THE 



NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO ALL SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF NATURE 

 IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 



Vol. 6 



May, 1910 



No. 5 



FARM BOYS' ENCAMPMENT, OR FARM SCHOOL 



By H. G. RUSSELL, SUPT. OF SCHOOLS, GREENFIELD, ILL. 



The idea of this practical school for boys was conceived by 

 Hon. A. P. Grout, of Winchester, Illinois. When it is known 



JUST BEFORE SCHOOL BEGAN 



(CL'T LOADED BY I)EPT. OF AGRIC. EXTENSION'. COLLEGE OF AGKICULTUBE, 



UNIV. OF ILLINOIS) 



that Mr. Grout is a college graduate, a lawyer, a banker, a man- 

 ufacturer and a farmer, with several thousands of acres of fer- 

 tile land which he personally supervises, his fitness to engage in 

 such work and to determine what practical education is, can be 

 easily understood. 



Though Mr. Grout is all of these and a millionaire, he is 

 first of all a man, philanthropic and brainy, who believes that 

 service is the test of a man's worth, and that the American boy 



