14 CANADA - CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION 



IV. Officers. — The officers of the dub shall be a President, Vice-Pre- 

 sident and Secretar}'. The teacher shall have the general superv'ision of 

 the club work. Officers shall be elected semi-annually. 



V. Reports. — The Secretary shall send a Report not later than 

 December ist. of each year to the Director of Rural Science Schools, 

 Truro, N. S. 



VI. Meetings. — The Club shall meet fortnightly, or as often as sug- 

 gested by the teacher. It is desirable that the parents attend the club 

 meetings. 



By-l.\\vs. 



1. Members of the club must conduct themselves properly at all 

 times; and must read from Uterature that will help them in their work. 



2. Members are permitted to choose club colors; and may make 

 pennants for display at their meetings, at exhibits and wherever deemed 

 proper by the teacher. 



3. In contesting for garden prizes, the produce and the land must be 

 measured by the pupil and certified by two disinterested persons. 



4. No pupil may win more than two prizes until every contestant 

 has received a prize. 



5. In estimating profits, tv/o dollars per acre shall be charged as rent 

 for the land. The boy's work shall be valued at 10 cents an hour. Horse 

 work shall also be 10 cents an hour. Manure shall be charged at $ i.oo 

 per cart load. 



Seeds and commercial fertilizers shall be charged at their actual 

 cost. The use of hand tools shall be charged each year at the rate of one 

 tenth of their cost. (With care they should last ten years). 



6. Prizes shall be awarded on the following basis: 



Greatest yield per acre 20 points. 



Best exhibit of produce 20 » 



Best kept garden 20 » 



Best written account of work 20 « 



Best profit on investment 20 » 



Total . . . 100 points. 



With regard to the manner in which these fairs are started and conduct- 

 ed, we reproduce the remarks of a school master (i). 



(i) From a letter by Mr. B. S. Banks, Principal of the I,awreucetown School, .\nuap0li5 

 County, Neva Scotia, to the " Agricultural Gazette " of Canada. 



