University of California, College of Agriculture, Berkeley. I 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, E. J. Wickson, Director 



The Junior Agriculturist 



A LITTLE PAPER ISSUED TWICE A MONTH 

 FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF CALIFORNIA 



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Vol. 1 



Berkeley, California. MAY 20, i:»!l 





Communications Bhould be Bei 



C. A. STEBBINS, Editor 



B( rkeley, Calif. 



Agricultural Education Division 



It is only necessary to visit the 

 1 to determine what a town, 

 what a community is. if the 

 1 yard and the school house 

 v. are unattractive; if paper 

 is scattered about, windows broken 

 and everything points to careless- 

 then we know what the com- 

 munity is. for such a school is lik.' a 

 big looking glass and reflects the 

 life of the district. Thus the ne- 

 1 school advertises a careless 

 communis 



The grocery man advertises his 

 wares, the contents of his 

 through window cards and newspa- 

 pers. Bach individual has his way 

 of not oi & the people what 



he may have to sell, but what he 

 is as a man. Each boy and 

 uiri indexes, or tells, to his or b r 

 ins or her charm ter, by 

 little 'signs" we have read 

 "hung" out by our gardener* 



to re- 

 port at 2.15 i>. in. Tl s and 

 two girls have rep eral da.-s 

 behind time B is first 

 tunity slipped away. It is not 

 to toll how, we all read 

 n. The unive 

 bildren t 

 coming on the campus to wort 

 they have been asked not to climb 

 . but some sill do so. How 

 shall we read th We do 

 not liko to Bee bad sisns. so h t us 



turn to those which are more pleas- 

 ing. We have *•■■ 

 carefully laid out. well culUval «1. |n- 

 tloua boys and 

 girls. Wa bave Been boya 

 careful to return tools and willing 

 to let others use these tools 

 in the gard< n. We ha 

 and girls patiently working, Bi 

 but little and accompliahini 

 great deal. We hi a hit 



lifted to student t 

 indexes, or Bi 



Not only do they tell boy 



is now, but what be is to be as a 

 man. What signs are you I 

 ing out by your .. 

 speech, and by your work? 

 • • • 

 We hav. .1 a great many in 



teresting letters from our 

 friends asking for the "Aroior 

 many that it will be Impossible to 

 send individual answers We want 

 to thank you all. No doubt you will 

 do your part and try to follow some 

 of the suggestions the little paper 

 brings to you our BUbscrlptiot] list 



Owing so rapidly | 



mit our re .:>• t<> 



those who have gardens at hot, 

 tjool at tha beginning of 



term. 



In September. w< 



lifornla Junior 

 gardeners who will ha as at 



will send the ".Junior" ami imiivi- 



to arrange fcr an exhibit, to show 



■ 

 children can do. Mr Morse 

 man, has put up 



seeds expressly for 

 ior gardeners. 1 

 will be sent free, as long 

 last to those children who will 

 gardens at school Thus you are 

 furni a paper. a 



