CORNELL 



R\iral School Leaflet 



Published monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, from 

 September to May and entered as second-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post Office 

 at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L- H. Bailey Director 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor 

 Professors G. F. WARREN and CHARLES H. TUCK, Advisers 



Vol. I. ITHACA. N. Y., JANUARY. 1908. No. 5 



FOREWORD TO THE TEACHER. 

 By Alice G. McCloskey. 



""^"^HE Cornell Rural School Leaflets are pre- 

 pared for teachers, not for pupils. The lessons 

 are not planned for children under twelve 

 years of age. A teacher might he able to use 

 parts of these lessons for young children, but 



* the lessons in the supplement will be found 



better adapted to the lower grades. 

 1 Do not try to take up all the subjects each 



month. After you have read the Leaflet, de- 



cide which lesson is best suited to the conditions under which you are 

 teaching, and which will be of most value in your community. Some 

 teachers may find time to take up all the work, but one lesson carefully 

 given will be of more value than trying to cover the entire ground in a 

 short time. 



If these lessons are used merely for supplementary reading, they will 

 not have much value. We plan the lessons so that they will demand 

 actual observational study. If the work is not conducted by means of 

 real things, the educational value is lost. Bear in mind that the lessons 

 are given for the purpose of teaching fundamental principles of agricul- 

 ture, and if handled properly they wdll mean an all-round intellectual 

 development for the pupils. This will appear as the work grows and 

 continuing lessons are added. 



We wish to caution the teachers to be sure to place name and address 

 on all communications. Scnnetimes we have no way of knowing where 

 the letters come from. Often the address of the teacher is not given and 

 the postmark has been obliterated. 



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