University of California, College of Agriculture, Berkeley. Calif. 



Agricultuiv ,>nt Station, E. J. Wicks. lor 



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The Junior Agriculturist 



A LITTLE PAPER ISSUED TWICE A MONTH 



FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF CALIFORNIA ^ 



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Berkeley, Californi t, APRIL 15, 1911 



Commmnlcatlonfl should be sent to 

 C. A. STEBBINS, Editor 

 !'.< rkeley, Calif. 

 Agricultural Education Division 



long ago a bank president and 

 his dirt (tors were conducting a meet- 

 a< Which a vacant position in 

 the bank was to be filled. The name 

 of a young man was proposed. "I 

 t want him considered," said 

 the president, "for I have seen him 

 loit ring on the streets smoking ciga- 

 rettes. " Another applicant's name 

 read. Again the president ob- 

 ,. for this man he had seen en- 

 ter offices in the city in an ungen- 

 linally a man was 

 who suited all concerned. 

 Thus the Hrs1 two men lost oppor- 

 se they forgot that the 

 of husim ss men were upon 

 ta< m. 



If fcr no other reason than this, 



>s you to remember that you 



are being watched by business men 



s by fri- nds. The Dusiness 



man wants the young man who is 



who does not 



have time to smoke cigarettes and 



to loiter about the streets, who 



a gentleman. The DU 



>er watching the boys who 



to make such men. The boy 



who (ices his work well, who acts 



"on the square," who tips his hat 



to girl and lady friends and his eld- 



on the way to a good position. 



some one is watching him. 



The business man knows that 



ver you do now, as a boy, you 



are pretty sure to do as a man so 



now, as are 



>ur friends. 



* » * 



Daring the month of March 



of blind childr. n twice 



to teach tin in about our song birds 

 1 1 1 < 1 1 • . ■ 1 1 have a great 

 « f joy shut out of tl 

 Von would think it a peat hardship 

 to have to be blindfolded one d. 



The fii>t day we told them ahont 

 the habits of the birds showing them 

 how orach value they are in help- 

 ing to control the destructive in 

 sects. The stuff* d skins of tin- I 

 which many of you have seen, were 



then handled by the child! 



On the second day we all went out 

 into, the fields. When a bird sang, 

 the children were told its name 

 were allowed to handle the sti 

 skin of a similar bird. Thus they 

 earned »!!<■ songs of eight difi 



our next visit, the child- 

 ren will remember these bi 

 jetter than you would. 



The next time your tooth aches 



ar something else goes wrong just 



chink of these blind childr. n and b<- 



ful that vein troubles are so 



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* • • 



We wish to tell the Berkeley gar- 

 deners that four banners have been 

 irder. d. Two to be used as reu 

 to the two grOnPl lur. iiiL- the 

 ,ar.l< ns on the ('Diversity campus 

 wo to go indi- 



. idual gardens. ED* li gS I deal n. 

 the gardens will I I and the 



ill be Down in tli 



will remain tie re 

 from day to day so Ion? as I 

 gardens are tin- heat However, if 



-,n S i: other gai 



are judged the best, the baDDers 



it will DOl he work to 



manner but it will take work to keep 



The banners have arri 

 the above Itten, Mr Haird's 



and I Mater's 



iiners for the firs' 



