The Little River news., 1923-04-25
Value oJ Boys-
 Girls Club Work
(Prize Composition, by Maxine J. Fin

Agriculture is one of the oldest arts
 in existence. While, like other arts
 agriculture has had stages of growth
 yet it is only within comparatively
 short period that the people have come to realize the importance ot
 training boys and girls to see the ad- lVantageS of using all the worlds wis
 dom to help make the soil produce more abundantly.
 The old adage Civilization begins and ends with the plough" has been more than proven. Therefore it rests wlth us to devote more time to organ izing, encouraging and building up the ,k1ndergarten work of the future suc- cessful farmer and farm wife: The Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Work
 The great aim of Club Work for boys and girls is to develop respect able, efficient citizens. It does this, in that it develops initiative, which causes them to think and to reason out their own problems. Too, it teaches them to be useful and skill full which is a great asset in real life. Also club work instills into their hearts to be true, kind and sympathe- tic. This tends to develop the spirit of cooperation which is essential in all community life. Too, the principles of health are learned, by which they know how to resist diseases and may enjoy to greater extent and be more efficient in the pursuits which they follow. Upon all this the principles of real home life are founded, there fore, we conclude that Club Work envelopes real home Builders.
 The following clubs have benefited the toys and girls more probably than any others: The Canning Club which teaches the housewife ways of acquiring bountiful- supply of nu- tritious foods and how to put them up in attractive forms in such a man. her that they will keep during the winter months. Working systematic ally and enjoying the advantages of cooperation and of club discussions she finds herself growing more and more efficient and the work increasing in interest.
 Where mothers and daughters be- lcng to a club, there results a closer bond between them in their home ac- tivities and the girls are provided "itl. helpful and useful occupation during their spare hours School Clubs and Home Clubs alike teach economy and thrift, and in many cases they prove to be bond of union be- tween the home and the school.
 By Belonging to the Girls Poultry Dairy or Garden Clubs, the girl learns to attend to the duties which have to be performed with the greatest care and skill. Her mind and spare time are filled with helpful and useful things when she would probably be thinking frivolous things which would not in any way lead her on towards the goal of success The profits deriv- ed from her efforts would also bring her a nice little bank account. The Boys Corn Club Movement in the United States is an outgrowth of the Farmers Cooperative Demon- stration work inaugurated in 1904 und- CT the auspices of the U. s. Depart ment of Agriculture In recent years the importance of awakening in boys an interest in farm life and it's prob lens has been widely realized, and originated in the desire to create such love for rural life that the number of youths who yearly leave the coun- try for the cities would be greatly di- unfinished, which would within itself, be a reward for all the time spent. For, where the rural life has been made attractive for the boys and girls land where they have been given such a training that they may compete with | their city companions in education, social activities, etc., then they will stay on the farms and We shall have made great step forward in the up- building of our country
 The work of the boys Corn Clubs was definitely organized in 1909 and now the enrolment of all the clubs in the various states equals 55,O0O members.
 The boys pig club is another im~ portant club. It teaches the boys how to select, raise and care for good breeds of hogs. It has been proven that one Poland China hog is worth two common "razorbacks" both in val ue and for breeding purposes. The r1uh mann horc apo fouuh+ to ;,lro 1.A