The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-08
Cooperation and HarmOniZing
Produce Wonderful Results.

Neither of the above agencies,
working alone. or single handed. can
do the job. But by co. ordinating
the work of our several forces and
harmoniZing our efforts, the wonder
full results can be accomplished
There are many other reasons why
the boys and girls on the farm
should line up with one of the club
organizations. Here are a few OF
them:
First. because membership in a
club places boy or Il girl in touch
with the latest information and
practice For the corn club boy. the
most expert knowledge the country
over about corn production is assem-
bled and he is taught to use it. To
the boy who belongs to the baby
beef or the pig club, the same kind
of information comes about calves
and pigs To the club girl the same
expert information comes about the
care of the home. its conveniences,
its sanitation. its refinement, and
it's pleasures To her also comes the
latest and best about gardening,
dairying. poultry and the p-e"serva-
lion of food. And all of this Is (
very great value to boy or girl.
Second, Membership in the club
work will bring the farm boys and
girls in touch with teachers and lead
erS who are cOnSecrated to their
work to come in contact with these
cOnSecrated purpOseful leaders, who
love boys and girls, who are interest
ed in farm life and farm homes, and
who know the possibilities of the
boy and girl on the farm and in the
home. This would mean much to the
development of the character and
usefuInes of the boy and girl. Mem
bership in the club would also bring
a the boy or girl into -ielpful co-opera-
ton with thousands of other boys
and girls of their own age the coun-
try over, and would make them the
friendly. competitors of these thou
sands. Such cooperation and COM
petition would be interesting and
stimulating and would help to make
better and more useful citizenship
and home builders for the farms.
Third. youth is a time when all
Lessons of progress must be learned.
4 man of middle age has ideas al
ready fixed, his habits already form
ed. he does not take readily TO new
notions or new ways ofsdoing things
simply because he is too old. What
"A lan of middle age is now he will
prGaably continue to be to the end,
ana the way he does things now, he
shall probably continue to do them
the same until he dies. But life is
all before the boy or girl, their habits
and ideas are all in the making. Ii
he or she is to be more progressive,
more prosperous than we-are today,
and more useful. now is the time the
new idea must be planted and the
Aew habit formed. TO belong TO a
club does teach new ideas and meth
DDS of doing things.
Fourth, the boy and girl on the
farm should be interested in the
things that go TO make the life there
more happy and useful, and to make
more money out of things they learn
to do To belong to club leads
them in that direction.
Fifth, the great need in our rural
sections. is calling for intelligent
leadership, and TO properly train this
leadership, we must begin with the
boys and girls The best leadership
is not imported from without but
grown from within. Every boy and
girl wants TO be one of the leaders
in after years for the honor it means
TO the family and for the service il
brings to the community. An active
part in club will help to develop
this quality of leadership and useful
ness.
Let us give the boy. and girl a
age, let him be club boy.