CORNELL 



IReaMng^Course for J^armers' IKIlives 



Published by the New York State College of Agriculture, at 

 Cornell University, from November to March and Entered at 

 Ithaca as Second-Class Matter under Act of Congress of July 

 i6, 1894. L. H. Bailey, Director. 



Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor. 



SERIES V. 



ITHACA, N. Y., DECEMBER, 1906. 



No. 22 



SUGGESTIONS ON FORMER READING-COURSE 



BULLETINS. 



" To make work happy and rest fruitful is the aim of art." — IVilliam Morris. 

 Our readers this month are given an opportunity to reflect on a work 

 of art and to study a reason for liking the picture. Will you choose a 



Fig. 189. — A winter landscape. 



Photograph by Enos Mills 



picture in your own home, or secure one, and tell us why you like it and 

 what in it appeals to you? If you have not a printed picture that you 

 wish to describe, choose a picture out-of-doors. 



Longfellow's advice to Mary Anderson who became a great artist 

 was each day to study a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, hear 

 a fine piece of music, or study a bit of natural scenery. This is good 

 advice to the worker in any field, for each day in which this is done is 

 less spiritless and more worth while. 



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