RvRAL School Leaflet 



1379 



teachers w-ill center the interest one year around some particular phase, 

 and another year around a different phase. 



In connection with the study of the com plant during the fall and in 

 preparation for Farmers' Week, teachers will find the material on pages 

 12S9 to 1309 full of suggestions. The article on com judging on page 1301 

 \s-ill be particularly usefiil in teaching the boys and girls to recognize 

 quality in seed com, and in proportion as they gain ability in this regard, 

 the exhibit at the school on Com Day wiU improve. 



It is impossible, even were it desirable, to attempt to outline any fixed 

 mode of procedure for the celebration of Com Day. As it becomes a more 



General view of the rural school corn show at the New York State College of Agriculture 



during Farmers' Week, February, iQij 



established custom in the schools, various modifications and local adap- 

 tations present themselves. From a large number of reports of Com 

 Day experiences, several that may be of interest have been selected. 



Hvmt, New York, Januan.- 27, 19 15 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



By the same mail I am sending you an ear of com. It is not what we 

 have learned constitutes a perfect ear of com, but to encotuage agri- 

 cultural interests with the pupils and the inhabitants we obsen'ed the 

 day, and I am ver\- much pleased to say it was a success and created 

 much interest in the entire community. Alany remarked that they would 

 certainly tv}' their best to make it more possible to have better com from 

 which to select an ear another year. 



