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CA iVA D I A N DEPA K TMEN T 251 



spelling (with special reference to words that are met with every day in con- 

 nection vith the farm and the home). 



Arithmetic — Problems relating to the farm where measurement of material. exten- 

 sion, capacity, etc., are required; interest; discounting notes; surveying and 

 measuring land; estimating distances and areas as foot, yard, rod, square rod, 

 acre, ten acres, etc., and verifying these by actual measurements. 



Bookkeeping — Practical method of keeping farm accounts so as to be able to 

 ascertain accurately the cost of any given product during any given period 

 of time; business forms; contracts; notes. 



Farm Operations — Tying various kinds of knots — overhand knot, square knot, 

 granny knot, weaver's knot, double sheet bend, two half hitches, anchor 

 knot, clove hitch, timber hitch, bowline, etc. 



Splicing of ropes — short splice, long splice, eye splice. Grafting, making 

 grafting wax, root grafting, whip grafting, etc. 

 Construction and operation of a common suction pump. 



Drawing — Drafting in connection with the models in manual training; making 

 plans and specifications for a barn and stable suitable for a hundred acre 

 farm (average size in this vicinity). , 



Agriculture — Stock judging once a week for eight weeks; simple experiments 

 with p'ants; study of the common grasses and clovers; weeds and weed 

 seeds especially those mentioned in the Seed Control Act. 



Elementary Physics and Chemistry — Practical uses of the forces of nature with 

 problems connected with them, as the force of running water, the force of 

 wind, etc.; economical application of force in farm machinery as the lever, 

 wedge, crow-bar, use of jack screw in raising buildings, pulleys. Physical 

 analysis of soils, experiments in soil physics. Chemical and physical changes 

 that take place in the earth, air and water, with special reference to things of 

 the farm and the household. 



Civics — Municipal, Provincial, and Dominion governments and the machinery of 

 government connected with each. 



Manual Training— Construction, use and care of the common tools. Recogni- 

 tion of common trees; cutting, sawing and seasoning lumber; a simple work- 

 ing drawing plan and elevation; a course of models consisting of churn- 

 handle, file-handle, ax-handle, hammer-handle, picture-frame, hat-rack, 

 paper-knife, checker-board, book-sheif, bread-board, bird-house, small wall- 

 bracket, corner bracket, construction of seed-cases to hold the 23 weed seeds 

 of the Seed Control Act. 



Local Industries - The limestone quarry, the dairy, the oat-meal mill, the Winter 

 Fat Stock Fair, the pipe mills, the agricultural implement works, etc. 



Mr. Hotson writes: "It is hoped that by another winter this 

 course will be improved and extended so that even better opportuni- 

 ties will be offered; and it is confidently expected that there will be a 

 large increase in the number attending it. It is also contemplated 

 offering a similar course for the large girls of the section." 



W. LOCHHEAD. 



