LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Department or the Interior, 



Bureau of Education, 



Washington, Octoher 3, 1913. 

 Sir : In several States one day in the fall of the year is set apart 

 as "Agriculture and Rural-Life Day," to be observed in the schools 

 in such way as to emphasize the importance of agriculture to the 

 nation and to the world of mankind, to call attention to the worth 

 and worthiness of the tillage of the soil, the cultivation of plants, 

 and the breeding and care of animals as an occui^ation and profes- 

 sion, and to reveal something of the beauty and glory of simple and 

 sane life in the open country. In other States exercises appropriate 

 to this purpose are held in connection with Arbor Day, Thanksgiving, 

 or the Harvest Home celebration. Those who know children best 

 will appreciate most fully the possibilities of this day and the 

 importance of making its program both interesting and instructive. 

 The manuscript transmitted herewith contains material selected and 

 arranged for that purpose. I recommend that it be published as a 

 bulletin of the Bureau of Education. That this should be done is 

 all the more appropriate since in many places this day has been set 

 apart for this purpose at the suggestion of this bureau. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



P. P. Claxton, 



C omiThiiisioner. 



To the Secretary of the Interior. 



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