266 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Free-hand and mechanical drawing: Lines and geometrical figures, using as models 

 the garden stakes, boxes, dishes, etc., used in plat work, also the apparatus and plants 

 used in the plant laboratory. Draw plans for all bench work. 



Bench work: Exercises to develop skill in handling tools; make all stakes, yard- 

 sticks, boxes, etc., used in plat work and plant laboratory. 

 Farm work. — Three periods a week, nine hours. 



Pupils will be detailed, under competent superintendence, to attend to all the 

 various operations of the farm, changing the details from time to time so that each 

 pupil may become familiar with all the operations of the farm. 



Those detailed to feed and care for the live stock and do other farm chores, morning, 

 noon, and night, will be excused for the time being from other farm work. 



During each vacation one-fourth of the students, or such number as the principal 

 may consider necessary, will be required to remain at the school to carry on the opera- 

 tions of the farm and shops without interruption, and ior work required during this 

 time the students may be given fair compensation. 



FIRST YEAR — WINTER TERM. 



Class roam. — Three recitations a week. 



The plant, reproduction: Study various methods of reproduction, e. g., by spores, 

 bulbs, cuttings, grafts, and buds; germination and plant food in seeds of different 

 kinds, bulbs, and tubers. 

 Plant laboratory. — One period a week, three hours. 



Exercises in germinating seed, making hard and soft cuttings, grafting and budding. 

 The practical work of budding would better be deferred until summer or early autumn. 

 Start seed in boxes and hotbeds for spring planting out of doors. Explain the physical 

 and chemical principles involved in germination and hotbed work. 

 Plat icork. — One period a week, three hours. 



Continue garden work with special reference to winter operations, such as the 

 preparation of soil, destruction of weed seeds and rubbish; and making plans for 

 spring work. 

 Farvi mechanics. — One period a week, three hours. 



Mechanical drawing: Standard exercises and making plans for bench work. 

 Occasional practice in free-hand drawing. 



Bench work: Continue work of fall term with exercises gradually becoming more 

 complex, such as the making of joints, splices, dovetails, etc. 



Students will be required to sharpen and care for all tools used by them 

 Farm work. — One period a week, nine hours. 



(See Farm work under fall term.) 



FIRST YEAR— SPRING TERM. 



Class room. — Three recitations a week. 



The plant, its environment: Study the influence of light, air, heat, and moisture 

 upon plant growth. 

 Plant Uihoralonj. -Onv jicriod a week, three hours. 



Continue plant work of pnccding term and study United States Weather Bureau 

 daily charts; trace movement of storms and learn to use the barometer, tliermometer, 

 and hygrometer and other weather instruments. ExjxM-iment witli plants in pots and 

 boxes to determine the effect of liglU, lunil, and moisture upon their development. 



Plat work. — One period a week, tbrcc liours. 



Prepare gi'ound and ])lant seed in si'ason in individual gardens; continue all neces- 

 sary operations of cultivating, weeding, harvesting, and markt'ting early vegetables. 

 Plan to hav(» a succession of vegetabh's throughout the season. 

 Farm mechanics. — One period a wcci^, thii'i- luuirs. 



