ILLUSTRATIONS
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I.Fig. 1.At least once each day the busy farm father may think of a way to combine his work with the children’s playFrontispiece
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II.Fig. 2.Canadian boys breaking young oxen6
III.Fig. 3.An attractive Kansas home28
IV.Fig. 4.A day nursery in the country42
V.Fig. 5.A rural home in the South56
VI.Fig. 6.A well-equipped farmhouse64
VII.Fig. 7.Children playing under the shade trees72
VIII.Figs. 8-9.Rural church, Plainfield, Illinois86
IX.Fig. 10.Village church at Ogden, Kansas92
X.Fig. 11.Corn Sunday in an Illinois church96
XI.Fig. 12.A country schoolhouse in California108
Fig. 13.Type of model rural school used in Kansas108
XII.Fig. 14.Model rural school at Kirksville, Missouri. Normal112
XIII.Fig. 15.Rear view of the Kirksville school114
XIV.Fig. 16.Using Babcock tester120
XV.Figs. 17-21.Consolidated school and those it displaced124
XVI.Fig. 22.The Cornell rural schoolhouse126
XVII.Fig. 23.A.Y.M.C.A. play club132
XVIII.Fig. 24.Y.M.C.A. Convention in Ohio138
XIX.Fig. 25.Jerry Moore, champion corn raiser150
XX.Fig. 26.A lonely schoolhouse164
XXI.Fig. 27.Tennis in the country180
Fig. 28.Country play festival180
XXII.Fig. 29.Industrial exhibit in rural school192
XXIII.Fig. 30.Agricultural and domestic science club208
XXIV.Fig. 31.School and church in Canada212
XXV.Fig. 32.Kansas prize winners230
XXVI.Fig. 33.Girls’ doll display238
XXVII.Fig. 34.Boys whittling252
XXVIII.Fig. 35.Study of corn256
XXIX.Fig. 36.School gardeners270
XXX.Fig. 37.Country schoolgirls290
XXXI.Fig. 38.A girls’ class in sewing300
XXXII.Fig. 39.Girl sowing seed312
Fig. 40.Boy thinning vegetables312