Agricultural Experiment Station Established under the Direction of Cornell University ITHACA, N. Y. 1912 PART II TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE JANUARY 15, 1913 ALBANY J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS Rural School Leaflet [FOR BOYS AND GIRLS] 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 It is night. Wild, deep winds are out and rain falls on the great white road beyond my door. The leafless vines strike against my window. The old house is filled with strange sounds, but to me they are not lonely sounds. I have loved these outdoor voices through all the years, and in truth I find them goodly company. When they speak to me by roaring down my chimney or by splashing on my great white road or by shaking the slender vines against my window, I answer them in a deep, glad way, so full of freedom do I feel and so full of joy. To-night I am letting the sweeping winds take me to the homes of boys and girls in country places. The young folk cannot see me, not one, but |