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By MELVIN RYDER.
EWEY IIANE8 la my horo."
TUat'o what Gov. Prank n. Wlllia of
Ohio said about the flovGntcen-yeur-old
corn and wheat champion grower of
tho Duckoyo Btato, after hearing tho
hoy toll over a thousand formerH how
thoy ought to go about raising corn
and wheat In nnl
four times as largo yiolds por aero at much loss
cost por bushol and much groator profits per aero.
Tho socrot of tho success of tho boys' and girls'
club work and tho dozen dlfferont projects which
tho farmors of tho future" are carrying on so
successfully is to bo found In Governor Willis"
lvo-worded remark. Tho boys who are showing
tho mon how to farm aro tho uoroes of tho ngri
cu tural world of tojlay. Thoy are tho evangelists
who aro carrying tho gospel of better farming Into
every section of tho state and showing their fa
thcra ad mothers how to farm bettor and how to
Hvo -bettor on tho farms.
Tho United States department of agriculture Is
n charge of this work. Their exports have built
rnnn rKn'tion with each state and
county as a unit, and their paid agents aro In
2f?f J.!0 dta!!0t "tion and tabula
ho dn Wrk Umt haa bccn dono and ,a to
bo dono. Tho season of 1910 Is now under way,
to ZZftll mT 0I,t,ml8l,c ' chnreo hoBltato
to predict how far the boys and girls will ro
before the season'a results aro known In so vlSg
tho problems before the farmors of today and
eading thoso same farmers Into tho bigger and
happier farming life that Is possible 1 1 ough the
use- of hotter methods and tho gaining of bettor
crops of higher quality and market value
M mfny yQrfl K a Southern lad, Jerry
Moore, startled tho entlro country by growing
moro corn on ono aero than many farmers TrS
ZJu W,ngn ton, ncrCB' NWBpapors and maga.
zlnos throughout tho country commented on his
nnd K M0rk PrdlCt0d that armors would
And that thoy might also grow larger and bettor
quality crops If thoy would follow his methods
Thoy did not realize until after tho next season
Just what this boy's achievement was woS To
the country, not until thoy learned that the entlro
ISoath was fo lowing Jerry Mooro and growing
more corn that sold for millions of dollars
Each year tho work of tho boys and girls has
Brown, and the lend Is farther than over away.
Tho boya have been specializing in growing crops
and llvo stock, tho girls in tending gardens, can.
XL ""1 .P dU?tS and "taMnK homo oco
nomlcs and bettor homo-llfo. In numbers tho.boys
and Blrla aro sovorol times groator than tho stand
Ing army of the United States. In enthusiasm thoy
aro far ahead of any other organized body in tho
wor t . Jn Importanco and in rocordod results tho
world has never soon tho equal of tho same boys
and Blrla, And tho Boason of 1016 lias Just opened
the season that is certain to double or trlplo In
rofluits tho last and greatest season of 1915,
To boat understand whot tho boya and girls
;found when thoy started their work, it Is nocoa
sary to look back through tho conturlos and boo
how tho sclenco of farming bogan. Tho occupa
tion of farming Is ono of tho oldost In tho history
of tho world Whon men know UtUo olso, thoy
know how to plant Bood and roup a harvest that
was ouniclont for tholr dallynocds. During many
cnturIos, tho farmer was a plodder, who workod
that ho and life family might oxlst. Probably ho
found llttlo Joy and happiness In his work. Tho
production of Hfo in a soed was a mystory to him,
and' bo accoptod tho mystery without trying to
solvo It. It was enough that tho plant grow and
producod fruit, and tho early farmer never asked
nlmsolf how ho could troat his soil and the seed
so that it would produco twofold Instoad of ono.
Thoro wna plenty of land, and bo whon ono Hold
Ild not produco well, ho moved to another Hold or
region, and dkl not bothor about tho first area.
There camo n tlmo, however, when his soil bo--camo
barren in groat areas. Tho seed no longer
grow an it had and tho plants woro weak and
tho fruit ot llttlo valuo. Then It wbb that aclonco
stepped in and tho really aclontlllc farming had a
start. Sclonco showed that soil that had boon
cropped until it was partly worn out could bo re
stored to its productlvo ability by tho return of
tho olomonts that had boon romoved. Sclonco
showed tho farmor that tho soil waa a livo thing
and that tho lifo In tho soil must bo malntalnod.
It examined tho roots of tho plants and studied
tho way that tho plant transforms tho raw ma
torlals in tho soil into tho finished product of tho
fruit of tho plant. It found that aomo plants had
nodules on tholr roots that woro filled with bac
torla which had tho power to take up nltrogon
from tho air, and It found many othor truths that
havo Btncp boon tho basis for much of tho work
dono by agricultural teachers.
