. The corn lady; the story of a country teacher's work. THE CORN LADY 25 My intermediate reading class likes thepoem: THE BOY WITH THE HOE Say, how do you hoe your row, young chap, Say, how do you hoe your row ?Do you hoe it you hoe it square,Do you hoe it the best you know? Do you cut the weeds as you ought to do And leave whats worth while there ? The harvest you garner depends on you,Are you working it on the square? Are you killing the noxious w^eeds, young chap,Are you making it straight and clean? Are you going straight At a hustling gait. Do you scatter all thats mean?Do you lau
. The corn lady; the story of a country teacher's work. THE CORN LADY 25 My intermediate reading class likes thepoem: THE BOY WITH THE HOE Say, how do you hoe your row, young chap, Say, how do you hoe your row ?Do you hoe it you hoe it square,Do you hoe it the best you know? Do you cut the weeds as you ought to do And leave whats worth while there ? The harvest you garner depends on you,Are you working it on the square? Are you killing the noxious w^eeds, young chap,Are you making it straight and clean? Are you going straight At a hustling gait. Do you scatter all thats mean?Do you laugh and sing and whistle shrillAnd dance a step or two ? The road you hoe leads u]) a hill; The harvest is up to you. I have made some Farm Charts for mylittle people and Ill send you some picturesof them. Of course, one cannot do manythings for children until she knows them,but I believe they are already learning tolove the farm. There are so many littleways in which to interest the children in the 26 THE CORN LADY I VK -^^V^S*-* , V\ l«-f)(.-/i. see. fotind ear corn good papa I found a g:ood ear of corn^Papa tested and planted had even like good corn and some An^I will f row it on my farm. A READING CHART THE CORN LADY 27 country. I wish you could see all the dif-ferent products that they have brought forour farm corner—apples, corn, gourds,pumpkins and flowers. I have written to the Extension Depart-ment of the State College of Agricultureand, also, to the National Department ofAgriculture for all the helps they have forteaching agriculture and home economics incountry schools. Also, I have asked themfor information in regard to the gravestproblems of the farms and the homes in thispart of our state. They have sent me somevery helpful printed matter and have writ-ten letters showing their great interest. And,Daddy, you shoidd see me devour the farmpaper I have subscribed for. I read it evenbefore I do the Ladies Home Journal andI am getting so many helpful thi
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