Nebraska Boys' and Girls' Associations, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Nebraska Boys' and Girls' Associations, Vol. 2: Organization, Selecting Potatoes for the Contest It was recommended that each county take up such departments of the work as seemed best for that particular county this year. Potato growing was added especially for the benefit of counties outside the principal corn belt. Buttermaking is recommended for both boys' and girls' work in all counties. The bulletins are written from a scientific, practical standpoint in terms familiar to the young reader, yet contain information and direction helpful to all who desire definite study and practice. The educational value of the work is fully as important as the development of individual efficiency. Each of the state officers has been assigned a subject for special investigation. It is his duty to gather data relative to available literature, to investigate and learn what work of interest is being done in his special department and to be in readiness to report the same. The work for this year has been assigned as follows: Corn, Mr. Moore, Potatoes, Mr. Sandy, Buttermaking, Mr. Baker, Cooking, Miss Inglis, Sewing, Miss Aldrich, Flowers, vegetables and fruits, Miss Sandborn. The University of Nebraska thru the Department of Farmers' Institutes and the State Department of Public Instruction co-operate in conducting the work. The University furnishes speakers and judges for state and county meetings and publishes special bulletins. The State Board of Agriculture assists by providing liberal premium lists for the state contest and at the state fair for exhibits resulting from the work carried on by the state, county and district members of the associations. The object of the organization is to encourage all young people of the state to become interested in the matters which pertain to the home life, to become efficient in the ordinary duties of the home, to study, to experiment and secure definite results along lines of activity which are important factors in physical, intellectual and moral development. One state meeting is held each year. This consists of a business meeting, a general program and an exhibition or contest at which the best exhibits made in the various county contests are exhibited and prizes awarded according to merit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.