Rural School Leaflet. 905 



take these typical kernels as an index of what the whole ear would do 

 if planted. Therefore, if the test is unsatisfactory in respect to any ear 

 this ear should be discarded at planting time. 



If shelled corn or other loose seeds are tested in this germinator, one 

 hundred seeds should be used as in the case of the pie tin. Seed for 

 silage corn is usually sold shelled. At least 85% should germinate 

 strongly or the seed should be rejected. 



WITH THE RURAL SCHOOL TEACHER 



" He is one of those who are beautiful and happy; 

 He is one of those that to look upon and be with is enough." 



— Walt Whitman 



To some persons a rural schoolhouse appears a lonely and forlorn 

 place in which to do one's life work. When we stop to think of it, how- 

 ever, there are probably few fields of labor that might be made so far 

 reaching in influence. Again and again great men of the country have 

 spoken of the influence and initial inspiration for their life work that 

 came to them through their teacher in a rural school. Consideration of 

 this must lead every rural school teacher to feel the responsibility that 

 rests with her for the future of the children. 



To teach arithmetic and geography, reading and writing, are not the 

 most essential things in the education of the children. Even without 

 this kind of development they might be able to lead useful and helpful 

 lives. The real essential is the foundation of character and this is 

 teachable. 



