The duties of the individual scout are as follows:-- For the Third Class-- 1. Know by sight and call ten common birds. 2. Know by sight and track ten wild animals. 3. Know by sight five common game fish. 4. Know in the fields ten wild flowers. 5. Know by leaf, bark, and general outline ten common trees or shrubs. 6. Know the sixteen points of the compass. 7. Know the elementary rules for the prevention of typhoid fever. 8. Plant and cultivate according to the latest scientific methods not less than one-half acre of some farm or garden crop. (The town boy may substitute a town lot.) 9. Own and care for according to the latest scientific methods some type of pure bred domestic animal. (This includes poultry.) Value not less than $10. 10. Maintain a bank account of not less than $15. 11. Shall strive to graduate from the common schools. For the Second Class-- 1. Know by sight and call twenty common birds. 2. Know by sight and track twenty wild animals. 3. Know by sight seven common game fish. 4. Know in the fields twenty wild flowers. 5. Know by leaf, bark, and general outline twenty common trees and shrubs. 6. Know the elementary rules for the prevention of tuberculosis. 7. Plant and cultivate according to the latest scientific methods not less than one acre of some farm or garden crop. (The town boy may substitute town lots.) 8. Own and care for according to the latest scientific methods some type of pure bred domestic animal. (This includes poultry.) Value not less than $20. 9. Maintain a bank account of not less than $20. 10. Read the books of the Young People's Reading Circle for the eighth and ninth grades. For the First Class-- 1. Know by sight and call fifty common birds of Kansas. 2. Know by sight and track all wild animals of Kansas. 3. Know by sight all the common game fish of Kansas. 4. Know in the fields twenty-five wild flowers. 5. Know by leaf, bark, and general outline all common trees and shrubs of Kansas. 6. Know by sight twenty-five common weeds. 7. Plant and cultivate according to the latest scientific methods not less than two acres of farm crops. (The town boy may substitute town lots.) 8. Own and care for according to the latest scientific methods some type of pure bred domestic animal. (This includes poultry.) Value not less than $25. 9. Maintain a bank account of not less than $25. 10. Shall read at least two of a list of books on rural life. The motto is: "Know the secrets of the open country." REFERENCES See Rural Leadership Number of _Rural Manhood_, June, 1910. Play for the Country Boy. Clark W. Hetherington. _Rural Manhood_, May, 1911. The Y.M.C.A. Socializing the Country. Farman S. Vance. _The Independent_, April 15, 1911.