Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-01-16
EXTENSION MEN
TALK AT ASKOv
State Club Leader T. A..
Erickson Stresses Home
Identification.
w. F. Hammargren Talks
Al at Garden Club
PIT. A. Meeting.

approximately seventy members of
the AskOv Garden club and the Par
ent-Teachers association and others
gathered in the school assembly room
Friday night in response to a public
invitation to hear two speakers talk
on All Club work and gardening. The
speakers were County Agent w. F.
Hammargren and T. A. Erickson state
club leader, from the Extension de-
partment of the University
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Svend Petersen at which
time two songs were sung by the au-
dience. After reading the minutes of
the last PIT. A. meeting by the sec
rotary, Harald Petersen gave an &C
count of the new hot lunch system
which has been established in the
school since the Christmas vacation
for the first six grades.
Mrs. Chr. Frederiksen then gave an
outline of the work of the Garden club
and told of intentions of organizing
a Junior club. She also commended
the Ferndale Nursery for offering the
use of their library free to the club.
w. F. Hammargren was the next
speaker on the program and told of
his work with the children throughout
the county in All Club work and rec
commended that the PIT A. devote one
meeting each year to this work. Mr.
Hammargren stated that All Club
,nrly ha hn, ,;,.I
farm something to do with their lei
sure time and advised the parents not
to promise them something of their
own and then sell it to the market
when the opportunity arises without
giving the proceeds 20 them. II
The children will take more inter-
est in their home if parents will treat
them more as partners and make
them feel a part of the work. Give
them credit for what they do" Mr..
Hammargren said He said the sue
cess of All Club work in the commun-
ity rested largely on leadership and
that good local leaders should first
be obtained before a club is organ
lied. 1t cannot be expected that
leader living in the west community
can efficiently supervise a club which
is situated north of town. In speak
ing of the possibilities of club work
in the county Mr. Hammargren rec
commended an increase in sheep
raising but insisted that each indi-
vidual herd should be started slowly
with only a small number invested
in at first. He claimed there is ample
opportunity for the industry to grow
and prosper in Pine county.
In touching upon garden club work
Mr.. Hammargren said the Extension
Department would be glad to cooper
ate with local people in landscaping
the schoolgrounds and suggested that
planting could be done in such man
ner as to honor deceased pioneers and
builders of the community with some
thing that grows, thus further carry
ing out the example they set while
here on earth. Planting trees is bet
ter than to erect a cold marble monu-
ment to their memory.
T. A. Erickson Talks.
Mr.. Hammargren then called upon.
T. A. Erickson, state club leader from
the University Extension Department.
who talked mainly on garden club
work, home Identification and the
relationship of the All Club to the
public schools. In bringing out his
points concerning club occupation for
the child. Mr.. Erickson told Of a farm
er who had worked the whole year
find that he had not made any money.
but at the same time insisted that the
farm had paid big dividends. Upon
being asked how he figured it had
paid big dividends, he told of the in
terest his children were taking i'm
had there and added so long as the
old farm returned these blessings for
his labors he was satisfied. The
speaker told of the home beautifica-
ton project being carried on by the
Extension department and intimated
that the same. II introduced to the
boys and girls. would be very educa-
tional and would tend to tie them to
their homes in that they would feel
themselves partners in the undertake
ing. In outlining the requirements
Of the home Identification project.
Mr.. Erickson said there are four lines
Of work to take up, which are, the
growing Of ANNALS, perennials. shrubs
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