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the lower grades, and the latter as a guide in the work of the grades 

 above the eighth. 



3. Start an Agricultural and Nature Study Library. A very creditable 

 beginning may be made at no cost except postage, by asking for pub- 

 lications issued by the Department of Agriculture at Washington and 

 the State College and Experiment Station. It is recommended, 



(a) That you write to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C, asking to have the school placed on the mailing list for the 

 monthly list of publications and to have the following sent to you: — 



I set of Farmers' Bulletins suitable to the locality. 



I copy of the list of Publications for Free Distribution, 



I copy of the list of Publications for Sale. 



I copy of each of reprints of areas that have been surveyed 

 by the Bureau of Soils in your state. 



I copy each of Bulletins 186 and 160 and Circulars 77 and 52 

 of the Office of Experiment Stations. On receipt of these bul- 

 letins, holes should be punched through them and strings used 

 to tie them together. Manila paper may be used for covers. ' 



(b) That you write to the Geological Survey, Washington, D. C, 

 enclosing 15 cents in stamps and asking for the three geological sur- 

 vey maps that cover your region. 



(c) That you write to the Extension Department, College of Agri- 

 culture, Ithaca, N. Y., asking for complete sets of 



Farmers' Reading-Course Bulletins. 

 Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course Bulletins. 

 In writing, state that these Bulletins are desired for the School 

 Library. 



(d) That you write to the Experiment Stations at Geneva and 

 Ithaca, N. Y., for available bulletins and reports. Request also that 

 the school be placed on their mailing lists. 



(e) That you obtain the use of a Traveling Library from the State 

 Educational Department. These Libraries are loaned to rural dis- 

 trict schools and may be kept for the entire school year, the fee being 

 $2.00 for 25 volumes and $1.00 for each additional 25 volumes. Write 

 to the Division of Educational Extension, New York State Education 

 Department, Albany, for information regarding the method of obtain- 

 ing one of these traveling libraries. 



(f) That you write to the nearest Weather Bureau office asking 

 that a weather map frame be given your school and that weather 

 maps be sent daily through the school year. In New York there are 

 Weather Bureau stations at Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Albany, 

 Binghamton, Ithaca, Canton, New York City. 



(g) That as many Agricultural and Nature-Study books be added 

 to the libraries as money will permit. Those suggestted on pages 

 38-40 as a part of the equipment of a Rural School Laboratory 

 and Library, are recommended. 



