THE CORN LADY 53 



Ames, Iowa, January 6, 1911 



DEAR DADDY: Here I am at the State 

 College of Agriculture for the short course. 

 I wish I might have stayed at home longer, 

 but it was so good to be there for Christmas, 

 anyway; and you and mother were so splen- 

 did to urge me to secure this work. 



It is a wonderful place up here, with its 

 great buildings, fine equipment and intelli- 

 gent teachers, to train students in the science 

 of agriculture. Just now it is vacation time 

 for the regular college students, and there 

 are six hundred farmers with their wives, 

 boys and girls taking the two weeks' short 

 course. The men and boys have classes in 

 corn and stock judging; lectures on soil and 

 farm machinery; and many other subjects. 

 The girls and women have lessons in cook- 

 ing, sewing and home making. 



I am playing boy like I used to and 

 taking the work in corn and stock judging. 

 I had to live up to my name, you see. I am 

 going to try for a corn judge's certificate at 

 the end of the two weeks. Do you suppose 

 I can get one? 



There are several hundred farmers in my 



