THE CORN LADY 35 



W heat on, Iowa, December 4, 1910 



DEAREST DADDY: There is so much to 

 tell that I hardly know where to begin. But 

 I think you'd like best- to hear about our 

 "Farm and Home Day." As it came along 

 toward the end of November, the children 

 were all wishing for a program. We talked 

 it over and decided that we would have an 

 exhibit of corn; and of cooking and sewing. 

 Each boy was to bring the best single ear of 

 corn he could find and, also, the best ten 

 ears. The girls were to bake a loaf of bread 

 and some cookies. They were to make two 

 buttonholes on gingham and a work apron. 

 The one having the best in each class was to 

 get a blue ribbon, and the next best a red 

 ribbon. 



Then, too, we thought for our program 

 we would have some good essays on prac- 

 tical subjects such as: "How to Make Good 

 Bread;" "The Benefit of Pure Air in Our 

 Homes;" "The Selecting and Storing of 

 Seed Corn;" "Crop Rotations to Keep the 

 Soil Fertile;" "Why I Like to Live on the 



