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A Farm and Home Weekly for
Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida.
FOUNDED 18 86, AT RALEIGH, N. C.
Vol. XXXI. No. 2.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916.
$1 a Year; 5c. a Copy
We Want 50,000 Progressive Farmer Boys and Girls in 1916 Club Work!
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER believes in club work for our now about tjie prizes: Of course the biggest prize of all, the prize
boys and girls corn clubs, pig clubs, canning clubs and poury Gf increased knowledge, the prize of learning how to do things better,
. clubs. So strongly have we believed in these that in the more effectively, is a prize that can be won by every boy and girl. It
we have done our very best to foster and encourage them whereyefws big prize that we hope you will never lose sight of; but to make
ana wnenever possiDie; dui wiin tne coming 01 ine iew i ear we are
resolved to redouble our efforts to make these agencies' more effective
Jhan ever before. ' w .....
To do this, one of the first things necessary is to increase the mem-
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tLfog. still more attractive The Progressive Farmer has arranged a
big iiJyaluable prizes that every Progressive Farmer boy and girl
may comfor. This list of prizes will be announced in detail in an
early issue of , The Progressive Farmer. Then in addition there are
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EIGHTY-SEVEN STANLY COUNTY, N. C, CORN CLUB BOYS ASSEMBLED FOR INSTRUCTIONS
bership in these clubs. With a county farm demonstration agent in
practically every agricultural county in the South, every farm boy in
the South should be a member of the corn club or the pig club; and
with canning club agents in some two or three hundred counties, every
farm girl in these counties should interest herself in canning, poultry
or other club work that will help her in J earning to become a better
uomemaKer.
Now, boys and girls, and fathers and moth
ers, too, here's the task we've set ourselves
for the New Year, and we want you to help
us: We aim to enlist an army of 25,000 Pro
gressive FarmerJarmer boys in the corn and
pig clubs, and an army of 25,000 Progressive
Farmer girls in the canning and poultry
clubh and we want you, our young -friend,
to join us. We want you to become an
active soldier in this big industrial army
that, is goin Jojight mightily for better
farming, better farms, better, farmers and
better homes all over the South. .
Maybe you are a member of one of , these
clubs already, but yoir can. still help by en
listing your, boy and girl friends .in your
neighborhood. Remember that they, too,
should have the privilege of engaging in this
nw ' f IearninS mor6 about how to make
tne farm a better, more profitable, and more
satisfying place to live. -
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DONT FAIL TO READ--One
Year Renting Must Go . . .
Simple Devices That Lighten Labor .
How Soils Are Made . . ...
A Home-made Lantern Brooder . .
How Dairy Heifers Are Affected by
Early Feeding and Date of Calving . 16
Enlist Your Boy and Girl Now . . . . 18
The Kural Credits Bill . . . . ... 18
Uncle John Says He's Right Up to Date 18
Cheaper Credit for the Farmer . . . 19
What Is" True Success? ... . . . 19
Why Not Organize a Local Credit Union? 19
At Lesson in Foods . . . . . . 20
Labor-saving Devices for the Housewife 23
The Country School in January . . . 25
local, county and state prizes that every member is eligible to compete for.
Below is a blank for enlisting in the club work. Fill it out today
and return it to us, marking after the word "Club" the sort of club
you wish to join, and we will see that the names given are sent at once
to the state agent in charge for your state, who in turn will see that you
are enrolled and given full instructions if you meet the usual rules and
conditions. Where there is no canning club
agent in a county it will be impossible to
give personal instructions and demonstra
tions, but members will be listed for all liter
ature issued, and requests for club memberr
ship in such a county will encourage the
starting of club work there. Remember that
membershfp is absolutely free. Send us your
name, today, for enrollment, and join the band
of 50,000 Progressive Farmer boys and, girls
we are sure will be enlisted before springtime.
Editors The Progressive Farmer:
Please enroll tireTollowiria boys and eirls in club work
for 1916, sending their names to the proper state agents and
listing them for competition for The Progressive Farmer's
special prizes:
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