Rural School Leaflet. 891 



have. This will enable us to reach more girls than we could if we tried 

 to correspond with each one individually. 



Advantages^ to Farm Girls. There are many times when farm girls 

 could be interested in some things through a letter sent to the patroness 

 of the club. We could inform them when a fair is to be held in their 

 vicinity and give them suggestions for preparing some exhibit for which 

 prizes are offered. We might occasionally have suggestions for some- 

 thing they could try in the improvement of home or school. We 

 might often want to suggest books that farm girls would like to read. 

 Often there would be suggestions for gardening and other out-of-door 

 interests. 



We hope the teacher will help to select a patroness in the neighbor- 

 hood and that she will give her interest to the girls' club. She will be 

 able to help much in out-of-door study, which is probably as important 

 as any line of work for girls. 



Children's Letters. We wish the teachers would suggest to the chil- 

 dren to write to us during the year. Whether they write letters on 

 poultry, or forestry, on the formation of soils, on milking, or on weeds, 

 the letters will be satisfactory. We do not want the matter forced, 

 however. Try to have the boys and girls feel that we shall enjoy 

 their letters. All who write three letters will receive a picture. 



Importance of Teacher's Name and Address. We must ask that 

 each teacher place her name on the package of children's letters sent 

 to us. When this is not done we have no way of identifying the children's 

 work, and often they get no credit for letters sent without the teacher's 

 name. Unfortunately last year we were unable to send pictures to 

 children who earned them because we had no way of learning how to 

 reach them. We would ask teachers to be very definite about their P. O. 

 address, and to give on each letter the number of their R. F. D. if they have 

 one. These facts facilitate matters of filing and correspondence. We 

 believe teachers will be glad to help us in tliis. 



Time of issue of Leaflets. The Cornell Rural School Leaflet is not 

 issued until after the 15th of the month. Some teachers have not 

 understood this and have expected it to come on the first. When it 

 does not reach them early in the month they feel that it has been missent. 

 We shall try to see that the issues reach the teachers between the 15th 

 and the 20th. Sometimes there are delays that are unavoidable but the 

 topics will be so planned that the material will still be available if the 

 issue should be late, 



