DIFFERENT KINDS OF SCHOOL GARDENS 



terflies' eggs, and the life history of the insect 

 may be presented as a complete story for the 

 children. 



The Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C, furnishes on request, brief, accurate, and 

 popularly written leaflets on the cabbage butter- 

 fly (Farmers' Bulletin No. 142) and one on 

 potato culture (No. 35).* Many other bulletins 

 on various subjects are issued by the department, 

 a list of which will be sent upon application.! 

 State experiment stations also issue free bulletins, 

 and their experts stand ready to answer any 

 questions in regard to soils, plant or insect life. 

 In writing for bulletins, it is well to explain 

 whether those treating the subject from the 

 popular or from the scientific side are wanted, 

 as many stations issue two series. If specimens 

 are to be sent for identification a note should pre- 

 cede them. If it be concluded with a word of 

 thanks for the favor about to be conferred and 

 followed by a postal card acknowledging the in- 

 formation when received, the courtesy is appre- 

 ciated by the busy officials whose letters mount 

 daily into the hundreds, but who like to know that 

 their answers have supplied the needed informa- 

 tion. One man said "Experience teaches us 

 that we cannot expect this, but we do prefer it." 



♦ See also Potato Culture in Cornell Agricultural College Leaflets 

 Nos. 196, 140, and Appendix A, Note 6, telling results of experiments 

 by Canadian children. 



t See Bibliography. 



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