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his Itrother wero tlu' oiily one-; askcil to uiitf reports. The in- 

 structor iv(|uesttHl these only that he mifrht have some idea of what 

 valuo the trips were to the children. The writer whose e.ssay is 

 copied here did not mention several of the stops and has confused 

 the order of others. Several doubtful statements are credited to the 

 instructor, and numy details aie lackinjr. On the whole, however, it 

 is very satisfactory. 



[A boy's narrative of a trip to a farm.] 



A Good Time at Visitint. Farms. 



When we starte^l Mr. Smith toltl us to \vat<h all the farms and what they 

 raised and Imw it was kept. We starte<l <»ut witii four .seated in the Itack ; 



A LOW GARDE'm, 3udJ£CT TO OVERFLOW, RAISED INTO BEDS TO AVOID DAM- 

 AGE FROM WATER. 



tlinv on tlio tloor ain' Mi' Smitli aii'l ''"■ 'IiniilTfur in front witli a small hoy 

 on Mr. Sniitli's lap. 



The first farm we saw was one on Teane<'k Uoail. It had corn, spinach, and 

 tomatoes. Farther on we saw a rhuharh farm. Tlio plants wero ahout 2 yards 

 apart. You could soo even paths through the plaiit.s. The rows were IkkmI 

 and clean kept. Mr. Smith told tis that only lahor and patienco could keep the 

 parden so well. 



We pas.s«><l many corntii'lds. our tirsi smji w.is at an old sdiool. ^\■il(•Il we 

 went out of the auto wr noticitl an old lull in thf tower. The first thin;: we 

 «lid was to see who amid hit the l»ell first. We tlirew for ahout live minutes 

 ami tlien the bell was hit. Afterwards Mr. Smith took out two basrs «»f peanuts 

 and told us to stay about 20 fe<>t from him. II»' took one batr arnl threw tlie 

 peanuts into th** air. Then tlH-n- was a mix-up, «'vt'rybody went for the jiea- 

 nuts. The second baj; was thrown by the chauffeur. While we were holding 

 up our hands to catch the p«'anuts Mr. Smith t«Mik our [licture. 



.\ little further up the road Mr. Smith told us that w<> w«'n' •■omiii;.; to si 

 place where celery, onions, and pjirshw i-oulil only be raised. This place was 



