clxxvi Department of Rural School Education 



Publications 



The work of extension in rural school education is conducted mainly 

 by means of the Cornell Rural School Leaflet. The first edition of the 

 teachers' leaflet for September, 191 1, comprised 30,000 copies, and a 

 reprint of 5,000 copies was obtained in March, 191 2. The leaflet com- 

 prised 172 pages and contained 134 illustrations. The figures showing the 

 distribution of this leaflet up to May i, 1912, are as follows: 



To cities 10,165 copies 



To villages Ij303 



To training schools 146 



To training classes ^>3^S 



To teachers in rural schools 16,100 



For all other purposes 1,700 



30,779 copies 



At present there are less than 1,000 copies remaining, and these are being 

 sent out to individual teachers on request. 



In 1911-1912 the leaflets w^ere issued as follows: 



1. A November-December leaflet for children. Special efifort in the 

 interest of poultry was made in this leaflet, eleven practical poultry lessons 

 being given. Lessons on birds, the weather, corn, corn foods, and 

 Thoreau, and a letter to boys and girls, were included. The leaflet con- 

 tained 24 pages and 19 illustrations. The edition of 75,000 was dis- 

 tributed to a corresponding number of children in rural schools. 



2. A January-February leaflet for children. Special attention was 

 given to school and home gardens in eight lessons in this leaflet. Notes, 

 lessons on bird study, cleaning-up day, an apple tree, and the weather, 

 and a letter to boys and girls, were also included. The leaflet contained 

 32 pages and 17 illustrations. This was also issued in an edition of 

 75,000. 



3. An April-AIay leaflet for children. This leaflet contained lessons on 

 bread-making, bird study, and growing corn ; an article on " \\'hat I 

 Expect of a Boy of Fourteen," by A. D. Dean of the State Education 

 Department ; a message to boys and girls from the editor ; and a letter to 

 boys and girls. A special feature was a supplementary colored picture 

 of a red-winged blackbird. W'e hope to send one bird picture in color 

 each year. The leaflet contained 12 pages and 7 illustrations. The edi- 

 tion was 100,000, of which 98,000 had been distributed before the schools 

 closed. 



