L. L. MAY & CO. 
ST. PAUL, MINN. 
A Partial View of Our Storehouse Showing Our Method of Caring for Seeds in 
Storage. Well Ventilated and Dry to Produce Maximum 
Germinating Results 
will first have acquaintance with the sciences. It is the high 
school teacher, who is constantly besieged with the question, 
"What's the use?" who can tell best what this means in all 
later study? 
Conservation, the great demand of the present 
day, is practically illustrated; frugality, the crying need of 
our present American generation, is instilled with each vege- 
table harvested; the rudiments of the industry on which life 
depends, namely agriculture, are taught thoroughly. The 
child is prepared for citizenship by having the practical care 
of, and interest in, private and public property, and develops 
an independence of character, only possible when he is depend- 
ent on his own efforts, for the results of his labor. It trains 
eye and hand, develops a love of the beautiful, and, above 
all, keeps the children of£ the streets, substituting a whole- 
some, healthful, remunerative occupation, for the wasteful 
idleness, and general tendency to mischief, that are attendant 
upon the period of the long vacation. 
School and home are 
brought into closer relation, and co-operation of parents and 
