Evening star., 1936-06-18
WALLACE PRAISES
j. s. GREATNESS
IN 4-H CAMP TALK
Highest Percentage of Re-
sources Per Person in
World, He Says.
NATURAL AND HUMAN
CONSERVATION URGED
$50 Delegates at Annual Gather.
ing Hear Secretary-Two
$1,000 Fellowships Given.

The United States has higher per-
centage of natural resources for each
citizen than any other country in the
world, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
told more than $50 young men and
women attending the tenth annual All
Club encampment here today.
The Secretary made plea for con-
servation of both natural and human
resources of the Nation and reminded
his listeners that the preamble to the
Constitution, which We all often have
overlooked" provides for consideration
of the general welfare of the people as
a whole
while the United States was q
young Nation, we did not have to wor-
ry about the natural resources" said
the Secretary. Americans got into
the habit of thinking the soil would
take care of itself. That went on as far
as nine -tenths of the farmers were con-
cerned right up to the beginning OF the
present century And then few peo-
pie began to think. The conservation
movement started in 1909. Now people
are thoroughly soil-conscious through
out the country. Soil conservation
measures are among the most popular
measures.
Drain Of Fertility.
settles continually, by their very
nature, drain soil fertility away from
the farm, and you might almost say
they drain human fertility away, too
With the population trends as they
are today. 100 years hence two-thirds
of the people will be descended from
the one-fifth of the population thai
lives on the farms.
1T is important that the farm chill
dren of today know what the very
basis of our civilization is and bt
fully informed concerning soil prob
lens, and, as they get older, with other
problems which have to do with max
ing q joyous civilization" the Secre.
tary said.
Fellowship Awards.
Miss Ruth Durrenberger Of Orlando
Fla, and Keith Jones of Okanogan
Wash, were awarded fellowShips OF
81 900 each, providing for nine
months study with the Agriculture
Department, for outstanding achieve
ments in All Club work.
Recipients Of the awards not only
must have an outstanding All Club
record, but must have completed q
four-year college course in agriculture
or home economics.
The winners were selected from IL
applicants representing IL States BY
an Agriculture Department committee
They are not among the $50 delegate!
to the encampment.
To Visit Beltsville Farm.
After the luncheon at l pm. and
State leaders conference at 2:30 pm.
the camp members were ready To-
their first educational tour, visit Il
the Agriculture Department Expert
mental Farm at Beltsville.
Each of 40 States represented ha!
sent two boys and two girls to th'
| camp. Maryland IS represented b.
Miss Mary Hutchison, Talbot County
Merkle L. Ifert, Frederick County
Douglas H. Lee, Baltimore County
and Miss Ailene Z. Williams, Calver
County. The Virginia representative
are Miss Charlotte Burgess, Chester
field County; Thomas Martin, Bed
ford County; Charles Wampler, jr
Rockingham County. and Miss Edns
Wingfield, Roanoke County.
The Department Of Fairgrounds II
cooperation with the ofice of Nationa
CAPITAL Parks will be hosts Monda!
at $50 pm. to delegates.