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(5) Common cereals: com, wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat. 



(6) Ears of corn: flint, dent, pop, sweet. Secure ears showing 

 the qualities which good ears should have. A lesson in com judging 

 may profitably be given. 



(7) Fertilizers: nitrate of soda, dried blood, ground bone, acid 

 phosphate, muriate of potash and as many others as a"re used in the 

 neighborhood. 



(8) Feeds for farm animals: bran, middlings, gluten feed, buck- 

 wheat middlings, and others in use. The local feed merchant and 

 seedmen might lend their aid in supplying samples of these feeds as 

 well as samples of fertilizers and seeds. 



(9) Fruit. In the fall, different varieties of apples, pears, plums, 

 and grapes could be collected, probably with much enthusiasm by 

 the children. Part of an afternoon could be given for a short talk 

 on fruit-growing by a local fruit-grower, after which the samples 

 of fruit could be eaten. Similar collections of root crops and vege- 

 tables might be made, not with the idea of keeping them in the school 

 for a long time but as one of the best means of teaching children to 

 become familiar with the common things of their farms. 



(10) Flowers and weeds. These can be pressed and used as the 

 basis for the school collection. Begin with the most common plants 

 and enlarge the collection slowly in order that the children may 

 become familiar with the plants studied. 



(11) Leaves of trees. Press the leaves of some of the most com- 

 mon trees, adding to the collection slowly enough for the children 

 to learn as they go. 



10. Teach the Babcock milk test. Some schools have demonstrated 



the use of this test before grange meetings. A complete milk testing 



outfit suited for school use is manufactured by D. H. Burrell & Co., 



Little Falls, N. Y. Write to them for a catalog. See 



Cornell Rural School Leaflet, December, 1908. 



Wing—" Milk and its Products." 



Directions that come with the Testing Outfit, 



11. Have a reading-table. Have a few good magazines, agricultural 

 and other kinds. No poor books or poor magazines should be in the 

 schoolroom or home. Some publishers of agricultural magazines will 

 send complimentary copies if in asking for them it is stated that they 

 are wanted for the school library. 



12. Have a work-bench with tools, if possible. The boys and girls 

 should become familiar with the handling of common carpenters' tools. 

 Simple things, especially those that can be used on the farm or at play, 

 can be made, such as a window-box, terrarium, stakes for the school 

 garden, bird houses, kites, sleds, skees, book-shelves, tables, flower- 

 stands. 



13. Have one or two vases with flowers well arranged. 



