. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 7b'9 LETTER TO BOYS AND GIRLS Dear Girls and Boys: HIS letter is the last one that I shall write to you this spring. I desire first of all that it shall tell you of the joy I have found in my touch with you. How my heart 1 warms to read the letters that come to me signed, " I am your true friend," or " A girl of t
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 7b'9 LETTER TO BOYS AND GIRLS Dear Girls and Boys: HIS letter is the last one that I shall write to you this spring. I desire first of all that it shall tell you of the joy I have found in my touch with you. How my heart 1 warms to read the letters that come to me signed, " I am your true friend," or " A girl of the open country," or " A boy who loves the country"! As I read these letters I am more and more sure that you all do love the country and that you realize the opportunity which is yours to live free, wholesome, happy, useful lives. One of the things I wish to ask of you is that you will not be disappointed if I do not personally answer your letters. If it were possible to follow my desires, each one should receive an answer at once. But I cannot do this, for there are so many of you. However, in each Leaflet there will be a letter that will answer all of yours. In these letters I shall try to tell you those things that perhaps may interest you, and to help you to feel how sincerely I wish for your good fortune and how eager I am for your confidence and friendship. Now let us consider some important things to think about and to work out between now and next fall. As I write, Farmers' Week here at the college is about to begin. Of course, when you read this letter it will be long past, nevertheless I think you will be interested. You remember that we asked to have some prize com sent to us for an exhibit, and in January we also asked each school superintendent to have some school in his district send us an exhibit of Nature-Study work. The display is a remarkably fine one and I wish all of you might see it, especially those who contributed something. Perhaps you ha
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