28 THE CORN LADY 



Wheaton, Iowa, November 1, 1910 



DEAR DADDY: We have just finished 

 putting in our tulip bulbs. The boys 

 brought their spades and rakes from home 

 and have been working before school a.nd at 

 recesses all week getting the ground ready. 

 We put our bed up close to the schoolhouse, 

 on the south side. Each of the youngsters 

 has two bulbs that he calls his own and we 

 planted them to-day, during the afternoon 

 recess. Then, we covered the bed over with 

 leaves and left it for the winter, knowing 

 that through the cold the roots would be 

 reaching down and gathering;, strength for 

 the burst of gold and crimson in the early 

 spring. 



The county superintendent sent us our 

 tulip bulbs. They were given by a man who 

 is interested in beautiful school grounds 

 enough for every school six thousand bulbs. 

 The superintendent has a Babcock Milk 

 Tester, too, which she sends out to the dif- 

 ferent schools that wish to learn how to use 

 it. She let us have it for two weeks last 



