6 PRODUCTIVE FARMING 



ducts may be made at the school in the fall. Prizes may be 

 offered for the best products grown by the pupils in the home 

 gardens. Money to buy prizes may be raised by charging 

 an admission fee when the exhibit is made. If the exhibit 

 is small, supplement it with a suitable program. 



A Community Center. — The pubHc affairs of the commu- 

 nity should center about the school much of the time during 

 the school year. 



The teacher may appoint committees to arrange the 

 details of many events to be held at the school or at other 

 near-by places in the name of the school. Hold corn exhibits 

 in the fall or early winter and let students and others enter 

 into corn-judging contests, Apple shows and vegetable 

 shows may be held at separate times or in connection with 

 the corn show. Poultry shows and dairy-product shows may 

 be possible in some places. 



Premium lists should be issued to the pupils to take home, 

 or they may be published in local papers. Award cards may 

 be issued in lieu of premiums; but the merchants or neighbors 

 may be called upon to contribute suitable articles to be used 

 as prizes. Read Circular 99, U. S. Office of Experiment 

 Stations, on ''Farmers' Institutes for Young People.'' 



Boys* and Girls' Clubs. — The school should be the center 

 for the organization of boys' corn clubs, or alfalfa clubs, or 

 experimental clubs. Girls' clubs may be organized. They 

 may follow nature study, or home gardening, or sewing, or 

 basketry. Let the work of all these clubs be shown at the 

 school on stated occasions. Read Farmers' Bulletin 385. 



Special school exercises of an appropriate nature should 

 be given on arbor day, bird day, corn day, alfalfa day, and 

 other special days. Always have the patrons of the school 

 present on these occasions. Make the school building the 

 attractive center for the people of the community. The 

 newer lines of education will connect with the life of the com- 

 munity at every point. 



