New geographies . ll into a tank,fromwhich some is piped tothe house, and some tothe barnyard for the ani-mals ; but on many farmsthe water is pumped byhand. At night, light is supplied by lamps thatburn oil. This house is heated by stovesplaced in several of the rooms, thoughsome farmhouses are heated by furnaces. Although there are not many childrenon each farm, it is important that they 3. Schools In go to school. All the chil-the country dren who live near enoughtogether to attend one school may notnumber more than twenty-five or thirty,and even then some may have to walkseveral miles. On
New geographies . ll into a tank,fromwhich some is piped tothe house, and some tothe barnyard for the ani-mals ; but on many farmsthe water is pumped byhand. At night, light is supplied by lamps thatburn oil. This house is heated by stovesplaced in several of the rooms, thoughsome farmhouses are heated by furnaces. Although there are not many childrenon each farm, it is important that they 3. Schools In go to school. All the chil-the country dren who live near enoughtogether to attend one school may notnumber more than twenty-five or thirty,and even then some may have to walkseveral miles. On fine days such awalk is pleasant enough, but since thereare no sidewalks, it is not so pleasant difficult when there is much snow. Ohaccount of the distance, every childusually takes his lunch along, and re-mains at school all day. Since there are so few pupils, thebuilding is generally small, with onlyone room (Fig. 86). There is but oneteacher, and children of all ages, fromsix to nineteen or twenty years, study. Fig. in rainy weather, and the walk is very A group o£ school children in front of a country schoolhouse. and recite in the same room, and to thesame teacher. You might think that such a schoolcould not be very good, yet some ofour best-known men and women haveattended such a country school. Perhapsyou can name one of our Presidents, orsome other great man, who once wentto a country school. In a great city, as many as twentythousand persons are some- ^j^^ ^j,times found living within a ^ ^he spacespace no larger than the used by a familysingle farm just described. ° ^ ^ ^^The buildings, therefore, must cover 70 HOME GEOGRAPHT almost all the ground, leaving little orno room for yards and lawns. In some of the larger cities the build-ings have from four to fifteen or twentystories, and some-times even morethan that. Insuch a buildinga single familyoccupies only asmall part of onefloor, called aJlat or apart-ment, which hasfrom two or th reeto eight or tenrooms.
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