Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1914 — A REAL LIVE TEACHER [ARTICLE]

A REAL LIVE TEACHER

The County Superintendent a Great Factor in the Community Spirit [National Crop Improvement Service.] Mr. Gilbert F. Fites, Superintendent of the Bon Homme Cofmty, S. D., schools, says: “I wish to thank you for the receipt of the Rag 'Doll Cora Tester, the sac-simile Corn Testers, the Blotting Paper Tester and the certificate blanks, which you so kindly sent me some days ago. I am anxious to interest the people whom I serve to make this county one of the best agricultural communities in the State.” He encloses several circulars showing the work among the schools. One is a premium list for the Farmers’ Institute under the joint management of the Farmers’ Institute Association and the County Superintendent of Schools. It consists of prizes for men. in grain and vegetables; for women, sewing and baking; prizes for girls under 15 years fqjc bread, cake, doughnuts, fancy work, etc.; and for rural" school pupils open to all of the boys and girls, including ten ears of com for the boys patching and darning contests for the girls. He has succeeded in interesting the merchant*, bankers, citizens, -etc., of every class In this exposition^ In announcing December 12th as a special agricultural day, he suggests for the little folks that the teachers interest them to make scrap books, showing pictures of blooded horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry: “The pictures may he cut from the various farm papers that are* put out in the city. If the variety Is not large enough, get your boys and girls to send for sample copies of every farm paper that you can hear of. Get all of the people In the community interested in the schools and ultimately In raising better breeds of horses, cattle, etc.” He also offers prizes for the best written articles to be read at the Com show this same week. He is also issuing a pamphlet entitled, “For More and Better Cora,” and asks the boys to compare their best com with the pictures in the pamphlet and get them to point out the difference. There are hundreds of County Superintendents busily engaged in this work and we request that they send in a description of their plans for publication in the “County Agent.”