Milford chronicle., 1921-02-11

Rows and Girls Club Work is a
nermanent, nationwide system of It
inerant teaching by means of practl-
cal demonstrations in farm and home
making activities, which plan is au-
thorized in the Federal Smith-Lever
Act, and is jointly carried out ana n
nanced in each state by the U. ). De-
partment of Agriculture and the Ex-
tension Department of the state Col
lege of Agriculture, thru the County
Farm Bureaus in cooperation Win III
terested rural, town and school COM
munities of the State.
Aims and Purposes Of Boys and Girls
Club Work
The present aims and purposes OF
c1ub work in Delaware are brleny
stated as follows:
To create an intelligent point OF
view and a sympathetic attitude to-
wards farming and home making, thru
encouraging partnership in certain
home enterprises and property owner
ship. -4,.5,
q To demonstrate better methods
of growing field and truck crops, IN
raising poultry and livestock, ana OF
imnroving home making practices.
2 To give the boys and girls rlch
axneriences along the line of their ma
tural interests, in full cooperation
with the home and community, on
which source material wide-a-wake
teachers can draw for original lang
uage work, for practical problems III
arithmetic, for words in spelling tnat
have real meaning to the boys anu
girls, and etc.
A. To create in boys and girls de-
sire to pursue systematic courses Oh
instruction in agriculture and nome
economics, as given in high schools,
in short courses, and in colleges OF
agriculture.
<. To socialize farm, home and
country life in general thru the de-
veIopment of rural leadership, COM
nounitv co-operation, and a good splr-
it of citizenship.
Birdseye View Of the Club Program
for 1921
Nationwide experience IN BOYS
and Girls Club Work has demohsIIaC1,
cd that the above named aims anu anu
Y1l1rnoses. can be secured best thru the
i,so of extension methods. The most
successful of our own experiences IN
oo,ductins club work in Delaware
will he continued this year. In as 1ar
or ,ossib1e the whole club program
Iii ba h1lilt upon the boys and girls
home project work and upon Cne
cal community, or scnool cIup.
Club tours will be held Wherevel
practicable to observe the most SUI
cessful farm and home demonsUra-
tions. --o,,.o,,+s oan
he made. local achievement pro-
grams or community round-ups VIII
he held at the close OF the cIuD Ve@l
by every club group. r... n
Puhlic contests in exhlbltlng, IL
iudging. and in demonstrating Wlu-Se
Conducted in the various farm anu
homo enterprises at the Kent-Sussex
E,aiT near Harrington, during the last
-Tool1 I of Julv. The best Of these down
s+ote exhibits and the champion teams
of +ba two counties will be sent from
their respective communities anu
counties to the Delaware state FaiI'
which will be held near Wilmington III
the early part of September. Here III
t1rn. champion members will exhlDH
from the three counties and Will coll
+os+ nv teams for state honors ana
awards il. keeping with their achleVe-
Toents Then as last year, nine State
Fair Club champions will be AWARDED
+ba annual free trips to the Great Ag-
Ticultrral and Industrial EXposlIIo1'
which will be held at Springfield
Mass. about the middle of September
A dairy club Judging team may also pc
selected to represent Delaware at tne
National Dairy Show. Premium llsts
for the Kent-Sussex Fair and the Del
aware State Fair will be announced
in the club Leader in an early issue
FINALLY. as a grand climax to sue
cessful club year, community achieve
ment champions for the whole year III
the various home projects will be sent
on a, free trip to the Third Annual
Junior Farmers Short Course, whlch
will be held at Delaware College for
one week during the Christmas holi-
days. C,L 1vo,,1,
The six biggest words in Boys ana
Girls Club Work at the present tlne
are: CLUB, EXTENSION, COOPER
ALTON. DEMONSTRATION, CONTEST
AND ACHIEVEMENT.