1112 Rural School Leaflet. 



to relate to some subject in the Rural School Leaflet or Supplement or 

 the Home Nature-Study Course. Mr. M. P. Jones will send a monthly 

 letter to the children that will help to keep them interested in the work, 

 and in which he will be able to make many practical suggestions. Mr. 

 Jones will also have charge of the Boys and Girls' Agricultural Clubs 

 which will be organized later in the year. The children should be en- 

 couraged to write to Mr. Jones as they would write to someone whom 

 they know personally. 



We have a large correspondence from the children and want to keep 

 the work organized in a way to make it of the greatest value to the chil- 

 dren and the least expense to the College. It will help us very much, 

 therefore, if the teachers and children who have special questions to ask 

 will address their letters to the Rural Sch.ool Leaflet Question Box, 

 College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. We will then be able to give our 

 first attention to the correspondence that requires m.ore immediate 

 answers. We want the children to feel that we care for letters in which 

 they tell us what they are doing and something about the subjects in 

 which they are interested, as well as for letters in which there are ques- 

 tions. We want them to feel that we are glad to have them make all 

 necessary inquiries. It would be well for the teacher to caution the 

 children in regard to asking us questions which can be answered by their 

 teachers and parents. 



We wish there might be an association formed in each county for the 

 benefit of teachers who would like to increase their knowledge of Nature- 

 Study Agriculture. Such an organization, numbering about fifty per- 

 sons, was formed last year at the Institute held at Clinton under the 

 direction of Conductor Philip LIuU. The president made a map of the 

 section of country in which the schools were located and stated some 

 of the needs of the district. The fact that the teachers were organized 

 and, therefore, easier to reach, helped us to get information to them 

 directly and to give them much more help than we could give 

 some of the other teachers of the State. If there could be such organiza- 

 tions started at the Institutes throughout New York State, we would be 

 very glad to keep records of them at the State College and to send extra 

 helps from time to time to the members. 



All teachers should at once fill out the blanks on the following pages 

 and return the list to us. The first Leaflets for teachers and children 

 will be sent in October. 



