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SOME REQUIREMENTS IN CLUB WORK. 



The question of securing suitable prizes and premiums for 

 the encouragement of the boys' and girls' club work is easily 

 solved when we appreciate the fact that the less we emphasize 

 this particular phase of it the more the club members will under- 

 stand that to make a net profit on the investment is, after all, 

 the one prize worth while, and makes every club member a 

 prize winner. 



Few and large cash prizes should not be recommended. It 

 is very much better to offer small and many prizes in the form 

 of good books, medals, pennants, farm and home equipments 

 such as thoroughbred stock, poultry and pets; free tuition to 

 colleges of agriculture, short courses, and other institutions of 

 learning. If the State Fair conducts and supervises a school of 

 instruction for club members and young people, a free trip with 

 expenses paid to this school would be a worthy premium to offer 

 for achievement in club work. 



If free trips or educational excursions are to be offered they 

 should be limited to the champion in each club project, and such 

 a trip should always be supervised and champions accompanied 

 by a leader who will look after every interest and comfort of the 

 club members in the party. 



Ordinarily the age requirement in the boys' and girls' club 

 work should be from 10 to 18, inclusive. The club members in 

 any community should be divided into two classes, the children 

 ranging in age from 10 to 15 in A class, and those from 14 to 18, 

 inclusive, in B class. The prizes and awards should be made 

 separate to each class, as it is hardly fair for a ten-year-old child 

 to compete with an eighteen-year-old boy. 



This should ordinarily be determined by the following four 

 points: 



1. Yield. 



2. Profit on investment. 



3. Crop report and story of club work. 



4. Quality of products as shown by exhibits. 



This basis of award can be modified slightly in the various 

 other club projects such as poultry, good roads, etc. 

 The following rules should govern the club work: 



1. Attend meetings called by county superintendent, 

 teacher or other designated club leaders. 



2. Keep records and make crop report at the end of the 



