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and a frame to put them in. A good ther- 

 mometer should be hung in a protected shady 

 place. Thermometers that are reliable at high 

 and low temperatures usually cost more than 

 one dollar. A rain-gauge will be useful and 

 interesting. Some schools may add a barometer, 

 if the teacher understands it; but the cheap 

 instruments are not reliable, 



How can I reach the farmers of my neigh- 

 borhood? 



[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 himself 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. I take it to be axiomatic 