During tho last ton years tho advance of Uio
sclenco of farming haa boon very rapid, but tho
practical application by tho farmers of tho prin
ciples and practices that have boon proved valu
ablo has not kept paco with tho discovorloe. It la
the boys and girls who aro catching up, and there
in is tho explanation of tho results that thoy havo
been getting. Tholr parents might havo dono tho
same things, but they did not. Tho boys who aro
growing corn started where tholr fathora loft off
and put Into practlco tho toachlng that tho fathorB
considered Impractical theories. In most cas6a
the Tareuts kept tholr hands off, bo far au the
boya' acres were concerned. Many of them were
suaplcloug of tho entlro work, and woro content
to let their boys enter because thoy thought that
ou!d be tho beat way for tho "young 'una" to be
lads and las- . JHB
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kopt on tho farms and contented. Now tho atti
tudo has boon changed and tho parontB aro as
deoply lntorooted aa tho boya and girla thomsolves,
and In many states and soctions tho parents and
children aro contesting botwoon thomsolves In or
dor to boo which can grow tho bigger crops. A
notable instance of this was shown In Bartholo
mew county, Indiana, whoro two yoara ago tho
boya boat tho parents by a wldo mnrgln in tho
production of corn per aero, but whero last year
tho parents "camo back" by making tholr acres
yield moro than tho acros tilled by tho boys.
This year tho boys havo put tholr heads togother
and havo tholr plans laid to win back tho'rocords.
Itapld aa has been tho advanco of agrlculturo
during tho last ton years, tho future Is going to bo
filled with moro wondorful rovolatlons, through
tho work of the boys and girls and tho Inspiration
that their work haa boon upon tho farmers of to
day. If in tho last ten yoara a farm has been ablo tb
produco double its former crops, tho next ton
yoara it will produce four timoa as much por aero
with proper soli troatraont and cultivation. On
the aero ot ground that laBt year yloldod 200
buahela of potatooa, 400 and COO bushels will bo
ralsod, bocauso tho boys havo demonstrated that
such yields can be producqd. Over In tho Hold
whoro 30 bushels of corn was considered a good
crop In n state whoro tho average ylold was only
a fow bushels, moro por aero at least 90 to 100
bushels por ncro will bo raised In tho future, bo
causo such boys as Dowoy Hanos of Ohio ralsod
163.7 busholB per acre, and tho winners In somo
other atatoa outgrow him
"Truo education" la tho basla for tho work that
tho boys and girls aro doing, Tho clubs aro tho
mediums of practical Instruction in tho common
duties of tho farm and farm homes. Tho boys nro
taaght bettor methods of farming, and tho girls
aro taught hotter homo mothods, Tho agricultural
colleges and experiment stations aro finding that
tho boys and girls aro hotter teachers and moro
practical oxporlmontora bocauso thoy nro carrying
tho ontlro country with thom toward bettor farm
ing and bettor living on tho farm. Tho "old folks"
aro learning tho valuo ot crop rotation, tho uso
of tortlllzors and manures, tho nood of propor
tlllago, good soed, and tho othor factors that on
tor into tho efficient mnnagomont ot tho soil and
tho farm.
How can tho parents help tho boys and girls
is tha question being asked tho loadorB in tho club
work by farmers in every aoction of tho United
States. Parents can and should holp by encour
aging them to enter tho contostB and organized
clubs, and allowing tho children tho tlmo from ,
rogular work with farm chorea to tond tholr own
plots of ground. Tho children should fool that
thoy aro partners on tho farms.
ParontB, think what this work meana to you bo
foro you rofuso to holp. You don't want your
children to havo tho aamo hardships, tho samo
toll with llttlo to show for tho years spont such
as many of you havo had In tho past. You don't
want your children to havo tho samo discourage
ments bocauso of seasons whon tho crops woro
poor and tho market prices woro low. You don't
want your children leaving tho farma and taking
up lines ot work that aro Icsb profltablo, healthful
and productlvo of happiness.
You cannot afford to rofuso your support and
your corporation during tho coming Boason. From
a financial reason alono If for no higher reason
you cannot afford to go on with tho aamo mothodB
that you have boon using in growing your crops
and getting only half tho ylolda that you ahould
receive.
If your boya can raise four times as much corn
as you, or oven twlco as much Dor ncrn. von rnn
not afford to refuse to uso tholr methods next
season in growing your rjrops. If your boys can
mako twico as much money from ono aero as you,
are you going to bo contont to go on as ycu havo
boon doing and lot your children lose confidence
in your rarming knowledge and ability? Decided
ly, you cannot afford (t.
Lot's see how tho boya aro gottlng their record
yields Take Jerry Mooro of South Carolina.
uewey Hanea of Ohio, and Marlus Malgren of Vir
ginia throo of tho moat successful nf tha thnu.
sands of boys who havo bobn Bhowlng present-day
farmers how to farm. Study tholr own accounts
ui now moy produced their crops and you will find
that thoy tested tholr seed com, tbrvv used tho
best seed'1 corn that they could got, they prepared
tholr Boodbeds carefully and thoroughly, so that
tho young plantB would havo the very best oppor
tunities to grow quickly and maturo within tho
limits of tholr growing seasons.
Thoy know that tho plants had to bo fed, and
they used manures and fertilizers llborally. Thou
sands of othor boyB did tho same. Thoy wouldn't
try to rnlso such yloldB without feeding tholr
crops, any moro than tholr parents would try to
securo milk from tholr dairy cowb without food
Ing tho cows properly. They cultlvato tholr fields
carefully In ordor to kill tho weeds and conserve
tho molBturo for tho growing plants. Thoy gavo
a llttlo moro tlmo to the aero and they reaped
much greater crops as results.
Nothing wondorful about all this. You say that
thoso principles havo been known and practiced
for years. Certainly. Tho boys have mado uso of
principles that havo boen known for scores of
yoars, but thoy havo not moroly accoptod tho prin
ciples and then gono about tholr farming opera
tions, leaving tholr knowledge aa somo mon do
tholr Sunday clothes and tholr rollgton hung up
in closots and forgotten aftor Sunday 1b past.
Tho boys didn't go at farming in a BllpBhod,
halfway fashion, such as many farmors havo boon
doing right along. Thoy woro not contont to prac
tice only ono of tho factors and disregard the
othors. Thoy practiced thom all togother on
their aero Holds, and tho results speak in a way
that cannot bo misunderstood. Thoy didn't dump
on Bomo manuro and leave tho othor factors to
luck.
They usod manuro and fertilized, and thoy used
tho best seed and the best mothods of preparing
tho land boforo tho seed was planted and tho best
tlllago mothods afterwards. Tho fertilizer thoy
uaed gavo tho crops tho early Btart, and tho ma
turlty that makes quality and quantity, and thoy
escaped tho "soft" corn that their parents found in
many floldB whero little or no attention had boon
glvon to soil and plant-food management.
Doya and girls, you have a right to bo proud ot
tho work you havo dono. You havo a right to
oxpect tho co-oporatlon ot your paronta and of the
farmers In your community, and you are going to
get It this year and in coming yej,ra. You have
tho government back ot you, and it Is spending
thousands of dollars In each stato so that you can
ndd to the productive Wealth of your stato mil
lions of dollars In addod ylolds ot crops that havo
higher market values. You boys are to bo the
farmors of tho futuro and you nfo to find groat Joy
and happiness In your work. You girls will some
day prosldo bvor farm homeB that will be happier
because you havo learned to balto and cook and
can, and keop the house neat and tlfly and home
llko, and mako form-life happier for your family,
Nono of you is too young to begin, for beforo you
kuow it you will be out ot school, young men and
women, making your own way In Ufa.
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Congressman Fraak D. Scott of.
Michigan is a man of resourcefulness,
and capabilities. Ho was rosourcoful
oven back In tho days whon ho waB a
mcro collogo student. Thoro was a
certain courso of study Scott was pur-,
Bulng under tho direction of a profca
Bor whom wo may call Hicks. Exami
nation season approached and it oc
curred to Scott that ho knew only In a
very general and skotchy -way tho
things ho might bo called upon by
Hlcka to write down on paper. Moro-
over, ho had a fooling that ho waa noti
personally popular with Hicks.
Tho situation seemed extremely
gravo to Scott, and ho cast about for
somo way in which to Ingratiato him
self on Hicks. Aftor a careful inquiry
in Hicks' habits ho found that tho
professor passed tho collection plato.
In a small church. Scott began to at
tend that church. For threo consecu-.
tllTA QtlMllllHIi 1. At .
,,., . , , uu'"" "u luroo prior 10 tnoi
examination ho occunled a seat in that nnr nr , r,..--.i. -i.i.J. T
;aSnl,CvOl!eCU0n,t0r,r,tOry,.,When HickB Camo t0 h Beat. Scott rather oston-i
tatlously dropped a larco Bllvor dollnr in hn ruta ,uu i...i .
