He will be less interested, perhaps, in the balanced ration and more interested in using the products of the community on the camp table. He will not be interested in the records required by school officials so much as in those expected of him by the farm-bureau agent. In short, his idea is to promote agriculture and not to promote the county Y.M.C.A. movement, the back-to-the-farm movement, or any other movement which may be allied with the farm-cadet service. It is not possible to find any one man who is socially, pedagogically, and agriculturally minded. If he claims to be good in all three fields he probably is mediocre. The experience of the past year, however, shows some remarkably fine work done by leaders of boy camps. Some have been public-school teachers who have given their summer services for nothing or for a nominal fee. Some have been released from their duties as Y.M.C.A. secretaries in order that the association might make a contribution to the farm-cadet movement. Some have been physical directors in public schools. Some have been scout masters among the Boy Scouts. Others have been agricultural teachers who saw that this work was, after all, in the line of their usual duties. The following illustrates one of the hundred things which a camp leader must know about: +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INSTRUCTIONS TO FARM CADETS ENLISTED FOR CAMP-SQUAD | | SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE | | | | _WHAT TO TAKE_ | | NECESSARY ARTICLES | | | |Bed sack 75 × 30 inches (to be stuffed with straw at camp) | |or cot mattress; enamel-ware plate, cup, saucer, sauce dish, also | |knife, fork, and spoon; dinner pail or box, two heavy blankets, | |small pillow, working clothes, sweater, gymnasium shirt, raincoat | |or old overcoat, heavy shoes, toothbrush, tooth powder, small | |mirror, towels, extra socks, rubbers or rubber boots, extra underwear,| |hairbrush, comb, soap, handkerchiefs, pajamas, a good | |disposition, and a spirit of loyalty to the camp and its aims. | | | | DESIRABLE ARTICLES | | | |Musical instruments, camera, baseball, glove, bat, needles, | |thread, safety pins, notebook, pencils, writing paper, envelopes, | |good books, magazines. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+