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a dog reason? 10. Which position do you like best on the ball 

 team? Why? 11. Do children like to work for their parents at 

 home? 12. Which job on the farm do you like best ? 13. Which 

 least? 14. Do you belong to the Boy Scouts' or Camp Fire Girls' 

 organization ? 15. Do these organizations make better rural citi- 

 zens? 16. Can you accept the " Creed of the Country Boy "? 



HOME EXERCISES 



1. Organize a ball team among the farm boys and send a challenge 

 to a suitable team near by. Work up enthusiasm for clean rural 

 sports during the long summer months. If possible, organize town- 

 ship leagues. Sympathetic cooperation is what is needed. 



Organize teams for different varieties of contests among the girls 

 also. Advertise all contests widely. See that the older folks come 

 out on a Saturday afternoon. They, too, need recreation. 



2. Make a list of the books, periodicals, papers, pictures, and musi- 

 cal instruments you have at home. Read at least one book a month, 

 and tell the story of what you have read to your class. 



3. How many dollars did your father lose this last year through 

 avoidable sickness in the family? 



SUGGESTIONS 



1. The bringing-up of the right type of children that are content 

 to stay on the farm, if they can be of greater service there, is as much 

 a problem of agriculture as is soil fertility. The pupils should make 

 a list of all the features of the farm environment that have most 

 helped them to grow physically, morally, and spiritually. As an 

 illustration we present herewith a list of country-life pictures that are 

 exerting an uplifting influence on the moral side. 



Millet Dupre 



The Gleaners Escaped Cow 



Angelus The Hay Makers 



Feeding Her Birds Milking Time 



Rosa Bonheur Le Rolle 



Oxen Plowing By the River 



A Norman Sire The Shepherdess 



Weaning Calves 

 The Horse Fair 

 A Humble Servant 



