COUNTRY CUILDltEN 



more inspiring than work with the most delicate machin- 

 ery. I believe that the dignity of labor depends not on 

 what you do, but on how you do it; that opportunity 

 comes to the boy on the farm as often as to a boy in tin- 

 city ; that life is larger and freer and happier on the farm 

 than in the town ; that my success depends not upon my 

 location, but upon myself, not upon my dreams, but 



ROPE SPLICING. 

 Practical work for the country boy. 



upon what I actually do, not upon luck but upon pluck. 

 I believe in working when you work, and in playing when 

 you play, and in giving and demanding a square deal in 

 every act of life." - EDWARD OSGOOD GROVER. 



PRACTICAL QUESTIONS. 



1. How can farm children aid their parents? 2. How do 

 country and city children compare ? 3. In a race, why should not 

 the country boy start as quickly as the city boy? 4. What Presi- 

 dents of the United States came from the country ? 5. Name some 

 writers that were country-bred. 6. What side of country life 

 appeals most to you? 7. How may children suffer from the effects 

 of bad environment ? 8. Give an experience with your dog. 9. Can 



