It has awakened the deepest interest. This is proof that it is 

 needed and is founded upon correct principles. In fact, the 

 movement is the result of current forces. It has tried to interpret 

 them. The animus of the endeavor is to cause the child to love 

 nature and thereby to be content with country life. There is 

 no other corrective of agricultural ills than this. Content- 

 ment and happiness are results of thinking ; and one thinks 

 much when he sees much. 



We appeal to every person who loves his kind and his country 

 to help us. We need the cooperation. We can do nothing alone. 

 We want to know the shortcomings and the mistakes. We want 

 to reach every child in New York State ; and we hope that others 

 will carry the movement beyond our boundaries and make it 

 better. When all is said and done, it will be found that the 

 significant mark of this centur}^ is not its invention nor its 

 learning : it is the spirit of altruism which sacrifices everything 

 that the child may live a fuller life. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



