3i8 Bulletin 146. 



teacher and pupil in the economics of agriculture. Briefly stated, it 

 is hoped that such instruction will lead logically and naturally to a 

 greater love for rural affairs and a more rational understanding of them 

 among the old and young both in city and in country. 



Eight leaflets in all have been published, electrotyped and repub- 

 lished on the following subjects: 



No. I 



No. 2 



No. 3 



No. 4 



No. 5 



No. 6 



No. 7, 



No. 8 



" How a Squash Plant Gets Out of the Seed." 



" How a Candle Burns." 



" Four Apple Twigs." 



"A Children's Garden." 



" vSome Tent-Makers." 



"What is Nature -Study? " 



" Hints on Making Collections of Insects." Two 



" The Leaves and Acorns of Our Common Oaks." Two 



The demand for these leaflets is so great that other editions will be 

 required in the near future. The work in Nature-study has passed the 

 experimental stage; the demand for it is far beyond our facilities for 

 carrying it forward. 



This educational work in agriculture divides itself naturally into six 

 divisions : 



Nature-study. 



Schools of Agriculture and Horticulture. 



Dairy Instruction. 



Lectures on special subjects, such as the Sugar Beet Industry. 



A course of reading and instruction for farmers. 



Publications. 



There are many principles of agriculture which are well understood 

 by the scientist but which are not . familiar to the farmer. It is 

 proposed to secure the co-operation of progressive agriculturists 

 in the endeavor to learn how best to fit these principles into practice. 



It is impossible to sharply separate these various activities, as one 

 often overlaps the other. Suffice it to say that more than seven 

 hundred lessons and lectures have been given throughout the state by 

 persons selected on account of their special fitness for the work in 

 hand. 



Twenty thousand teachers are enrolled on our lists and have received 

 leaflets, and many have attended the lectures explaining the methods 

 of presenting Nature-study work in the schools. Sixteen thousand 



