CORNELL 



Rural School Leaflet 



[FOR BOYS AND GIRLS] 



Published monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, from 

 September to May, and entered as second-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post Office at 

 Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L. H. Bailey, Director 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor 

 Professors G. F. WARREN, CHARLES H. TUCK, and C. EDWARD JONES, Advisers 



Vol. 



ITHACA, N. Y., NOVEMBER, 1909 



No. 3 



" Over the river and through the wood, 

 To grandfather's house we go; 



The horse knows the way 



To carry the sleigh 

 Through the white and drifted snow. 



Over the river and through the wood, 

 To have a first-rate play. 

 Hear the bells ring, 

 'Ting-a-ling-ding!' 

 Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day." 



— L. Maria Child 



SOME THINGS FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS TO FIND OUT AT 



THANKSGIVING TIME 



II ANKSGIVING time suggests an interest in pump- 

 kins. Who grows the best pumpkins in your 

 neighborhood? See whether you can find out 

 why this farmer has been more successful in 

 growing pumpkins than some other farmer. 



Who has grown the best celery in your com- 

 munity? WTiat can you learn of the way in 

 which this was grown? Write to us why it was 

 successfully grown. 



On whose farm near your home are the best 

 turkeys raised? If I should go to your town next 

 week and should ask this question, where would 

 you tell me to go? Why is the farmer on this 

 place more successful in raising turkeys than some 

 other farmers? How many has he raised this 

 year? How much money has he realized from 

 his turkeys? Is turkey raising profitable in your community? 



It is sometimes good for young persons to look up facts in books. 

 Can you find out where cranberries grow in New York State if there 

 are none near ycjur home? 



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