Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-11-22
M. r. BACON MAKES
CLUB WORK REPORT
Orleans County Agent Calls At
tention to Accomplishments
for Year 1922

tention to Accomplishments
for Year 1922
For lack of time the following re-
port was not read at the annual Farm
Bureau meeting at Irasburg.
Since the last report made for Club
Work for Orleans County, that of
October 1st, 1921, there has been
some accomplishments made that the
|, Club Agent wishes to bring to your
attention. Achievement Day, that
time for the boy and girl member to
stake count of stock" for themselves
and their parents, were held in six
communities and Standard Club
Charters awarded to six clubs. Two
having been won the previous year,
there are now eight such recognition
charters issued from the Secretary of
/ Agriculture's office at Washington, d.
c.. in Orleans County. The import
ance of this form of recognition of
their purpose to practice and demon
strate the best principles and prac-
! tices of Agriculture and Home Eco
nomics for our farm boys and girls
you can readily conceive.
[ Further. to stimulate finer quality
of production there have been con-
/ last meeting. At these exhibits small
| premiums were awarded raised from
| locally interested persons, the pur-
pose being to recognize in a small
way more of the boys and girls for
| their efforts to do constructive work.
[ Here is a factor not to be overlooked
in giving our boys and girls an~in-
terest in their home town, to keep
them from all going to the city, or
other parts. One County Exhibit
| has taken place at the County Fair,
| bidding fair to boost agriculture ex-
hibits as no other thing at that right
full function of agriculture could do.
The 200 or more visitors per hour,
| estimated attendance at the
| Club Work tent on one day proves
that somewhat-and this years work
was nearly so per cent larger and fin
er quality than in 1921! Eleven DEM
onstration teams told the story of a
new day for the farm boy and girl
| in Orleans County. Five of these
/ teams were taken to the State Fair
where they won $4,000 in prizes
not to be given to the demonstrating
members, but to be applied by the
/ whole club for the betterment of the
work in their own community. Along
that project line further. our best
team was chosen for the grand trip
to the Eastern States Exposition at
! Springfield, Mass, September 1928.
| to be members of Camp Vail. What
they received and did there will be
told from time to time in words and
deeds by the members and their club,
las has been done this year by the
| Glover Calf Club of West Glover, Two
! of our demonstration teams on their
/ combined score of judging and de-
monstrating placed in the five lead
| ing teams of Vermont this year.
Miss Eva Robinson of Bloomington
/ Centre, won the Hon. c. L. Stuart,
! Special Prize, first prize for best girl
demonstration of $500.
So much for that part of Club
Work activities. The reports of the
part played by our boys and girls
in the actual home and farm projects
have been given in connection with
your own. "grown-up" reports-right
where they belong so long as our
| boys and girls can have a part in
what is making for bigger and better
! communities, farms and homes.
And they will always have a part
so long as parents are willing to let
them. The program of Camp Vail
this year was based on one idea for
each day of the camp-Sunday was
"Hop-to-it,' (promptness and will
lingness to do,when asked-both lead
ers and members).
Monday was Courage" not afraid
to try-("the man who says it can't
! be done is continually being inter-
rupted by the one who. does it").
Tuesday was Loyalty" clear
duty to our, God, our Country, cur
1 ND ,4xy
Wednesday was "Pals" Cor
Friendship" the wise and necessary
spirit for team work, to work with
! the other fellow.
Thursday was Beauty" Tled by
girl members only, beauty of charac-
ter is the greatest prize of all and
the only lasting thing on earth
h Friday (the last day of camp),
"The Challenge" that duty clearly
before all boys and girls, and men and
women, to serve and to give to
others all that one has for the bet
terment of ourselves and our sur.
! roundings, or in the last words of an
able State Leader, $50 home and Go
To Work k'-four big plain words. A
most wonderful conception of the
possibilities, capabilities and rec
ognized leadership of our rural boys
anu girls KNOW you VIII all agree.
| Can there be greater ideal to place
before our juniors? Boys and Girls
/ Club Work tries to embody that ideal
in all its lines of work. This service
by our government needs the boys
and girls and they need such a SER
vlce-and both need the loyal support
! OF every Farm Bureau member for
the rest of 1922 and '23 to make
better the present record.
That Settles II