Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-03-01
CANTERBURY

Canterbury grange offered a prize Of q
calf to the boy or girl who would write
the best story of what he or she had
learned at the recent extension school.
Nelson Carpenter, age IL. won the prize.
His essay follows:
What 1 learned at the extension school.
Ownership is one of the principal facts
brought out by the speakers at the extern
sion school. Ii a child owned few hens
and sold them and could have the money
to put into his own poclSetbook 1t would
encourage him TO stay on the farm Poul-
try If properly taken care of, will more
than pay for itself.
Mr.. Jones spoke of club organization.
He said the boys in Canterbury should
get together and organize a poultry club.
They should have a place to meet and
elect their officers, decide on what breed
they should keep. and ask their parents
to Cooperate with them for a start After
they are established they should meet
once week to talk over their expert
ences. In that way one helps the other
! 20 be successful.
For illustration, Mr.. Jones spoke of the
boys who had formed the $1,000 poultry
| club in Southington. These boys exhibit
| ed at the different fairs and won many
prizes. They also exhibited at the East
ern States exposition held at Springfield,
/ Mass, and won $1S in prizes on Is en-.
! tries in poultry exhibits of birds selected
| from theI- 1ocks. They also won first
| prizes on their exhibits of eggs ThS
| birds this club chose were White beg.
horns.
teghorns lave proved to be the heayi.
est egg producers thus far. Mr.. Jones
said when he was boy or years old
he had a few chicksn. Tie money they
brought WAS his own; with it he bought
a bicycle. Another boy raised some hens
with the money he got for them he wal
able to buy an acre of land. On this LIANT
he set out peach orchard.
He also told the story Of how 4 boz
had COW he called his own. one that h,
took care of and MIXED. One night Tn,
COW was gone. He asked wheer his GOV
was. 1t was sold, but the boy never saw
any OF the money. 1t is such Instances a
this that drives the boy from the farm
to the city.
/ Fathers should make their boys part
: nars with them, should let them hav
their own poultry, calves and pigs, an
what money they derive from them. Par
efts should encourage their boys to 0ps
| q bank account. Once established, tn
!, boys will be proud of it and will want I
/ enlarge it all they can. In later year
this money will help them get a bette
education Of start them in theft cioee
profession.
Miss TrAbue said some farmer
i thought onion raising a child's work be
cause they all have to be welded by han
and It is harder for a child to do tn
: work. This hard work only tires chill
: Of farm life.
1t Is harder for a girl to find prod,
t able work on the farm. but girls can OF
: ganize canning clubs on the same prin
ciple as the boys poultry clubs AMI b
just as Successful. For an illustration
Miss Trabue told Of some girls VIII
} formed a canning club in Texas a fe'
I years ago. They borrowed money frol
" their parents, each took IS shares. Wit
this money they bought tomatoes an
: canned 1854 quarts, which they soit
paying back the money they had borrow
t ed, and had some extra money left.
9 Another important fact lie protection
n our birds. 4. Were it not for them v
4 could not raise any vegetables or trui
!. They destroy millions OF injurious fl
sects each day. For this reason we shoul
t not destroy their nest or eggs.
4 Miss Trabue told us q story OF be
y who was late for school, When askt
g the reason, he said: ION the way
Z school 1 met another boy about my az
Il He was climbing tree after birds ne
e with young birds in 1t. I told him
It leave it up there, but he would not. Aft
= he came down 1 tuaght him that he vi
wrong" This boy was leader, he kne
It was wrong to destroy birds nest. I
y stead Of waiting to tell others, he d
what he thought was right TO protect