COR.NELL 



ILural School Leaflet 



[FOR THE TEACHER] 



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, CHARLES H. TUCK, and MILTON PRATT JONES, Advisers 



Vol. 2 



ITHACA, N. Y., MARCH, 1909 



No. 7 



Oh, the green things growing, the green things growing! 

 The faint smell of the green things growing! 



I should hke to live, whether I smile or grieve, 

 Just to watch the happy life of mv green things growing! 



— Dinah Mulock Craik 



NOTES 



ROBABLY the majority of teachers in rural schools 

 will wish to take advantage of the announcement re- 

 garding fruit-growing made by Professor Wilson in the 

 Leaflet for boys and girls. This is an opportunity for 

 young persons. Encourage them to send for the straw- 

 berries and bush fruits. If a number in your class 

 want plants to set out, they might find the transporta- 

 tion cheaper by having their plants sent together by 

 express instead of paying postage. To work with Pro- 

 fessor Wilson in fruit-growing is an opportunity for the 

 children of New York State. Teachers should help 

 them to take advantage of the offer. 



The Screech Owl. — In the Leaflet for boys and girls 

 some questions are asked about the Screech Owl 

 which every teacher may not be prepared to answer. 

 The following facts will be helpful to the teacher. 



Most birds have their eyes located on the side of the 

 head so that they can see in either direction without 

 Owls' eyes, however, are located in front and to see either to 

 the right or to the left they must turn their heads. Owls' eyes are also 

 relatively much larger than those of other birds so that they can see 

 better in the dark. The color of owls' eyes is bright yellow while that 

 of other birds varies from white to pale yellow, blue, brown, red or 

 black. 



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