THE CREED OF THE COUNTRY BOY 



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4. Know in the fields ten wild flowers. 



5. Know the sixteen points of the compass. 



6. Know the elementary rules for the prevention of typhoid fever. 



7. Plant and cultivate, according to the latest scientific methods, 

 not less than one half acre of some farm or garden crop. 



8. Own and care for, according to latest scientific methods, some 

 type of pure-bred domestic animal. 



9. Maintain a bank account of not less than -115. 



10. Know the elementary rules for the prevention of tuberculosis. 



BOY SCOUTS AT CAMP. 



Social " hikes " are taken, and promotions are made 

 from the third to the first class. The duties in the ad- 

 vanced classes become more extended than those named 

 above. 



25. The Creed of the Country Boy. "I believe that the 

 country which God made is more beautiful than the city 

 which man made ; that life out-of-doors and in touch with 

 the earth is the natural life of man. I believe that work 

 is work wherever we find it, but that work with nature is 



