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and a frame to put them in. A ^rood tlicr- 

 mometer should he huntr in a protected shady 

 place. Thermometers that are reliahle at hi^^h 

 and low temperatures usually cost more than 

 one dollar. A rain-gauge will he useful and 

 interesting. Some schools may add a haromcter, 

 if the teacher understands it; hut the cheap 

 instruments are not reliahle. 



How can I reach the farmers of my neigh- 

 bor hood f 



[A teacher is discouraged because she seems 

 to make no headway; and the farmers com- 

 plain that her work is not practical and they 

 want to know how to make more money.] 



While you are under obligation to teach 

 farmers' children, you do not bear the responsi- 

 bility of making the farms profitable. It is the 

 business of the farmer himsell" to make his 

 farming pay. You are engaged in the work of 

 education. 



How to teach, not how to farm, is there- 

 fore your problem. T take it to be axiomatic 



