The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-05
MAK0TI GIRLS
ESSAY WINNER
OF N. D. PRIZE
Takes First Among 90 Essays
Submitted in n. ID. Dairy
mems Contest


Grand Forks, n. d., Mar. 5.-Vcr-
nice Petersen Of Makoti, y. d., p.ac-
ed first among the 98 boys and girls
Of North Dakota in the essay con
test on How to Keep Boys and Girls
on the Farm" according to an an
nouncement made this evening at the
North Dakota Dairylncn's convention,
where the prize winning essays were
read.
Eleven prizes totalling S25 were Of
fcred, and the priZc-wlnncrs in the
order they placed were Ecrnicc Pc
derson, Makoti: Edna Mae Piece,
Buchanan; Mildred Conlan, address
unknown; Harley Hanson, Hillsboro;
Frances Fitzmaurice, Mohall; Mar
gueritc Engcmocn, Valley City; Mar
garet Schieb, Bordulac; Abigail
Lewis Patterson, Dawson; Edith ID.
Greenwood, Crystal; Geraldine Gin
ter, Hazciton, and Bernard Richard,
kenmarc.
Judges of the contest were II. +.
Killing, state boys and girls club
leader, and j. r. Dice of the dairy
department, both at the Agricultural
college, and Sam Crabbe of Fargo.
Nearly all of the essays stressed the
Importance of letting the farm boys
and girls own property and profit
from its care.
The prize-winning essay written by
Miss Peterson follows:
"A great problem today is to keep
upon the farm Il share of the nations
best stock people with ability,
energy, and natural fitness, who will
became Il happy, satisfied and con
tented people. In the past country
life was hard but today there are
many reasons why the boy and girl
should remain on the farm.
First, IL order t. Keep the boys
and girls on the farm county life
must be made mere attractive and it
can be. TO make farm life more at
tractivc we must make more money.
Is it any wonder that boys and girls
want to leave the farm, when all
that they hear is That farming does
not pay today? We must get them
to see that In order to make more
money we should have better cultiva-
ton of the soil, rotation Of crops,
scientific treatment of the soil, bet
ter care of poultry, diversified farm
ing, and proper marketing.
THE farm home can also be made
more attractive. In the past the
10 nnI "a
sivc boy or girl would care to re-
main in the place. The homes were
not modern, and there was too much
work to be done. Boys and girls of
ten reply when asked why they left
the farm: Because there was too
much work to do. Country homes
can be made just as attractive and
modern as city homes. All over we
,alr finding examples of this. NJ, ny
improvements can be made on the
buildings and equipment so that ihe
labor will not be so hard,
Boys and girls should be given
young animals for their own. When
is theirs to sell or to keep. Too
many times boys leave home because
their pigs become their fathers hogs,
or their calves become their fathers
cows. Boys and girls who live in the
4, country should have some money OF
their own as well as those in the
city. I'm this way they are more like
ly TO learn the value of money for
how can they learn if when they do
not have any? The raising OF stock
will also help them to become better
farmers when they are grown.
THE country affords opportunities
for a rich and complete life. peo-
pie live closer to nature. They Eavl
! chance to learn about the birds
. trees, flowers, and plants. Boys and
+ girls can have pets, and love for an
. imals is developed. There are more
means for culture in the country now
than ever before The rural free de.
/ livery reaches almost all parts of
the country. BY means of this peo-
pie have magazines, books and papers.
We have telephones so that commun-
icaton car Be carried on over long
4 or short distance. Good pictures
4 can be bought today for less than in
! the past All sorts of musical instru-
Z ments are available such as the vic
trola and radio.
"Boys and girls must have recrea-
4 ton. About the only time they nave
+ had for this has been on Sunday, but
other days and suitable places must
E be provided for amusements. Boys
and girls think they can have a bet
+ ter time in the city, but we FIND
many of the city people going to the
E country for amuseNents. However
( most rural localities need to provide
& some means for recreation so the
( boys and girls will stay on the farm
1 at takes brains to be a successful
I farmer. Same people think that al
that is needed on, the farm is hare
work, but%this is not so. The lant
is now getting old, and it needs t.
have care to produce good crops. Thu
farmers must study farming before
they become good farmers. So thu
bows do not need to feel they arr