Elementary Agriculture and School Gardening at Winthrop. E-book. Formato PDF Miss. Minnie Macfeat   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Too often, also, has the boy from the country had a hard time among his fellows, when in pursuit of learning he has left the rural school and entered that of the city. Often have hay seed and other opprobrious epithets been hurled at him, and his greatest asset in life, a knowledge of hay, cotton and corn, been the subject of derision. A study of hay, cotton and corn will change all this. The city bred boy will honor and respect the farmer boy, who has.a greater knowledge 'of these things than he has. The study of the farm, its conditions, its prospects, its relation to other great social industries, is sure to bring about a truer estimate of the value of farm life, a keener appreciation of the dignity of labor and a closer fellowship between country and city.