. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). CORNELL R\iral School Leaflet Published monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, from September to May and entered as second-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post Office at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L- H. Bailey Director ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor Professors G. F. WARREN and CHARLES H. TUCK, Advisers Vol. I. ITHACA. N. Y., JANUARY. 1908. No. 5 FO
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). CORNELL R\iral School Leaflet Published monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, from September to May and entered as second-class matter September 30, 1907, at the Post Office at Ithaca, New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L- H. Bailey Director ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Editor Professors G. F. WARREN and CHARLES H. TUCK, Advisers Vol. I. ITHACA. N. Y., JANUARY. 1908. No. 5 FOREWORD TO THE TEACHER. By Alice G. McCloskey. ""^"^HE Cornell Rural School Leaflets are pre- pared for teachers, not for pupils. The lessons are not planned for children under twelve years of age. A teacher might he able to use parts of these lessons for young children, but * the lessons in the supplement will be found better adapted to the lower grades. 1 Do not try to take up all the subjects each month. After you have read the Leaflet, de-. cide which lesson is best suited to the conditions under which you are teaching, and which will be of most value in your community. Some teachers may find time to take up all the work, but one lesson carefully given will be of more value than trying to cover the entire ground in a short time. If these lessons are used merely for supplementary reading, they will not have much value. We plan the lessons so that they will demand actual observational study. If the work is not conducted by means of real things, the educational value is lost. Bear in mind that the lessons are given for the purpose of teaching fundamental principles of agricul- ture, and if handled properly they wdll mean an all-round intellectual development for the pupils. This will appear as the work grows and continuing lessons are added. We wish to caution the teachers to be sure to place name and address on all communications. Scnnetimes we have no way of kn
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