The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-05-20
SECRETARY MEREDITH
ENDORSE CLUB WORK
Secretary of Agriculture Sets Forth
Accomplishments Of Boys and
Girls Club WOrlS-PrOgrcss
Being Made In County

70. r. Meredith, Secretary of Agrl-
| culture has always been strong
booster for Boys and Girls Club
! work. While editor Of Successful
| Farming he loaned thousands of dol
lars to boys and girls TO buy live
stock for their Club projects.
The following letter gives his idea
| Of the aims and values of Boys and
| Girls Club work
Boys and Girls Club work Is one
of the important features of the Agri-
| cultural Extension Work conducted
by the States Relation Service, Unit
| cd States Departmnt of Agriculture.
in cooperation with the state Agri-
cultural Colleges and local agencies
| for the purpose Of improving agri-
] cultural conditions and practices thru
! out the country. These cubs are
| organized TO improve farm and home
/ practices by instruCting the boys In
correct agricultural methods and the
/ girls In home making; to assist them
In demonstrating these methods for
the Improvement of the farm and
/ home: to aid I'm the development OF
cooperation In the family and In the
community; TO create more favor
able attitude toward the business OF
farming and home making by en-
couraging property ownership and
the feeling OF partnership; and to
make rural life more attractive by
providing organization which tends
to diminish isolation and develop
leadership.
These objects are in process OF at
tainmeut. Whenever club Worl has
been pushed by our agents, larger
yields have been obtained, better pigs
have been raised and finer cattle
both GARY and beef. have grown
The motto OF the clubs is "To Make
the Best potter" RoglUCrod un-
imals are now common whore only q
Few years ago they we're unknown,
and there "a a systematic effort to|
Gull out scrub stock ANA poultry
Large Yields OF crops have been
made by club members on lands
which were considered worthless,
and little girls are yying with the
hest packers In canning and presory-
Ing fruits and vegetables. and are
becoming q potent factor In helping
To make the farm home moro at
tractlye and enjoyable.
The average yield per acre made
by club members In growing or Held
crops o. two 10 three times as large
as the average yields made In the
States In which the members are
located. Many people, seeing hoy
or girl here and there engaged In club
work. do not realize the value OF the
products produced by these young
folks In the aggregate. In 1918,
while under the stress Of war and
responding TO an appeal made To cluh
members IN the burrows over there
to help feed the boys In the trenches /
"oyer there. the records In the OF |
flee show that these young people |
producd food and feed TO the value |
OF more than S20,000,000.
Tho money value OF the products |
OF club members is only small part |
OF the value OF club work. Many |
boys and girls have had their vision /
OF life enlarged by club membership. |
Many have taken and are taking col /
lege training. The agricultural Col /
leges OF the country especially have |
profited In enrolment from the club,
Many BOYS and girls have made their /
own money 20 defray their college
expences IN club activities. Many
after graduation have returned 10
farms or have engaged In Extension
Work as county agents Rural life
has been greatly enriched In recent
years By the trained leadership OBJ
iained from agricultural clubs. The
results obtained In this work Justify
many times the expenditures made
In securing them and appeal strongly
for larger development OF TINS
very useful work.