schoolroom; plan to have some one who will judge the corn; plan to invite parents and friends. Have everything in readiness to make Corn Day a real event in the school.

Of course, the great value of Corn Day will be for the school that celebrates it; but we want others to know what schools hold Corn Day and so we are going to suggest that two ears of corn be sent to us to represent each school at Farmers' Week, which is to be held at the State College of Agriculture in February. Last year we tried having one ear of corn sent to us, and 441 schools responded. It was suggested by a trustee who was interested that we ought to have two ears from each school, one ear of flint corn and one ear of dent corn. The suggestion is good and we shall carry it out this year.

The two ears to be sent should be the very best from the school exhibit. They should be wrapped carefully and mailed by parcel post to Edward M. Tuttle, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York, as soon after Corn Day as convenient and not later than January 31. Each ear should be labeled and, in order that the labels may be uniform, we give the following suggestions: Make the label of plain white paper, one inch wide. It should be long enough to wrap around the middle of the ear of corn and be pasted at the back. On the front of the label print neatly the following:

In the pictures of last year's exhibit these labels can be seen. They are very neat, and if put on tightly remain in position. The ears can be handled without touching the labels and all the information can be easily seen. It will be a valuable exercise to make these labels and to see that they are right. We urge that care be taken to send the ears of corn to us in good condition and ready to be exhibited. They will be arranged by counties and supervisory districts and we want every school represented. Last year there was a great deal of interest shown by the visitors during Farmers' Week, and some were very much disappointed not to find corn from their home districts. We are sure there will be no disappointments this year.

The corn will be judged by experienced persons at the New York State College of Agriculture, and the best ears of flint and dent corn will be selected for each county. From these, the two best ears in the whole

State will be chosen. A ribbon will be sent to each school that has a prize ear for the county, and the two schools having the prize ears for the State will each be given a suitable reward. The prize ears for the county and for the State will be returned to the schools that send them, with instructions for planting, culture, and further selection, so that some of the pupils may carry on the improvement. The other ears will be given to the Farmers' Week visitors on the last day of the week. This will be a big event, for there will be good ears that do not win a prize and there will be persons who want them to take home and use for seed. Thus a school in one part of the State may help another part of the State to have better corn. There will be a neighborliness about this mutual help that will add spirit to the exhibit. We shall urge each person who takes an ear of corn to write to the school that it represents and let the boys and girls know where it is and what is being done with it. Thus year after year a school can keep track of corn that was sent to the college, and gradually the whole State will have better corn because the schools have celebrated Corn Day.

As we stated, we are printing the following complete list of the schools that sent corn to us last Farmers' Week: