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R 1916-Pages 4 and 5 fr.. rjy OUT UWMM ;FARBfl ' ttozsrro : ti " A Farm and Home Weekly for 1 Ihe Urohnas.Virgima. Georgia, and Florida. FOUNDED 188 RALEIGH, N. C. Vol. XXX. No: 50. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915. HELP ENLIST YOUR NEIGHBOR ROYS&ND OIRTX iwmwiuHi vail ivw i o nunc ligm, saiu an oia, wnite-haired uncle of, She writer's once; s an old uncle who had a farm adjoining : ours, "somehow I can't feel M didn't have when I r: . I ' - . - "" Jit tin' "-J 1 I ; ! 0-:f j . Jf fej f ,:p (f I ! I ..LIT-nfilhl - - jL-AJbl THREE LITTLE "THOROUGHBREDS" The Boys and Girls of Today Will Be the Men and Women of Tomorrow-Let's Give Them a Chance and Help Them to Do Their Life's Work Better was young all this in formation about bet-, ter methods of farm ing, all this scientific knowledge that makes farm work so much more profit able and so much more interesting. It doesn't seem 'right that I have had to live my life out blunder ing along in the dark, working by main strength and awk wardness, when my whole life would have been more in-! terestirig and' more fruitful if I could only have learned while young the lessons I have now learned n my old age." We shall never for get the words of this , worthy, hard-working old farmer as he talked, realizing as he did that the helpful light and knowledge of modern methods had reached him only after his strength was spent and the end of life in sight. He longed so for another chance another life in whirh ha wuiu uac la&cu. autau tageof all the new spirit in agriculture and new knowledge about agriculture. Of course the farm boy of today has a far better chance to learn all these things than our old uncle had in his youth. And .)et with all the. progress that has been raae, not one boy in tenuis studying in the schools; not one boy ln ten is in corn' club or pig club work; not one boy 'in ten ever attends a farm -enf lnstitute. And the same condition exists'with regard to girls and the new owledge about homei-malcing. Not !)ne girl in ten is studying home econom- or domestic science; not one. girl in Jn ls in canning club work; not one in en attends a women's institute. . me boys in ten, nine girls in ten, bef - UKg reacnea. ine prooiem I g c the forces of progress; in the I " uth today, therefore, is to reach the n,u;tod 90 per cent of our boys and I nl ''V save them from the trasedy of L Knwledge that Comes too Late. We men and women of this generation in the South todav-wo must make the South a Land of Plenty, a Land of Beauty, a Land of Rural Comradeship. We must see this before we die and "sfrinnr tt of the travail of our DON'T FAIL TO READ- A Problem in Feeding Beef Cattle . Cost of Producing Pork ... . Are You Taking Care of the Roads as Well as Building Them? ' . . . Where the Farmer May Look for Help in His Business . How to Use Your Stat6 and National Sources of Information . . How to Succeed with Pecans . Farm Work Stock Problems . . . . Hitch These Agencies to Your Wagon of Pro gress . . . ' ' ' ' ' Progress in North Carolina . . . . . . More Money for Brain Food-and More Time Promoting Organizations Versus Maintaining Them . ' ' ' A Child With a Cold Cannot Thrive . . j That New Year's Day Meeting of Your Local Union ' Poultry Notes for December souls, we shall be satisfied." And the one way, friends, that this high hopie and ambition may be realized is by reaching the nine boys in ten, the 'nine girls in ten, who have not yet been enlisted in this new crusade. You know some of these boys and girls, Brother Sub scriber. Perhaps there are some in your own home; certainly there are some in your neigh bor's homes. Few of them will have a chance to go to college ; few will even have a chance to go to a high school that gives ex pert instruction in scientific agriculture and home-making. We must reach them by other means. Next year, therefore, it is going to be the highest purpose of The Progressive Farmer to carry, to these boys and girlTthe ABC fundamental facts and principles needed in modern farming and home-making. And at the same time it is our hope that these lessons will be read with interest and appreciation by many of our older folks who "didn't have a chance" when young and so have picked up their knowledge by scraps, and there fore incompletely. We appeal to all Progressive Farmer readers to join in this effort to reach the nine boys out of tenthe nine girls out of ten, who should be reached. Help them not only to read the articles in The Pro gressive Farmer and to read other good papers, but help them to read the best books, get them to join corn clubs, pig clubs, canning clubs, debating clubs; and ' resolve now that you will do your part to save the boys and girls of your neigh borhood from the world-old tragedy of "Knowledge that Comes too Late' $1 a Year ; 5c. a Copy Page 3 3 6 7 9 10 14 14 14 15 15 16 18 22 i U J i t if. r ,1 Hi ( ! f j';.: t',';.' 'if'' I Mi I t r I ft ' - i i . :f.i ' - ! r i i'. 'A f 4 r. 1 1.. 1 1 h Vl il t : n r hi 1 ' 'I 1 ' M'- i-- t " 1 1 "
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