788 Rural School Leaflet 



some things to smell 



I. The pine woods. The distant buckwheat field. The lilac hedge. 

 Garden flowers at night. 2. A clean barn. 3. Clean rooms at home. 

 Good cooking. 4. Be sure that all unpleasant odors, indoors and out, 

 are removed as soon as possible. Help to keep all parts of the house and 

 farm buildings clean so that you will be able to get the benefit of the 

 agreeable odors. 



A CHILD'S LETTER 



Covert, N. Y., January 18, 1912 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



We received the Cornell Leaflets some time ago and we were all very 

 glad to get them. We enjoy studying and reading them very much. I 

 am greatly interested in the raising and care of poultry. My father 

 and I have a large flock of pure-bred White Leghorn pullets. They are 

 just beginning to lay now. I enjoy caring for chickens especially when 

 they are laying a good amount of eggs. 



You asked if we were planning to have a Com Day celebration. I am 

 glad to say that we are planning to. We expect to recite pieces and we 

 thought it would be nice to pop com and if we could we wanted to get 

 some farmer to tell us about the raising and cultivating of com. We also 

 want to trim our schoolroom and make it look nice. 



My father works a large farm. We have a large flock of Brown Leg- 

 horn hens, several small pigs, and several head of sheep. We keep four 

 cows and we also have four horses. I enjoy farm work and chores very 

 much. I am glad that I live in the country where I can get black rasp- 

 berries, blackberries, and strawberries in the summer time when the sun 

 is so hot, but the fruit tastes very good when cold weather comes. 

 There is a large woods on the land that my father works. In the spring 

 I like to go and gather flowers and along in May and June and July there 

 are lots of white and red lilies to gather, also Leopard Tongue ; some people 

 call them yellow lilies. I think the squirrel cornflowers are pretty also. 

 I like to study about the different kinds of birds. There are a great many 

 different kinds of birds. There are a great many different kinds to learn 

 about. I liked the story about the junco bird in the last Cornell Leaflets 

 that we received. 



Very truly yours, 



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