THE 



NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO ALL SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF NATURE 

 IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 



Vol. 6 



May, 1910 



No. 5 



FARM BOYS' ENCAMPMENT, OR FARM SCHOOL 



By H. G. RUSSELL, SUFT. OF SCHOOLS, GREENFIELD, ILL. 



The idea of this practical school for boys was concc i\( d h\ 

 Hon. A. P. (irout, of Winchester. Illinois. When it is known 



JUST BEFORE SCHOOL BEGAN 



(Cri l.MWl.n i;v liKIT. oi- AGKIC. EXTENSION. (OI.l.lJ , I-; iM- \(,i;M I 1 11 i;i:. 

 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS) 



that Mr. Grout is a college graduate, a lawyer, a banker, a man- 

 ufacturer and a farmer, with several thousands of acres of fer- 

 tile land which he personall\- supervises, his fitness to ens^age in 

 -lull work and to determine what i)ractical education is. can l)e 



ea>il\- understood. 



'rhou!L;h Mr. Grout is all of thes.' and a millionaire, he is 

 first of all a man, ])hilanthro])ic and brainw who heheves that 

 service is the test of a man's worth, and that the American bov 



