The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-05-20
FARM BOYS
ENCAMPMENT
Big Time is Planned for Town aud
Country Young Men at Oakes
Week of June 7.12
SIX DAYS OF SOLID ENJOYMENT
Another Stock Judging Contest to Be
Held This Year

boy can meet and talk things over
with other farm boys he may find a
lot Of fellows who are worse off than
he is. A week away from home may
change his entire outlook on life and
fill him with inspiration and desire
to do things, instead of making plans
for leaving home for job in the city.
Parents will make no mistake in
urging their boys, to attend this en-
campment. They will return home
full Of enthusiasm for the possibilities
we have in our communities and feel
that they have never spent week to
better advantage.
The following is the program. Don't
just look at it-study it, and see if
there are not many worthwhile
things in it.
Monday afternoon, June 7-Regis-
tration, assignment Of quarters, A. p.
Guy; organization and general in
structions, E. s. Leavenworth. Even
ing-Address, C. E. Knox; moving
pictures.
Tuesday morning, June 8-General
dairying, trip to creamery, E. A.
Greenwood; animal and plant propa-
CATION, A. C. Kuenning. Afternoon
Rope splicing, ETC., j. L. McNary,
Prof. jackson; sanitation and hygiene,
DR.. Beasone; camp meals, John Nap
ravnick; athletics, drills, E. S. Leav-
enworth. Evening-Swimming.
Wednesday morning, June 9-Auto
trip to Baldwin farms; stock judging,
j. c. Hoke; veterinary problems, DR..
McMahan; camp dinner, charge Of
John Napravnick. Afternoon-Bal-
anced home grown feeds, ]. L. Nc.
Nary; controlling animals, DR.. Nc
Mahan; poultry culling, o. A. Barton;
treatment Of stock, ]. c. Hoke. Even
ing-Athletics, drips, f. S.:4Leaven-
worth; moving pictures.
Thursday morning, June 10-Hike;
soil study, A. c. Kuenning; weed
study, ]. w. Haw; swimming lessons,
E. S. Leavenworth. Afternoon-Rops
splicing and knots, Prof. jackson;
forage crops, J. w. Haw; ball game,
Dickey VS.. Sargent. Evening-En-
campment concert, moving pictures.
Friday morning June 11-Manual
training, charge of manual training
teacher and D. F. Mueller; babbitting;
soldering. Acknowledgement
of farmsteads; painting, whitewash-
ing; disinfecting buildings; ball game.
Evening-Principles of contracts. A.
p. Guy.
Saturday morning-Ball game, in
charge of E. S. Leavenworth; track
meet. Acknowledging camp.
All farm boys, ages 14-19 may at
tend. The cost is $500, which pays
for board, lodging and entertainment.
Each boy must bring blankets, over
alls and work shirt, something for a
bathing suit and his baseball equip
ment if he has any.
The encampment will be conducted
under semi-military discipline, and
boys will be under constant super
vision.
For further information write or
see E. A. Greenwood, superintendent,
Forman, N. D.; D. F. Mueller, SUPER
intendent, Oakes, N. D.; A. C. Kuen-
ming, director program; A. p. Guy,
secretary, Oakes, N. d.
Stock Judging Contest
If the rules had not been changed
by the secretary of the International
Live Stock Show, the Dickey county
boys including Paul Kellogg, Robert
Heine and Arthur Christianson would
have been given trip to the big show
at Chicago with all their expenses
paid. This team was coached by the
county agent last year. This year ne
will again coach the team for Dickey
county. There are some valuable
prizes in sight. The winning team
in the county will get a trip to Fargo.
II you wish to enter the contest write
to the county agent.
The rules are that boy to he ELI
gible must be between the ages of
16 and 10. He must be member of
an agricultural high school, voca-
tional high school, rural consolidat-
ed school or a member of boys and
girls club, who has never been reg
ularly classified in state agricul-
tural school or any college (this re-
striction does not apply to those who
have attended q short course Of two
weeks or less) and who has never
taken part in a meat, stock or horse
Judging contest Of interstate or inter-
national character nraviona IN %ha