GOBBELATING AGBICTJLTUBE IN SOUTHEBN STATES. 3 



Suggested Constitution and By-laws. 1 

 constitution. 



Article I. Name of club. — This organization shall be known as School 



Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Club. 



Art. II. Objects of club. — The objects of the club shall be to make farm Life more 

 attractive and farming more profitable. 



Art. III. Membership. — Boys and girls from 10 to 18 years of age shall be eligible. 



Art. IV. Officers. — The officers of this club shall be a supervisor, president, vice 

 president, secretary, and treasurer. 



Art. V. Duties of members. — Prescribed in the rules for contests, such as follow 

 instructions, attend club meetings, make exhibits at the school and county fair, and 

 keep a report of expenses, income, observations, and work. 



Art. VI. Duties of officers. — The president shall preside at all meetings; the secre- 

 tary shall keep the minutes and records of all such meetings; the treasurer must care 

 for all funds collected and shall pay out the same only upon the written order of the 

 president, and the vice president may act as president in the absence or disability 

 of that officer. The teacher shall be supervisor, having the general supervision of 

 all local club work and power of exercising authority in proper management of the 

 club. 



Sec 1. An advisory committee shall arrange for all public contests and exhibits, 

 the procuring and awarding of prizes, and the reporting of statistics and other infor- 

 mation to the State organizer. 



BY-LAWS. 



1. The members of the club shall agree to read all reference literature bearing 

 upon the home project. This may include literature dealing with the growing of 

 corn, cotton, potatoes, tomatoes, chickens, pigs, etc. 



2. A written plan of the work of each boy and girl must be prepared for the teacher. 

 They must do all the work connected with the particular contest or project entered 

 upon. 



3. The amount of yield by weight and measurement of land and other results of 

 the spring and summer work must be certified to by the contestant and attested by 

 at least one disinterested witness, preferably a member of the local school board. 



4. Every member of the club must make an exhibit at the annual school fair. 



5. In estimating profits, $5 per acre shall be charged as rent of land. The work of 

 each club member shall be estimated at 10 cents per hour, and the work of each horse 

 at 5 cents per hour. Manure shall be charged at the rate of §1 for each one-horse 

 wagonload and S2 for each two-horse wagonload. 



6. No club member will be allowed to receive more than two prizes. 



7. The committee of judges for the annual school fair shall be selected by the 

 teacher. 



8. Exhibits winning prizes at the school fair should be sent to the annual county 

 contest and even to the State contest. 



9. All awards on farm crops shall be based upon the following score: 



Per cent. 



(a) Greatest yield per acre 30 



(b) Best exhibit. 20 



(c) Essay and report 20 



(d) Best showing of profit on investment 30 



Total 100 



1 The teacher should write the State agent in charge of club work at the State agricultural college for sug- 

 gestions concerning the organization and conducting of a boy's and girls' agricultural club. 



