Rural School Leaflet. 



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WEEDS 



LL children can be taught to take an 

 active interest in weeds. This is a 

 subject that gives opportunity for 

 collecting material both in the city 

 and in the country, so that the les- 

 sons may be developed by actual 

 observation. 

 While we have given in this Leaflet the 

 weeds required by the syllabus for study, it 

 will be well before taking up these weeds to 

 have the children take as much interest as 

 possible in the weeds that they find on their 

 way to and from school. Whenever possible 

 the class should be taken out for a field les- 

 son. Before going, give them a few sugges- 

 tions for observations as follows: 



1. Note the weed that is most plentiful in 

 the fields near the school house ; along the 

 wayside. 



2. What has been growing in the fields in 

 which you see no weeds ? 



3. Take a specimen, root and all, of the 

 most common weed or weeds and ascertain 

 the agencies by which it spreads. 



Collect for lessons in the schoolroom the 

 weeds for special study this year, — daisy, bur- 

 dock, shepherd's purse, wild carrot. Before 

 giving the following lesson have the children 

 get by observation as many facts about them 

 as possible. A little competition in the study 

 of these weeds would give impetus to the work. Have the class di- 

 vided into two sections and see which section during the month can 

 learn the greater number of facts concerning these weeds. 



SOME COMMON WEEDS AND HOW TO DESTROY THEM 



Paul J. White 



A weed may be defined as any plant which becomes troublesome 

 to the farmer or gardener. Many common weeds are useful to man 



