8o8 Rural School Leaflet 



about to receive our new desk and library. The color of our schoolhouse 

 is red. We have a large school yard. In the summer the grass is mowed 

 and raked up by the trustees. There are thirty-two trees in the school 

 yard, such as ash, pine, and maple. The school children planted flowers 

 last year on Arbor Day which grew very large. We would like to have 

 a garden for the school, but our school closes so early in the summer. 

 But I am going to have a garden of my own at home. My father is going 

 to prepare the ground and I am going to plant the vegetables. I am going 

 to plant cabbage, onions, radishes, and lettuce, and some flowers. I will 

 write later and let you know how my garden is getting along. Our teacher 

 is very neat. I am going to write you three letters and see if I receive 

 a picture. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Mamie Heim. 



Trumansburg, N. Y. 



Jan. II, 19 1 2 

 Edward M. Tuttle 



Cornell University 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



My dear Mr. Tuttle: 



As I have just been reading your letter to the boys and girls of the 

 country, and as you ask us all to write a letter to you, I am taking this 

 opportunity to do so. 



I love the country because it pertains so much to nature, and I also 

 love the birds and animals which live upon this earth. 



My work at home is to help care for one hundred hens and the other 

 stock. 



Then, too, I help my mother in the house. I bake, wash dishes, make 

 beds, and take many steps for her. 



I am the most interested in the raising of, and caring for, sheep and 

 horses. 



I have a collie dog who is very intelligent. He will drive sheep, play 

 hide-and-go-seek, ride down hill on a sled, carry wood, pails, and many 

 other things. He will go out to the mail wagon and brii">g the mail when 

 the mail carrier gives it to him. 



Although I enjoy my work on the farm, I also love to play. My favorite 

 games in summer are " drop the handkerchief " and " play ball " and in 

 winter I play " fox and geese." 



One of the things which I learned when reading this leaflet was the 

 selection of seed corn. I have become greatly interested in the selecting 

 of other grains to exhibit at the fairs. I also enjoy gathering grasses. 

 Having seen some time ago a bulletin on the breeding of timothy by Pro- 

 fessor Webber, I enclose a sample of timothy which I gathered last June. 

 I have been wondering if Mr. Webber has succeeded in breeding timothy 

 larger than this. If so, I should like to know about it. 