Sunday, mind von. for thrnn wni h un
. --- -- Uw..u.,u a uuiiur unu uia idol men,
ho wont to his examination and slipped through by a narrow but safe margin.
...... ..u,u iuuiiu uui wneuier no got uirough owing to his store of
Information on tho subject or his vulgar display of wealth nnd generosity.
TOO MUCH FOR UNTERMYER
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Samuel Untermyer. Bethlehem
steel princo, Wall street attornoy and
steel-trust and monov-dovll huntAr.
was onco counsol for tho Pulo mnnnv.
trust commltteo of tho house.
There wero a lot of witnesses ho-
foro that commltteo. anil rrinnv nf
thom were intensely hostilo to Mr.
Untermyor. Ono of theso was Presl
dent Hlno of tho First National hunk
of Now York. Ho was Just as cood a
dodger as Mr. Untormyer was a ques
tioner. Mr. Untermyer asked a nunn.
tion about a mile lone and Mr. Hinn
mado a reply that would havo reached
from Now York tn Onhifnaii Tim,.
Mr. Untormyer asked another ques
tion, endeavoring to got Mr. Hlno
down 'to a simple answer. Mr.
Hlno delivered anothor long answer,
Which looked the samo upside down,
right oido up, backward or forward.
About half an hour was consumed
In tills banter and Untermvor crow
peevish. T would llko tho witness to bo mado to answer 'yes' or 'no,'" Mr.
Untermyer demanded, "and I would llko the commltteo to expmln Its rights."
. Cha,an Pujo then delivered an oration, in which ho said in substance
that the i w tness must mako a definite answer or decline to answer at all.
AH right, said Hlno. "I'll try to answer your question. What was it?"
Mr. Untermyer tried to ask it all over. Ho stumbled on tho socond sen
tenco and then said:
"Lot tho stenographer read tho question."
At that point tho stenographer aroso and Bald:
"Tho other follow took that part of tho testimony and has Just left tho
building to go downtown nnd transcribe It. I Just came In."
Mr. Untermyer knitted his brows together in deep thought. Then ho said
"Tho witness is excused."
FINANCIER OF YUCATAN
" '"' " " 1 1 - - ii -i i M.i. nil
Dr. Victor L. Rendon of Yucatan,
statesman and financier, probably will
bo selected by General Carranza as
head of a apodal financial commis
sion Invested with authority to con
duct preliminary negotiations for a
foreign loan for Mexico, according to
reports from Mexico City.
Doctor Rendon successfully nego
tiated recently a $10,000,QOO loan with
American bankers for tho Yucatan
farmers' sisal marketing system. Ho
Is a natlvo of Yucatan and a graduate
of tho universities of Mexico and
Paris, and won an enviable reputation
among his competitors by tho easo
and success with which ho handled
tho sisal loan. Doctor Rondon was
ono ot tho pioneers In tho fight for
tho establishment of a democratic
government In Mexico. Ho conducted
an actlvo propaganda against tho
Porfirlo Diaz government and gavo
For a tlmo ho was socrotary of Btato in Yucatan. Bocauso of his knowledgo
of American Ideals and customs and an extended residence in tho United
States ho has been enabled on several occasions to render valuablo servlco to
tho Carranza government.
JOHN C. EVERSMAN
John C. Eversman will havo a
largo part in tho work of directing tho
publicity propaganda of tho Repub
licans during tho coming presidential
campaign. Mr. Eversman has had long
oxperlcnco in politics nnd in what
might bo called political publicity.
For a long tlmo ho has boon tho con
fidential associato of Reprosontntlvo
William B. McKlnley tit Illinois.
During tho various periods of timo
that Mr. McKinloy was connected with
tho Republican congressional cam
paign commltteo in ono or another of
ficial capacity, Mr. Evorsman workod
with him Bido by sido. Bctweou cam
paigns their association continued.
In fact, Mr. McKinloy and Mr. Evers
man havo boos bound together by
tlos of labor and friendship- for a
great many years.
Four yoars ago William B. Mc
Kinloy took chargo ot William H.
Taft's campaign for tho nomination for1
tho presidency. At that time Mr. Eversman was with him as ho had been with
him beforo and has boen with him since. It la understood that tho Renublicana
Intend to do much along publicity lines botween now and next November
Mr. Eversman will havo much work to do, but he will bo oqual to It. Ho if
a member ot tho National Press club in Washington nnd ia a great favorite
with newspaper men through the country. He has spent most of his tlmo la
tho city of Washington in tho lust ten or fifteen years,
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