226 The Nature-Study Idea 



imagination and with industry a person can 

 accomplish a good deal in the directions about 

 which you inquire. 



Following are definite suggestions to make 

 to rural teachers for working out in the school- 

 house (adapted from M. P. Jones, Cornell 

 Rural School Leaflet) : 



1. Register with the college of agriculture 

 or experiment station of your state, to receive 

 the publications and to be on the correspondence 

 lists. 



2. Write to the state education department 

 for whatever syllabi it may publish on nature- 

 study, agriculture, and similar subjects. 



3. Start an agricultural and nature-study 

 library. A very creditable beginning may be 

 made at no cost except postage, by asking for 

 publications issued by the Department of Agri- 

 culture at Washington and the State Agricultural 

 College and Experiment Station. It is recom- 

 mended 



(a) That you write to the Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C., asking to 

 have the school placed on the mailing list 



