CORNELL 



R\jral ScKool 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 secjnd-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post OflBce 

 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. 3 



ITHACA, N. Y., MARCH, 1910 



No. 7 



" ^ktrttnij tlip rorks at tl|r furrat rligr 

 IDitb a ritnuing flame from Iriiyr tn Irbgr. 

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 A smmtlbrring firr in brr tiuslij blnnntH ; 

 Snnl2r^ aixh moulhsh by uttnJ> aui> aim, 

 lHa^^rniug, glaibruing mrru our 

 Ulitb a gu;jsii brauty full auh fiur, — 

 A braltb tu tbr rrimann rnhmibinr ! ** 



— tlainr ^untialr 



MARCH LETTER 

 Dear Boys and Girls :-=- 



When the spring comes everybody thinks 

 about gardens ; but persons who really love 

 gardens begin to think about them in mid- 

 winter when the winds are howling and the 

 great wood fire is roaring. This is the time 

 I get out' all the seed catalogues and dream 

 of the tilings I should like to grow in my 

 garden, ^ftcr I have thought about all the 

 things I should like to grow, I decide on what 

 I ran afFord to have the coming year. Some- 

 how I am always glad I cannot have every- 

 thing I want in my garden, for this leaves 

 somethingj new and much desired ahead. 

 It is good to get things in life; it is good also to have a dream to 



follow. 



This year I want every boy and girl to grow something in the school 

 garden and something at home. Ask your teacher to help you to find a 



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