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OEVELOFES FBOK SAIBT CLUB BEIFEBS. 



Champaign^ (bounty. Several years ago 

 through pig club work he received an in- 

 spiration to do something for his com- 

 munity. He is now on the executive com- 

 mittee of the Champaign County Farm 

 Bureau. At the leaders' conference held 

 in Bloomington last spring it was dis- 

 covered that ten out of the eighteen lo- 

 cal leaders for the conference were 

 former 4-H Club members and that one 

 member of the county 4-H Club commit- 

 tee was a former 4-H Club member now 

 farming in the county. There were a 

 great many cases during this past win- 

 ter where 4-H Club members served on 

 corn-hog control committees. John Ash, 

 a former club member in' Iroquois Coun- 

 ty, was elected chairman of the corn-hog 

 committee in his township last year. 

 Ralph McKenzie, heretofore mentioned, is 

 county supervisor of the corn-hog ad- 

 justment program for his county. 

 Better Americans 



It is said by some that the farm is the 

 last iotirce of real Americans. Club work 

 is helping to make the most and im- 

 prove this young crop of real Americans 

 so as t« make them better Americans. 

 Through some of the idealistic objectives 

 of the 4-H Club program, club members 

 •are inspired to take a proper attitude 

 toward others and their relation to life 

 in general. The contacts made in com- 

 petition teach fair play and<*sportsman- 

 ship. 



The story is told by W. T. Jackson of 

 the National Recreation Association, that 

 some time ago he asked Miss Elizabeth 

 Burchenal, an international authority on 

 folk games, to visit the National 4-H 

 Club Camp. He wanted her to see -the 

 Club members assembled at National 

 Camp, play some of the folk games 



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WAS much interested in Mr. 

 Culp's article in the last issue of 

 the I. A. A. RECORD," writes 



Farm Adviser H. D. Van Matre of Edgar 



county. 



"In Edgar county our Young Men's 



Forum was organized in 1932. Since 



that time, the club has met the second 



which she had helped to preserve. She 

 tried to put him off because she thought 

 it was "just another group" of young 

 folks and there' would be no particular 

 advantage in meeting the group. How- 

 ever, upon his insistence she went to the 

 meeting where the members were play- 

 ing folk games. She was so {impressed 

 that she cancelled other engagemients and 

 spent the entire evening with the farm 

 boys and girls. So thrilled was she with 

 the kind of young folks assembled there, 

 that she commented, "I didn't know they 

 (young folks) existed like this anymore." 

 Such comments are frequently heard by 

 people who have not had contact before 

 with 4-H Club members. 



The great significance of 4-H Club 

 work to the future of American agricul- 

 ture is becoming more and more appre- 

 ciated. We hope that parents who have 

 boys and girls in club work will be in- 

 clined to give even better cooperation to 

 their children in their future endeavors. 

 It is also hoped that those parents whose 

 children have not been enrolled, will see 

 to it that they, too, have the advantage 

 of this worthwhile program and effort to 

 make better Americans out of these real 

 American boys and girls. .■.■:.'.>;• 



Thursday of each month. The success 

 of this group can be attributed to the 

 regular meeting date, programs planned 

 in advance, and a pot-luck lunch and 

 social hour at the close of each meeting. 

 Members of the group, as a rule, provide 

 their own programs. The following topics 

 have been discussed in recent meetings: 

 October — Farm Landscaping; November 

 — Farm Operating Costs; December — 

 Dad's Night (dads and farmers keeping 

 Farm Account Records special guests of 

 the Forum); January — Farm Leases; 

 February — Annual Valentine Party; 

 March — Farm Power, 



"Since the Mobilization Campaign 

 started, one year ago last fall, it has 

 been the goal of President Staley that 

 each township director select an active 

 committee of five from his township 

 membership to assist him in an agg^res- 

 sive township program. This group, and 

 the township directors, have been holding 

 regular monthly meetings the first Mon- 

 day of each month for the past four 

 months. 



"The November meeting was devoted 

 to a general discussion relative to 'The 

 Need of Farm Organization.' The De- 

 cember 3 meeting — 'The Responsibility 

 of Group Leaders.' The January 8 

 meeting will be a discussion of 'The A. 

 A. A. Program.' 



"By January 8, we shall strive to have 

 our school district organization perfected 

 in all of the townships. With the school 

 district group co-operating with the 

 committee of five, we hope to maintain 

 an informed membership." 



JANUARY. 1935 



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