Rural School Leaflet 



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THE YEAR'S WORK 

 There is much that is interesting in the lessons in nature study and 

 agriculture for boys and girls this year. You are expected to learn some- 

 thing about the natural history of the farm, and also to take part in some 

 of the farm and home work that will help in your education. Long 

 ago the only kind of teaching was from Vjooks, but now we know 

 that the best kind of teaching prepares us to be keen observers, to 

 work with our hands as well as our minds, and to learn while we are 

 young to take responsibility. Let us, then, woik hard, this year, not only 

 in the regular school studies, but also in trying to know and to understand 

 nature and to take our part in the care of the farm, the home, and the 

 school. We hope that during the first months of this year special atten- 

 tion will be given to the following topics: 



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A horse with good proportions 



I. HORSES 



Horses are important on the farm, and every boy and girl should have 

 an intelligent knowledge of them and should learn to understand them. 

 When we think of the contribution that horses make to our lives, and 

 realize how many persons fail to take care of them wisely or to show 

 appreciation of their help, we feel how necessary it is to have better 

 knowledge of them. 



