Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1905 — Nature Study. [ARTICLE]

Nature Study.

The first necessity in nature study is to become acquainted with some locality, say with a farm. It does not matter how small, how commonplace, how near the city—the nearer the better, provided there are trees, water, fences and some seclusion. If your own cabin can be In the middle of such a spot, that is ideal, for there is no make believe when you buy a field or a piece of woods and settle down there to stay. Nature respects you. You have taken her into your confidence. She -will take you Into hers, and in the course of a few seasons, if you will limit the size of your garden, you will begin to discover what a multitude of interesting things come with the place that were not mentioned in the deed. Owning a farm, of course, is not necessary. Sometimes I am quite convinced that for pure and lasting Joy in nature one should not possess an acre. Once you have looked upon land of your own, once you have trodden upon earth that belongs to you, all your Sundays will be spent looking and walking there. The man In the Scriptures who bought a field and lost bls interest in other pleasant things had a real case.— National Magazine.