now flourishing in all Of the
states of the Union.
If any farmer, a father of boys OF
girls, is not taking the time to teacf
his children fundamentals of farming
in such a way that they can promote
their own legitimate interests whe1
disposing of the farms yield, tina
farmer is neglecting big opportunit.
to make sure Of his childrens success
in agriculture. If he has not the TIM
or knack to teach his children, he a
} least can lend hearty support to tn
, club work in his neighborhoOd, becaus
club members are becoming good mar
. keters, as well as good stock and crol
} raisers.
This club work, promoted by tn
United States department of agricul
ture In cooperation with the varfou
states, gives boys and girls an under
: standing of marketing that is funds
mental. Take the boy who Is men
, Der Of a baby beef club, for example
) His daily care of his animal for pe
riod Of several months gives him
! familiarity with live stock whic
| adults unacquainted with the subjee
1 can acquire only with difficulty. 81
learns that young cattle make bette
, gains-as much as 25 to 30 per Ger
. more-than mature cattle on the sam
i feed. He discovers that the herd {
l cattle on hand at any one time is small
D er when baby beef is being raiset
!. since there are no two or three-yeal
olds-hence there is a larger surplu
of feed and pasture.
The boy learns from his father {
! from the club leader that young hef
ers when finished as baby beef at &C
to $50 pounds often sell as well g
steers, whereas when they are owe
two years of age they usually are di
eliminated against by buyers. Wei
,, finished beeves when fattened for IL
market under two years of age Off
greater choice in the matter of selec
ing the time for marketing. Ear
yearlings of high quality, the boy find
can be fed either a somewhat long'
or shorter time than first planne
without any material change in tt
finish of the animal. This is a d
cided advantage when the market
L weak" or ''unsteady"-terms whfC
become very clearly defined to the j
!. venile stock grower when the pri'
r | he