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Rural School Leaflet 



little food, and where the fireplaces are all closed up because there 

 is no wood to bum in them. There is opportunity for all to have 

 education Icadinjj; to successful fanning, which will mean attractive 

 homes set in the midst of trees, in sight of stretches of field and 

 woodland, and perhaps within sound of running brooks. There can 

 be well-filled larders with ample stores of harvest crops, great wood 

 fires can be ablaze for the Thanksgiving sports and pastimes, 

 and for the return of sleighing parties during the Christmas holidays. 

 And then all the time there will be the long, tranquil nights for sleep, and 

 the glory of the early dawn. Often there will be heard the wonderful sound 

 of singing pines, the restful tone of a distant church bell, the music of the 

 brook, and the notes of the whippoorwill as he sings at twilight on the 

 old fence. The farmer's life may be one of deep, lich joy; but this can 

 come only when the farmer is prosperous, and at the present time in 

 order to be fully prosperous he must have education for his work. 



In these words of greeting w^e ask the boys and girls of New York State 

 to decide to strive for the opportunity that will make for prosperity on 

 the farm. Then, if you go to the city the fact that }'ou have worked with 

 mind and hands, that you have taken responsibility, wdll be of real value; 

 and if you remain in the country you will be one with the out-of-doors, 

 and ready to meet your business problems. You will be useful to all 

 in your community, and a credit to your State. 



Success to you in the work of the year. We hope you will celebrate 

 Corn Day, will be represented in some of the exhibitions at Cornell during 

 Farmers' Week, will Icam more than you have ever known about horses, 

 birds, trees, weeds, and other things of farm interest, will write to Mr. 

 Tuttle about }^our work, and will tell us all about the Thanksgiving dinner 

 and what you contributed to it. Then at Christmas time we want you to 

 believe that, although you cannot hear them, we are sending greetings 

 to you and our best wishes for a Happy New Year. 



